Archbishop Cupich Moving Quickly To Reorganize Archdiocese

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(CBS) – Major reorganization and downsizing is underway at the Archdiocese of Chicago.
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Archbishop Blase Cupich, in office for barely four months, has moved quickly to completely reshape the Archdiocese of Chicago under totally new leadership.
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CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports Cupich is bringing in his own people, dealing with financial reality in keeping with the tone being set by Pope Francis.
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He’s replaced some, offered early retirement to many others in top management, and is even shaking up seminaries. At the same time, he is inviting supporters to an event, which may or may not happen.
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Almost immediately after his installation, the archbishop moved to replace his vicar general, his CEO, fired his school superintendent, and has now replaced his moderator of the curia, in charge of 800 priests.
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But inside the new chancery offices, the recently remodeled former seminary, where Cupich was announced as the new archbishop last fall, the changes will soon be even more extreme.
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88 long-time employees, about a quarter of the staff, have been offered early retirement deals.
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The shake-up even extends to college seminaries, like St. Joseph at Loyola, where the top three educators have just been reassigned.
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But while Cupich shares Pope Francis’ philosophy of a simple, prayerful life, he is apparently not following the Pope’s lead on an upcoming event.
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An invitation was recently sent to 450 supporters of the Chicago Archdiocese to join Archbishop Cupich for a $5,000 a person pilgrimage to attend the presentation of his pallium, by Pope Francis.
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Though at this point it’s not clear whether or not there’ll be a public presentation. Pope Francis, moving to discourage costly ceremonial trips, back in January, declared the formal presentation of the pallium will from now on take place in archbishops’ home diocese, a far cry from the Vatican pomp and circumstance of the past.
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Back in 1997, Cardinal George received his pallium, the lambswool vestment presented to metropolitan archbishops, from Pope John Paul II.
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More than a hundred Chicago Catholics accompanied him on that pilgrimage. But now, such trips are no longer the rule, as Pope Francis, who as far back as 2001, when he was made a Cardinal, urged local parishioners to donate to the poor in Buenos Aires rather than fly to see the ceremony at the Vatican.
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While the pilgrimage appears to be at odds with the spirit, if not the letter of Pope Francis’ philosophy, the archdiocese says it was put together in response to parishioners asking how they could be a part of the event.
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No church money is being spent, but none is going to charity either.
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I do think it would be great if these parishioners would donate to charity in lieu of traveling to see the ceremony in Rome.
 
Regina7 said:
He scares me.
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In fairness to him and other dioceses which are heavily in debt, there’s not much they are able to give to charity. And they have to be careful not to set up special funds as those too can now be used to pay off legal fees and settlements. And now he’s faced with a “public nuisance” suit on top of it. It’s basically survival. Cardinal George knew it and now so does Archbishop Cupich.
 
As much of a liberal as Arbp Cupich is purported to be, selecting a VG from Mundelein Seminary is hardly a bad sign. Mundelein is thriving under Very Rev. Fr. Robert Barron, so maybe this is a nod toward a more traditional (not necessarily EF Traditional) stand.
 
SyroMalankara said:
As much of a liberal as Arbp Cupich is purported to be, selecting a VG from Mundelein Seminary is hardly a bad sign. Mundelein is thriving under Very Rev. Fr. Robert Barron, so maybe this is a nod toward a more traditional (not necessarily EF Traditional) stand.
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If anything, the EF is saving the Archdiocese. St. John Cantius and Christ the King alone are two examples of restored parishes within the city. There are some nine Sunday Masses in the EF within the diocese. Many come in from another diocese to attend Mass there.
 
ringil said:
I do think it would be great if these parishioners would donate to charity in lieu of traveling to see the ceremony in Rome.
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8 But when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste? 9 For this ointment might have been sold for a large sum, and given to the poor.” 10 But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me. 11* For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me. 12* In pouring this ointment on my body she has done it to prepare me for burial. 13 Truly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.”
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Matthew 26:8-13

You might check John 12 to see which disciple said this. 😉
 
When a new bishop takes charge of a new diocese there is always change. When Cardinal George came to Chicago he also made numerous changes this really isn’t new. The diocese has been in the process of streamlining for a while now and Cardinal George had a major shakeup in the chancery a few years back. Again, nothing new. Like all institutions the bureaucracy tends to grow over time and this has indeed what has happened. Mr. Levine is quite wrong when he reports that the Archbishop fired the school superintendent. When Cardinal George asked Rome to start the process of finding a replacement, Sr. Mary Paul told him she would resign when his successor took over. Again, not news and improper reporting by the news media…big surprise
 
Memaw said:
Lets be careful we don’t find fault where there is none.
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Of course. I said “in fairness” in a later post, didn’t I? If there is any fault we’d have to go back quite a few administrations.
 
Never did get clear in my mind why he told his seminarians back in the Spokane Diocese to not particpate in 40 Days for Life vigils. I think that was hashed out somewhere…on these forums?, but anytime this prelate’s name comes up, that’s what I think of and I’ve got this big question mark still in my head. :confused:

Certainly seems like he likes to take charge and DO things. Even somewhat unexpected things.
 
ProVobis said:
If anything, the EF is saving the Archdiocese. St. John Cantius and Christ the King alone are two examples of restored parishes within the city. There are some nine Sunday Masses in the EF within the diocese. Many come in from another diocese to attend Mass there.
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There are other parishes that also offer EF, and other parishes that do extraordinary things to fill the pews.

SJC and the Institute aren’t the last 2 good parishes left in Chicagoland…
 
Because the CBS article didn’t trumpet a victory for progressivism, may I conclude that Archbishop Cupich’s new people are considered generally orthodox?
 
JoyIsLikeRain said:
There are other parishes that also offer EF, and other parishes that do extraordinary things to fill the pews.
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I know there are a few who come to Holy Name Cathedral from outside the city. (easy to tell) Many of them look like they’re ready for the beach. After all, it’s just a few blocks away. 🙂

Seriously, though, they do have a great choir and excellent music and program. Richard Proulx was the director there at one time.
 
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