LETTER AND RESPONSE FROM ARCHBISHOP SCHNURR

Let God arise, and let His enemies be scattered
and let them that hate Him
Flee from before His Face.
~Psalm 67
¡Viva Cristo † Rey! ¡Viva la Virgen de Guadalupe!
Si vis pacem, para bellum!
Benedictus Deus in Saecula!
“Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus”

My letter to Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr of Cincinnati and his response.
July 10, 2020

Let God arise, and let His enemies be scattered
and let them that hate Him
Flee from before His Face.
~Psalm 67
¡Viva Cristo † Rey! ¡Viva la Virgen de Guadalupe!
Si vis pacem, para bellum!
Benedictus Deus in Saecula!
“Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus”

Dear Archbishop Schnurr,

I have a few questions before you leave us for two weeks.

Governor DeWine has ordered, by 'his' mandate, that we wear masks in Church.

1. Is Governor DeWine an authority of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church which Jesus Christ Himself started, leaving Her to the Successors of Peter?

2. Does Governor DeWine have the "authority" to tell you, an Archbishop of the Catholic Church what to do in our churches?

3. Have you not been given by GOD thee authority to teach, care for, and feed souls? The souls which have been entrusted to you on the day of your ordination.

Governor DeWine does NOT have the authority by GOD or the United States Constitution to mandate masks. If this were not true why would our Sheriff's, Police, and the Butler County Health Commissioner is not enforcing 'his' mandate?

This IS hypocrisy; I can go to Olive Garden for lunch meeting friends who I do not live with and sit and eat, with no mask on. But I cannot go and sit in a church pew with my family members who I live with at Mass without a mask. Does this sound reasonable? Does this sound right and just to a prince of the Catholic Church, one who is a Canon Lawyer?

I want to warn that if you let this injustice proceed, for whatever reason you have, to Our Church you will be ushering in the warning that Our Lady of Fatima warned of in 1917. Are you willing to accept the consequences from Almighty God for that action? You will be permitting, by your own actions, the warning our Heavenly Mother warned of.

Are you willing to take and accept the responsibility for letting civil authorities dictate what should be done in a Catholic Church with inaccurate data and fear?

Judas acted in fear when he didn't ask Our Lord to forgive him, will you be our Judas or will you be our St. Peter who did asked Our Lord for forgiveness?

Caiphas, high priest, brought Our Lord Jesus Christ to Pilate to be crucified, please do not do that to us!

May God have mercy and Our Lady of Sorrows, St. Joseph, St. Michael and St. Raphael guide and protect us in the days ahead,
Mrs. Diane Marie Siereveld
Church Militant Resistance Group Leader for Cincinnati/Covington

"Hold the Cross high, that I may see It through the flames!"
~Saint Joan of Arc (May 30, 1431) put to death by Bishop Pierre Cauchon of Beauvais

Archbishop's response

Archdiocese of Cincinnati

Office of the Archbishop

100 East Eighth Street

Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

Phone: (513) 263-6612

Email: archbishop@catholicaoc.org

Dear Mrs. Siereveld,

Thank you for your recent correspondence.  The Code of Canon law states in Canon 223 that “in exercising their rights, Christ’s faithful, both individually and in associations, must take account of the common good of the Church, as well as the rights of others and their own duties to others” and that “ecclesiastical authority is entitled to regulate, in view of the common good, the exercise of rights which are proper to Christ’s faithful.” 

The Bishops of Ohio have worked with Governor DeWine and believe that the measures he is taking are indeed for the common good.  Some believe that the Governor’s decisions go too far, but I can assure you there are others who believe stricter and more far-reaching measures are necessary.

With prayers and best wishes, I am

Most Reverend Dennis M. Schnurr

Archbishop of Cincinnati

May God bless and Our Lady of Prompt Succor, St. Joseph, St. Michael, and St. Raphael guide us and protect us in the days ahead.

Everything I do, I do for the love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and St. Joseph Terror of Demons and for the love of souls.