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September 26, 2005

FYI: Love Holy Trinity Blessed Mission (LHTB)

If you or your family members regularly attend a Catholic Church belonging to one of the Midwest Diocese, you may want to read this.

This week Chicago Archbishop Francis Cardinal George joined several other urban diocese in expelling a decade old "Bible Study Group/Movement" from holding meetings or proselytizing on Church grounds. This move is due to increasing reports of "cult-like" tactics and possibly erroneous theology.

The group entitled Love Holy Trinity Blessed Mission (LHTB) has eager intentions of becoming the newest Catholic "order" (akin to the Franciscan or Jesuit orders) according to its website http://www.lhtbm.com and newsletters. The movement is led by Agnes Kyo McDonald and is headquartered at 7011 W. Diversey Ave, Chicago. LHTB currently holds weekly prayer meetings in nearly 100 Catholic churches in Illinois, Iowa, Indiana and Wisconsin.

I am not personally familiar with LHTB or the allegations against the group, and thus I do not profess to know the accuracy of the accusations against LHTB. I only intend to relate the fact that this week the primary diocese overseeing the geographic location of the movement have formally disclaimed any relation or support of the group and has prohibited any formal contact with LHTB by local Catholic congregations.

Core resources on this matter include the following: