"FAX To: The Very Reverend James Patrick Fischler, CICM, Dean of the Uvalde, Texas, Deanery, Archdiocese of San Antonio.

"Date: Friday, December 28, 2007.

"Re: Other items covered in both the Tuesday, December 11 meeting with Fr. Quang, our pastor, plus our early morning meeting -- again at Father's request -- on Friday, December 14, 2007, from around 8:40 a.m. to 9:05 a.m. This memo is in fulfillment of Fr. Quang's Protocol.

"Dear Father Fischler:

"Item One: Both Deacon Dr. Joe Goebel and Dr. Don Smith, the latter head of the Charismatic Renewal Group at St. Mary Magdalene's Parish Church here in Brackettville, Texas, 120 miles south west of San Antonio, seem to be pushing some very specific personal opinions regarding the Virgin Mary, as though the Catholic Church itself had already endorsed them and made them a part of the magisterium.

"Item Two: Father Quang D. Van, the duly established pastor of our parish church has been informed of all this, both verbally and in writing.

"Item Three: Both Deacon Dr. Joseph Goebel and Dr. Don Smith are tough, capable and effective leaders, totally dedicated to their respective causes, solid and for the most part mature citizens -- without an ounce of neurosis and if anything, even less subject to psycho-somatic afflictions than the normal run of human beings -- who have suffered and sacrificed much in achieving their life goals.

"Item Four: Finally, because of their dedication to their respective causes, they've been amazingly successful in turning a big section of St. Mary Magdalene's Parish, 2007 A.D. into a reasonable facsimile of some medieval Albigensian enclave like Montaillou, the famous Promised Land of Error, in 1307 A.D.


"Item Five: As the French author Emmanuel Leroy Ladurie points out [in] his celebrated study cited in Item Four, Catholic Conservatives as well as non - Christian Albigensians who for all they might differ in such things as their views of the Incarnation, could and did make common cause aganst the common enemy, which was Episcopal or outside secular authority of any kind. (this is just a rough paraphrase, as I'm writing from memory!). *


"Item Six: Deacon Dr. Joe Goebel feels strong enough in his own power base to openly intervene in a visiting priest's homily, as he did on December 8, 2007, at the 9:00 A.M. mass with Fr. Richard Rick [sic] Benonis.

"Deacon emeritus Mr. Robert Nelson, [too] was present.

"Item Seven: The same applies to Dr. Don Smith at our regular Wednesday night Charismatic Renewal meeting at 6:00 P.M. in the old church building on December [12], 2007.

"He confidently dismissed both Fr. Quang's and Father Benonis' assertions of the Church's teaching as to there being only three baptisms: Water, Blood and Desire.

"Item Eight: Witnesses names were given orally in all cases to Fr. Quang D. Van, and after this, to both Archbishops Pietro Sambi and José Gomez [who are already] involved in this developing case, as we advance [to] the next step.

"Thank you, Father!

"Respectfully Submitted,

"(Scribble, scribble, scribble!) :)

"Copies: for later courier deliveries."

*"Rough paraphrase," my size 11 1/2 to number 12 infantryman's foot!

Hey, it's like we had to spend maybe up to two (2) hours or so the other night with both the French and English verisons to come up with at least a half - baked defense of all these "italicized liberties," you better believe it! :)