Hes encouraging them to attend an international conference on Exorcism and Deliverance to be held this summer at University of St. Mary of the Lake in Mundelein, Ill., Aug. 7-12. To be clear, the actual determination of whether a member of the faithful is genuinely possessed by the devil is made by the Church, even if individuals claim to be possessed through their own self-diagnosis or psychosis. On Aug. 28, 1979, he was installed as the third bishop of the Joliet Diocese. John or priest from the Diocese of Joliet and will come from what looks like a legitimate email address. 18). With Imesch's retirement in 2006, Pope Benedict XVI named Bishop J. Peter Sartain of the Diocese of Little Rock as the next bishop of Joliet. 28). Parker himself is a former student of exorcist priest Fr. This also gives St. Raymond the opportunity to provide our parishioners with an updated parish directory. These bogus emails often include the name of Fr. Historically, however, the Church has exercised caution when evaluating such individuals for fear of unnecessarily drawing attention to the machinations of the devil or giving credit where no credit is due. Steve Knox, the Vicar for Clergy, called and told me I have no new assignment beginning June 16th. Joliet Parker explained in a written statement how he was later informed about his removal: Monday, May 24th, Msgr. To begin, water is blessed and sprinkled recalling the centrality of the new life the afflicted person received in Baptism and the ultimate defeat of the devil through the salvific work of Jesus Christ. Diving into the beauty of the Faith has never been easier: at home, on the go, or from any internet connected device. What the Catechism of the Catholic Church says on homosexuality (quoted here): 2357 Homosexuality refers to relations between men or between women who experience an exclusive or predominant sexual attraction toward persons of the same sex. They also demonstrate aversion to anything holy crosses, rosaries, holy water and other sacramentals; show excessive strength for their size, age and physical condition; show fluency in languages theyve not learned; and express knowledge about things they would not ordinarily know. DO NOT REPLY! She told LifeSiteNews, When we saw that there was a plight for Fr. I can tell you this, and this is someone who's was living with demonic spirits from a past history of addiction for 8 years. I knew mine were with Parker said during a homily: He was upset with my statement, Our faith is in Jesus Christ, not in any particular bishop or diocese. He took a personal affront to that. The bishop called and said, You cant do that. I said, The people arent going to understand they go to Walmart, they go to Woodmans, they have a couple hundred people in there.