Church Organization: Protecting Assets from Bishops
From a Fumare commentor:
I had read Arroyo’s book (an outstanding biography of Mother Angelica!) but had forgotten about Harry John.
Mother Angelica’s caution about giving control of her endeavor to Harry John also extended to great concern about giving control to the Catholic Church or the bishops. In the book, there is a thrilling story about the American bishops trying to take over EWTN after Mother had made it successful (which Mother would not stand for, because she knew EWTN’s orthodoxy would be threatened with the bishops in control). If I remember the story correctly, the bishops attempted to gain control of EWTN through Mother: as a religious community in a diocese, Mother and her order were subject to the bishop, and thus, EWTN may have been subject to the bishop. Mother anticipated the bishops’ checkmate and preemptively called an unscheduled emergency EWTN board meeting where she (and her loyal laypeople) passed a new set of bylaws giving all control of the board to lay people and not to any religious or diocesan members, and then Mother immediately resigned from the board, cutting off the conduit between EWTN and the religious community through which the bishops were trying to gain control. A great story of political and church intrigue.
November 15th, 2007 at 6:16 pm
Hey!…I Googled for john may, but found your page about Organization: Protecting Assets from Bishops | Eric Rasmusen’s Weblog…and have to say thanks. nice read.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
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June 18th, 2008 at 9:00 am
Dearest in Christ,
Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, I am Mrs Charity Micheal. from Kuwait. I am married to Mr.Smith Micheal who worked with Kuwait embassy in Ivory Coast for nine years before he died in the year 2007.We were married for eleven years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his death we were both born again Christian.
Since his death I decided not to remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is against. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of US$4.7million dollars in a Bank here in Abidjan Cote d’Ivoire.Presently, this money is still in bank. Recently, my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next Eight months due to cancer problem.
The one that disturbs me most is my stroke sickness. Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to a charity organization that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein. I want an organization that will use this fund for orphanages, school and church ,widows, propagating the word of God and to endeavor that the house of God is maintained.
The Bible made us to understand that “Blessed is the hand that giveth”.I took this decision because I don’t have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are not Christians and I don’t want my husband’s efforts to be used by unbelievers. I don’t want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly way.
This is why I am taking this decision. I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord.Exodus 14 [+/-]Exodus 14
VS 14 says that “the lord will fight for my case and I shall hold my peace”. I don’t need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health hence the presence of my husband’s relatives around me always.
[14:1]Then the LORD said to Moses, [2]"Tell the people
of Israel to turn back and encamp in front of Pi-hahiroth,
between Migdol and the sea, in front of Baal-zephon; you
shall encamp facing it, by the sea. [3]For Pharaoh will say
of the people of Israel, 'They are wandering in the land;
the wilderness has shut them in.' [4]And I will harden
Pharaoh's heart, and he will pursue them, and I will get
glory over Pharaoh and all his host, and the Egyptians
shall know that I am the LORD." And they did so.
[5]When the king of Egypt was told that the people had
fled, the mind of Pharaoh and his servants was changed
toward the people, and they said, "What is this we have
done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?" [6]So he
made ready his chariot and took his army with him, [7]and
took six hundred chosen chariots and all the other chariots
of Egypt with officers over all of them. [8]And the LORD
hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued
the people of Israel while the people of Israel were going
out defiantly. [9]The Egyptians pursued them, all Pharaoh's
horses and chariots and his horsemen and his army, and
overtook them encamped at the sea, by Pi-hahiroth, in front
of Baal-zephon.
[10]When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted
up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching
after them, and they feared greatly. And the people of
Israel cried out to the LORD. [11]They said to Moses, "Is
it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken
us away to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us
in bringing us out of Egypt? [12]Is not this what we said
to you in Egypt: 'Leave us alone that we may serve the
Egyptians'? For it would have been better for us to serve
the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness." [13]And Moses
said to the people, "Fear not, stand firm, and see the
salvation of the LORD, which he will work for you today.
For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see
again. [14]The LORD will fight for you, and you have only
to be silent."
[15]The LORD said to Moses, "Why do you cry to me? Tell
the people of Israel to go forward. [16]Lift up your staff,
and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, that
the people of Israel may go through the sea on dry ground.
[17]And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that
they shall go in after them, and I will get glory over
Pharaoh and all his host, his chariots, and his horsemen.
[18]And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I
have gotten glory over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his
horsemen."
[19]Then the angel of God who was going before the host
of Israel moved and went behind them, and the pillar of
cloud moved from before them and stood behind them,
[20]coming between the host of Egypt and the host of
Israel. And there was the cloud and the darkness. And it
lit up the night without one coming near the other all
night.
[21]Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and
the LORD drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night
and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
[22]And the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea
on dry ground, the waters being a wall to them on their
right hand and on their left. [23]The Egyptians pursued and
went in after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh's
horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. [24]And in the
morning watch the LORD in the pillar of fire and of cloud
looked down on the Egyptian forces and threw the Egyptian
forces into a panic, [25]clogging their chariot wheels so
that they drove heavily. And the Egyptians said, "Let us
flee from before Israel, for the LORD fights for them
against the Egyptians."
[26]Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand
over the sea, that the water may come back upon the
Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen."
[27]So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the
sea returned to its normal course when the morning
appeared. And as the Egyptians fled into it, the LORD threw
the Egyptians into the midst of the sea. [28]The waters
returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen; of all
the host of Pharaoh that had followed them into the sea,
not one of them remained. [29]But the people of Israel
walked on dry ground through the sea, the waters being a
wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
[30]Thus the LORD saved Israel that day from the hand of
the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the
seashore. [31]Israel saw the great power that the LORD used
against the Egyptians, so the people feared the LORD, and
they believed in the LORD and in his servant Moses. (ESV)
I don’t want them to know about this development. With God all things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Bank here in Abidjan Cote d’Ivoire. I will also issue you an authority letter that will prove you the present beneficiary of this fund. I want you and the church to always pray for me because the lord is my shephard.
My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian. Whoever that Wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and Truth. Please always be prayerful all through your life. Contact me on this email :address: charity_micheal01@yahoo.ca :any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing another church for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I Stated herein. Hoping to receive your reply.
Remain blessed in the Lord.
Yours in Christ,
Mrs Charity Micheal.