Conciliar Sect Reduces Kingship of Christ to Football Fundraiser in Indiana
The National Catholic Register, a flagship organ of the conciliar sect, reports on the tenth annual “Hunger Bowl” in Evansville, Indiana, a football rivalry between two Novus Ordo high schools, Reitz Memorial and Mater Dei, orchestrated by the local Knights of Columbus to benefit a Society of St. Vincent de Paul food pantry. The event featured a prayer from the diocesan “bishop,” Joseph Siegel, participation from “deacon” presidents of both schools, and a post-game prayer on the field with “parish priests.” Over ten years, the spectacle has raised money for temporal relief while the supernatural mission of the Church — the salvation of souls through the Missae Sacrificium and the integral profession of the Faith — is entirely absent. This anthropocentric carnival, masquerading as Catholic charity, epitomizes the laicism condemned by Pius XI: the substitution of the Regnum Christi for a humanitarian NGO.
The “Hunger Bowl”: A Liturgical Act of the Religion of Man
The article describes a scene that would be unrecognizable to any Catholic prior to the conciliar catastrophe. A “bishop” of the neo-church descends from a press box — not an altar — to offer a generic prayer before a sporting contest. The “deacon” presidents, Josh Reising and Dan Niemeier, speak not of extra Ecclesiam nulla salus, the Social Kingship of Christ, or the necessity of the Sacraments, but of “instilling habits of service,” “educating for eternity” (a vacuous slogan), and helping students “discover joy in helping others.” This is the hermeneutic of rupture made flesh: the munus docendi, sanctificandi, et regendi has been reduced to community organizing.
The Knights of Columbus, once a bulwark of Catholic Action, here function as mere event planners. Their co-chair, John Sandwell, boasts: “Our only expenses over 10 years have been the trophy and plaques; we want every single penny directed to helping those in need.” A noble sentiment for a secular charity, but a damning indictment for an putatively Catholic organization. Where is the collecta for the propagation of the Faith? Where is the support for true missionaries facing martyrdom? The Corporal Works of Mercy are severed from the Spiritual Works and the Sacrifice of the Mass, becoming ends in themselves — pure naturalism. As Pius XI thundered in Quas Primas: “When God and Jesus Christ… were removed from laws and states and when authority was derived not from God but from men, the foundations of that authority were destroyed.” Here, Christ is removed from the very charity that bears His name.
The “Bishop,” the “Deacons,” and the Vacant See
The article centers the figure of “Bishop” Joseph Siegel. From the perspective of integral Catholic theology, Siegel is a usurper of the episcopal office, a functionary of the conciliar sect occupying the See of Evansville. His participation — offering a prayer from a press box at a football game — is the perfect symbol of the abomination of desolation (Matt. 24:15) standing in the holy place. He possesses no jurisdiction, no canonical mission, and no sacramental validity if consecrated in the Novus Ordo rite of 1968, which is per se invalid due to defect of form and intention. The “deacons” Reising and Niemeier are likewise impostors, ordained in the same invalid rite, exercising a false magisterium.
Their language betrays the Modernist infection. Deacon Reising speaks of the “Holy Spirit actively inspiring millions globally to embrace their faith authentically.” This is the language of Lumen Gentium and Gaudium et Spes — the “seeds of the Word,” “people of God” ecclesiology that denies the necessitas medii of the visible, hierarchical Church. Deacon Niemeier’s “encounter with Christ” is the nouvelle théologie of personal experience substituting for the objective reality of Sanctifying Grace conferred ex opere operato by valid Sacraments. These men are blind guides leading the blind into the pit (Matt. 15:14).
False Charity: The Alms of the Pharisees
The article celebrates the collection of $50,000 (surpassing the goal) and 340 tons of food distributed. Yet, St. John Chrysostom warns: “Not to share our goods with the poor is to steal from them.” But the primum of Catholic charity is the salus animarum. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, operating within the conciliar structures, distributes bread that perishes while the Bread of Life is denied or profaned in the “parishes” of the diocese. The article notes that 30% of recipients are children. How many of these children are baptized validly? How many attend the Novus Ordo “Mass,” a Protestantized memorial meal that does not confect the Eucharist? The “Hunger Bowl” feeds bodies for a day while the souls of the poor are starved of the doctrina Catholica, the Sacramentum Poenitentiae, and the Sacrificium Propitiatorium.
This is the social gospel of the Antichurch: Caritas without Veritas, Corporal Mercy without Spiritual Mercy, Humanitarianism without Supernaturalism. Pius XI, instituting the Feast of Christ the King, explicitly condemned this plague: “This plague is the secularism of our times, so-called laicism… It began with the denial of Christ the Lord’s reign over all nations.” The “Hunger Bowl” is a public act of laicism. Christ the King is not proclaimed; a trophy is awarded. The Rights of God are not defended; a “nifty idea” from Florida is copied.
The “Priests” on the Field: Ministers of a Nullity
The article concludes: “Following the final whistle, players gathered in the endzone to pray alongside their parish priests.” These “parish priests” are almost certainly presbyters ordained in the Novus Ordo rite of Paul VI (1968), which, by the analysis of Archbishop Lefebvre (himself compromised by recognition of the usurpers) and countless theologians, suffers from defectus formae et intentionis. They cannot confect the Eucharist. They cannot absolve sins. Their “priesthood” is a simulation. Their prayer on the fifty-yard line is a photo-op for the neo-church, a blessing of the status quo of apostasy.
The players, formed in “Catholic” schools that use the Catechism of the Catholic Church (1992) — a compendium of Modernist errors on religious liberty, ecumenism, and the nature of the Church — are taught that “Enter to Learn, Go Forth to Serve” is the summary of the Gospel. It is not. The summary is: “Go ye into the whole world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be condemned” (Mark 16:15-16). The “Hunger Bowl” preaches a gospel of social work. It is another gospel (Gal. 1:6-9).
Symptomatic of the Conciliar Apostasy
This event is not an anomaly; it is the modus operandi of the Church of the New Advent. The “Diocese of Evansville” (70,000 “Catholics”) mobilizes twenty parishes for a football game. Where is the mobilization for the Rosary Crusade against abortion? Where is the public reparation for the blasphemies of the “Synod on Synodality”? Where is the Catechism of the Council of Trent taught to these “senior defensive backs” and “offensive linemen”?
The article mentions “corporate sponsorships” (Tri-State Bearing) and “online donations.” The Knights of Columbus have become a philanthropic corporation, indistinguishable from the Rotary Club or Lions Club, save for the crucifix on the lapel. This is the fruit of Dignitatis Humanae and Gaudium et Spes: the Church sells her birthright of supernatural authority for a mess of pottage — tax-deductible donations and “community goodwill.”
The “rivalry” itself is a circus. Reitz Memorial won 52-21. The “Tigers” claimed the trophy for the tenth straight year. The “Wildcats” accepted defeat with “class.” This is panem et circenses for the post-conciliar laity, distracted from the auto-demolition of the Church (Paul VI) by the very structures perpetrating it.
No Salvation Outside the True Church
The gravest omission in the Register’s puff piece is the total silence on Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus. The “Hunger Bowl” implies that the “Catholic” identity of the schools and the “bishop” is sufficient for the work to be meritorious. It is not. Outside the unity of the Faith, the Sacraments, and the Government of the true Roman Pontiff (the last being Pius XII), there is no mission, no jurisdiction, no grace of state. The “Hunger Bowl” is a work of the synagogue of Satan (Apoc. 2:9; 3:9) — the paramasonic structure occupying the Vatican — designed to give a Catholic veneer to the Masonic project of a “universal brotherhood” without the Fatherhood of God.
The true Catholic response to hunger in Evansville is not a football game. It is the restoration of the Traditio: the Missale Romanum of 1962, the Breviarium Romanum, the Catechismus Romanus, the rejection of the Novus Ordo sect, and the recognition that the See of Peter is vacant (Sede Vacante) since 1958. Only valid priests, deriving jurisdiction from the Church in catacombs (bishops consecrated in the traditional rite without communion with the usurpers), can offer the Holy Sacrifice that merits the grace of conversion for the poor of Evansville. The “Hunger Bowl” merits nothing but the applause of the world — “Woe to you when all men shall speak well of you” (Luke 6:26).
Conclusion: The Kingship Denied
Pius XI instituted the Feast of Christ the King “to address the needs of the present times and provide a special remedy against the plague that poisons human society… the secularism of our times, so-called laicism.” The “Hunger Bowl” is the plague. It is the laicism of the conciliar sect, parading in Catholic vestments. It teaches the youth of Evansville that Catholicism is a brand for community service, that the “priesthood” is a social work credential, that the “bishop” is a chaplain for sports events, and that the Kingdom of God is a food pantry.
Non est hic Rex noster, nisi Caesar (John 19:15). The conciliar sect has no King but Caesar — the state, the corporation, the “community,” the “nifty idea.” The true Church, the Ecclesia Militans, remains in the catacombs, celebrating the Unbloody Sacrifice of Calvary, praying the Psalter, keeping the Faith of the Fathers, awaiting the Parousia or the restoration of the Papacy. The “Hunger Bowl” is a spectacle of death. Requiescant in pace.
Source:
How a Catholic High-School Football Rivalry in Indiana Is Helping to Tackle Hunger (ncregister.com)
Date: 18.09.2026