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For the last few weeks, the parish bulletin has had an insert advertising the one-woman show, The Magdalene. Given the hosting parish and its attitudes, I was … curious. let’s say, about the orthodoxy of the play.

My concerns have now been answered by our bishop, Victor Galeone. A small notice in today’s bulletin tells me less than I would like to know, but everything I need to know.

Bishop Galeone has decided that the Magdelene Play … should be canceled. In his opinion, certain lines of the monologue call into question the Church’s position on two sacraments. Accordingly, such a performance in a Catholic setting would be a counter-wintess to importat Church teaching.

I am very glad that the Bishop is expressing a leadership position in this area. We have campus and commuity theaters that can sponsor all manner of performances, so there is no need to have bad teaching presented in a Catholic church.

UPDATE: Jeff Miller was kind enough to link here, and the comments on his blog are intriguing.