| Archbishop Flynn
Responds to Our Letter
Archbishop Flynn has responded to our letter in which we asked his permission to restore Father Altier's homilies to the DesertVoice website. In a negative 3-page response dated May 16, 2006, the Archbishop forbids us to publish his letter on this website or to make its contents known in any way. Just as some people in the past few weeks have sent letters to us and asked us not to post their communication on the website, so we think it proper to show Archbishop Flynn the same respect in this matter. Below is the letter we sent to him on April 26, 2006. The Most Reverend
Harry J. Flynn Your Excellency: Praised be Jesus
Christ! Thank you for taking the time to read this letter. We operate the DesertVoice website which has published Father Altier’s homilies for the past five years. As Secular Discalced Carmelites, we are called to pray especially for priests and have devoted ourselves to serving the Church through this website apostolate. In recent weeks, we
have received letters from faithful Catholics around the world telling us
how much the website has benefited them in their spiritual life. We have
enclosed a few excerpts of these for you to read yourself; they are very
touching. People continue to ask for a complete restoration of the website
and some wonder if it is at least possible for the material which was
published prior to March 1, 2006, to once again be posted, as it had
already been on the Internet these past five years. Perhaps it would help
in making your decision to know that we ourselves have tended to every
aspect of the website, including the recording, transcription,
programming, etc. When you made your request to Father Altier, we promptly
complied and wanted to show our respect for you by being obedient to your
wishes. If you were not pleased with any particular material which
appeared on our website, we would be willing to remove it should you
indicate that to us. The organization
Catholic Culture reviewed our site and gave it the Fidelity
Green Light Award for excellence in fidelity to Catholic Church
teaching. This site review is also enclosed, as well as statistics on the
number of visitors we regularly receive. We can feel confident that the
material which has been presented on our website is in conformity with
Church teaching and has helped thousands of Catholics all over the world
to better understand their faith and grow closer to Our Lord, as they
themselves say in their many kind letters. It would be such a joy
for us to continue our apostolate in obedience to you and in service of
the Catholic people. We thank you for considering the possibility of
allowing us to re-establish the website and once again publish the
homilies which appeared on www.desertvoice.org. You remain in our prayers,
and we humbly ask for your blessing and your prayers. In Our Lady of Mount
Carmel, Ken and Elizabeth
Schwab, OCDS Enclosures: Excerpts,
Site Review, and Statistics
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