Church ReformCorporate ReformSpritualityAbout Mike Crosby
Church ReformCorporate ReformSpiritualityAbout Mike Crosby

Pope Paul VI Indicated eloquently in his encyclical Ecdesiam Suam (His Church) that the church is essentially dialogical. Dialogue presumes a willingness in all parties to listen to each other's point of view. It assumes that one does not have all the answers. This website is my attempt to promote dialogue on matters that have too often been kept quiet, silenced or repressed. Such matters may include CORPORATE REFORM, CHURCH REFORM, and SPIRITUALITY.

 

Michael Crosby Click here for a Video Welcome Message

Click here to view Crosby's new book, Finding Francis, Following Christ, which was recently awarded by the Catholic Press Association of Canada and the United States second place for 2007 Spirituality books

 

Why Corporate Reform?
Religious investors do not only consider fiscal responsiblity with their investments, but social and environmental responsiblity as well. Therefore, when the companies in which we invest and whose products we purchase are recognized as failing to measure up, as we would like, our stock owneership gives us the right and moral responsiblity to call them to conversion. Capuchin friar Michael Crosby is considered the grandfather of US Catholic involvement (since 1973) in shareholder actions promoting corporate change.

 

Why the Need for Investment by Religious Orders?
We have investments to fund our brothers in formation, brother who are retired, and brothers who are in ministries among the poor and marginated.

 

2008 Shareholder Resolutions

Michael Crosby is one of two Corporate Responsibiliy agents of the Capuchin Province of St. Joseph. Shareholder resolutions have been filed for 2008 on the following topics:

  • Global Warming (sustainability)

  • Tobacco Challenges including Tobacco Free Movies

  • Universal Healthcare

  • Weapons Production

  • Human Rights (especially China)

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Why Church Reform?

The Roman Catholic church has two main sources for its identity and mission: the scriptures and tradition. When we consider Cardinal Dulles' "Models of the Church," Michael Crosby contends it is the institutional model (which highlights tradition and a selective interpretation of the scriptures) that has generated most, if not all, the controversies that create its current crisis. The original source for the Franciscan presence in the world is grounded in the words Francis of Assisi heard from the Cross at San Damiano: "Francis repair my house. You can see that it is falling into ruin." The 1971 Synod of Bishops called for church reform when it did not exhibit just relations.

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