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“Absolutely NO” to Jerry
Springer Show
Despite rainy weather conditions, hundreds
of outraged Catholics gathered in front of Carnegie Hall
in Manhattan to pray and express their rejection over the
blasphemous Jerry Springer: The Opera in Comedy.
The peaceful protest was a response to the indecent show
which attacks the honor and purity of Our Lord and the Blessed
Virgin Mary.
The solemn rally included
prayers of reparation and veneration to Our Lady of
Fatima
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Members of The American Society for the
Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) and its
America Needs Fatima campaign held a two-hour rally from
6-8 PM on Tuesday, January 29. Litanies, rosaries and hymns
reverberated off city skyscrapers announcing the act of
public reparation.
According to press reports about the show,
the Crucifixion is mocked and the Eucharist is trashed.
A Jesus figure is introduced as “the hypocrite son
of the fascist tyrant on high” who wears a diaper,
is fat and effeminate, and admits being “a bit gay.”
Eve touches Jesus indecently (too immoral to describe) and
they say Our Blessed Mother was “raped by an angel.”
“In light of this indecent attack
on Our Lord and Our Lady, you’d think tens of thousands
of Catholics would be out here with us, offering reparation,”
said rally coordinator Robert Ritchie.
The act of reparation was noticed by The
New York Times, Variety, and Chortle
(U.K.). The Star Ledger reported that:
“An estimated 200 protesters, many
from the American Society for the Defense of Tradition,
Family and Property in Pennsylvania, gathered outside the
hall on opening night with candles, banners and placards
reading ‘Stop Blaspheming Our Lord Now.’”
In front of Carnegie
Hall
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Many who could not attend the rally joined
the protest by other means, calling Carnegie Hall to express
their disgust with the play. Thousands of others wrote protest
letters or sent e-mail complaints.
TFP web site readers who could not attend
the rally in person offered prayers and encouragement: “Let
us storm heaven with prayers. God is more powerful than
Satan,” said one. “I will be praying the Rosary
today from my home at the same time as your gathering. What
you are doing is so important!!!” said another. And
“When are we going to wake up, and put God back where
He belongs.”
“I am appalled at the insensitivity
of Carnegie Hall in face of the countless Catholics who
are offended by these insults to Jesus and Mary," said
rally participant Kenneth Murphy. "This rally is living
proof that Our Lord and Our Lady have disciples willing
to honor and defend Them.”
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Indeed, public outcry is growing. The America
Needs Fatima campaign is inviting its 120,000 members to
continue sending postcards and e-mail protests to the chairman
of Carnegie Hall’s board of directors, Mr. Sanford
Weill, asking him to stop public displays of blasphemy and
lewdness.
Finally, to close the act of reparation,
each rally participant knelt on the cold sidewalk, holding
a lighted candle as the Consecration to the Blessed Mother
by Saint Louis de Montfort was recited. Flickering in the
darkness, each candle burned with zeal for Our Lord and
Our Lady, and each candle-bearer was glad to have defended
their beloved Catholic faith.
The protest continues. To receive protest
postcards, please call 1-888-317-5571 today.
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