ARCC Mission and Goal
To bring about substantive structural change in the Catholic
Church, ARCC seeks to institutionalize a collegial understanding of Church in
which decision-making is shared and accountability is realized among Catholics
of every kind and condition. It affirms that there are fundamental rights which
are rooted in the humanity and baptism of all Catholics. To this end ARCC
developed and works to implement a Charter of the Rights of Catholics in the
Church and a Proposed Catholic Constitution.
On Friday, May 16th at 8:00 pm, Bishop Geoffrey James Robinson, Author of Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church: Reclaiming the Spirit of Jesus, ushered in a two-day symposium with a keynote address at Temple University's Anderson Hall. As part of the event, ARCC presented Bishop Robinson the 2008 Hans Küng Rights of Catholics in the Church Award. Link to pictures and video of the Philadelphia event.
Translation of French response to Dutch Dominicans' Statement of August 2007 (January 2008)
Chittister Award Ceremony (November 2007)
PDF file of the program
Jadot Award Ceremony (November 2006)
Hans Küng Rights of Catholics in the Church Award to Archbishop Jean Jadot (November 2006)
Link to Jean Jadot's address to the American bishops in November 1976: http://jeanjadot1976.homestead.com/index.html (May 2009)
Leonard Swidler's Lenten Lectures 2006
ARCC Origins
The Association for the Rights of Catholics in the Church (ARCC)
was founded in 1980 by lay and clerical Catholics in the wake of Vatican condemnations of such
theologians as Edward Schillebeeckx, Jacques Pohier, and Hans Küng. The
Association seeks to put into practice the statement of the 1971 Synod of
Bishops:
While the Church is bound to give witness to justice, she recognizes that
anyone who ventures to speak to people about justice must first be just in
their eyes. Hence we must undertake an examination of the modes of acting and
of the possessions and life-style found within the Church itself. Within the
Church, rights must be preserved.
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