Neo-Church Media Celebrates Naturalistic Sentimentalism as ‘Faith’ While the Vineyard Lies Waste
The National Catholic Register portal reports a hagiographic puff piece on one Robert MacStoker, a nonagenarian parishioner of the conciliar sect’s “St. Anne’s” in Garden City, New York. The article, penned by Patty Knap — a self-described “faith formation teacher” and “ABA therapist” — chronicles a surprise porch party thrown by neighbors and “priests” of the neo-church to honor a man whose life is presented as a testament to “lifelong faith and Marian devotion.” The thesis is clear: the conciliar sect substitutes supernatural religion with naturalistic humanitarianism, canonizing mere longevity and sociability while the vera religio is extinguished in the very structures that once housed it.