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Who is Ray Dubuque ?
Ray is the younger of two sons born in Chicago to a
very devout Roman Catholic family. All his early schooling was
in parochial schools, where a really dedicated priest turned
him on to what Catholics were then calling the "Social
Gospel", and which Conservatives today cannot
distinguish from "socialism" or "communism".
Wanting to be like his
saintly mentor, Ray then spent twelve years in Catholic
seminaries. including four extra years devoted to
the study of the empowering and liberating philosophy
of Aristotle, theology of Thomas Aquinas and Good News
of Jesus Christ. After earning the equivalent
of a Master's degree in Theology at Catholic University of America,
in D.C., and being ordained a priest, he became a seminary
professor.
When, however, he saw his church take a U-turn after the
Second Vatican Council and start heading back to the dark
ages again, he lost any hope that the Roman Catholic Church
would be reformed in his lifetime and became a minister in
the United Methodist Church, where the Reformation
had already taken place.
Before leaving the church, however, Ray used every opportunity to preach
this powerful sermon, challenging the Roman Catholic hierarchy,
on behalf of the voiceless people in the pews, and then sent a copy of it
to the Pope and to every Catholic bishop in America.
Ray then married Jane, one of the most genuine Christian
women imaginable, who like Ray had outgrown the R C
church. Jane had five children at the time,
but the Dubuques were persuaded by the teaching of
Jesus ("when you did it to the least of these, you did it
to ME") to rescue and adopt five more children,
three of them severely handicapped and to promote
the adoption of many more by others.
Ray lead a total of nine churches (sometimes 2 at a time),
in the states of New York and Connecticut, until
he was forced to retire early, because of his wife's
health on the one hand, but on the other because there
were always some in his churches that chafed at his
promoting what he considers crucial to Christ's
teaching : the obligation of the relatively few "haves"
of this world to be more concerned about the vast
majority of others who are "have nots" (not through
any fault of their own, but usually because of the
INJUSTICE and INDIFFERENCE of others).
For the past 20 years, Ray has been working in the
computer field, and now finds web publishing a great
way to spread the word that the "Religious Right"
are friends not of Christ who was one of the greatest
"Liberal" of all time, but the very kind of people who
were the mortal foes of Jesus of Nazareth all his life.
Ray is pictured with
two of his greatest heroes: Jesus Christ of course, whose
"New Testament" teaching and example are so inspiring,
and the man whom he feels has probably done more
than any other in his lifetime to implement the teaching of
Christ to love our neighbors, not in word only,
but in deed, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, author
of the "New Deal" (which is a modern way of
saying "new covenant"). See www.LiberalsLikeChrist.Org/Democrats.
-- Persian Proverb --
"He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not,
is a fool. Shun him.
He who knows not, and knows that he knows not,
is a child. Teach him.
He who knows, and knows not that he knows,
is asleep. Wake him.
He who knows, and knows that he knows,
is wise. Follow him."
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