Dear curious_cat, an affiliation with an NCW seminary by AlmaRedemptorisMater does not necessarily mean bias against you. You have described a situation of your community life that might be completely different at another diocese. You might be generalizing in an unjustified manner. We don’t know because people usually don’t come to CAF to complain about their own group, be it the NCW or any other church group. You, nevertheless, have to address the question that was raised. Tell us in truthfullness, are you a troll?
Dear AlmaRedemptorisMater, curious_cat said he is waiting for an appointment with a priest. This was recommended to him. So why do you say that? I also wonder who the presbyters are he referred to. A presbyter for me sounds like a Protestant preacher. Are priests educated in Redemptoris Mater seminaries are also called ‘presbyters’? Why? Could you give us some enlightening on this puzzling question?
Could this be the genesis of your difficulties? Like Peter when he sank in the Sea of Galilee, you took your eyes off the Lord. Joining that group took you closer to those in it, but further away from the Lord!
Yes, there must be a point where we say a faith with that much toxic factor must not be a faith in Jesus Christ.
I did not generalize anything. I was talking about my own group at my own parish.
No, I am not. I feel offended because you must know this much of me! I surely hope I don’t need to prove myself to you. My concerns are vaiid as what I am telling is the truth. This is my reality right now. I am in a deep struggle, but slowly I start to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
I can answer this question. Presbyter is not a Protestant title. A presbyter is a priest as any other Catholic priest. When we talk about his function as presiding a meeting or celebration, then we call him a presbyter. This corresponds to the original meaning.
I did not leave my Prince of Peace by walking in the Neocatechumenal Way. But surely, I’ll go to the adoration chapel this weekend, apart from my community, and take a deep dive in His presence. There is no greater spiritual healer than Him!
We need to be careful that we don’t turn funerals into Canonizations. A funeral is the Rite of the Church to pray for someone who has died.
Money is simply a neutral thing. It is not the devil, that is not teaching of Holy Mother Church. The LOVE of money is the root of evil.
But we can celebrate our belief that one is going straight to heaven. Is this not a reason for joy?
You detach your unhealthy inclination to money by detaching yourself from money itself.
This is often the advise of people who are happy to take that money from you. Be careful.
I understand your sarcasm.
But giving cheerfully is a fruit that one has to learn to savor. 
Alright, I only asked a question. You should know that much of me as I would not take you to be a troll. If you still feel offended then I also apologize.
I doubt that this would be original meaning of the word presbyter. It rather looks like a typical shift of meaning of the traditional sense of words that your Neocatechumenal movement produces and you yourself have complained about in your OP.
I would caution against thinking that people who die go straight to Heaven. That feels way too much like presumption for me to be comfortable thinking that way. I always stop myself at this: God is Merciful and God is Just. When someone dies their outcome will be exactly what fits in with God. I don’t know that outcome, but I can have a founded hope in God’s Mercy to offset his Justice for sin if I believe the person to have lived a life striving for God. In the end I am called to pray for that person because I always assume they’re going to need it because I know I will.TheLittleLady:
But we can celebrate our belief that one is going straight to heaven. Is this not a reason for joy?
The only people who go straight to heaven, as far as we know (because we cannot read souls) are those who are baptized and die before the age of reason or someone who received the Apostolic Pardon as they lay dying.
I am not sure I can follow your train of thought, dear curious_cath.
