Why Does Stephen Heiner A Strict Traditionalist Belong To The Rotary Club Of Overland Park?

The recent January 25th thread on the Angelqueen form THE ROTARY CLUB - A MASONIC ORGANIZATION tells us that the strict Roman Catholic Traditionalist Mr. Stephen Heiner belongs to the Overland Park Rotary Club. (Also see Bishop Williamson’s Publisher, Stephen Heiner, And The Rotary Conspiracy Theory) Why would a Traditional Roman Catholic belong to the Overland Park Rotary Club? Well, for professional reasons of course. According to the owner of Angelqueen web site - Servitium - tells us that: I just heard from Stephen, who tells me he had no clue of any of this regarding the Rotary. I know that he's a small businessman and likely joined for the same reason others do - networking and public engagement. Stephen Heiner has had plenty of time to respond to the charge that he belongs to the Overland Park Rotary Club, but has failed to do so. His first post on this thread was Tuesday, Januuary 26th. It is now January 28th, and there has been no denial from Mr. Heiner that he belongs to the Overland Park Rotary Club so one can only assume that Mr. Stephen Heiner belongs to the Overland Park Rotary Club. Hey but so what? Well if Mr. Stephen Heiner is going to ponitificate to the rest of us laity on what the proper traditionalist world view should be, then he should set the example in his personal life first. Mr. Stephen Heiner likes to promote The Four Marks site on his truerestoration.blogspot.com So lets take a look at the standards that the folks at The Four Marks like everyone else to follow:

About The Four Marks

It is unity in the truth, throughout history and in all places that may best mark our path to the protective arms of Holy Mother Church. Though we may feel abandoned, we are not alone. May we be united through this paper in our love and defense of the pure doctrines of Our Lord! And though our path treads the edge of a precipice, shall we fall while we yet cling to Tradition?
Who is cut from the Church, those loyal to Christ’s doctrines, or those who rewrote them? Who is wrong, one who attends the Mass of his ancestors, or one who attends a new mass unknown to his grandfathers? No, the grieving remnant did not leave the Faith. The only way to rectify the problem is for all to accept the laws, doctrines, and rites as practiced by the Church before Vatican II broke with Tradition.

Wow! Pretty strong stuff! Hey Mr. Stephen Heiner who is wrong? One who belongs to the Rotary that his grandfathers refused to belong to? Or his grandfathers? Is the Rotary any different today than it was back in the day. If it was wrong to belong to it then, then it is wrong to belong to it today. Who advised you Mr. Stephen Heiner that it was Ok to keep your membership in the Rotary?

Now I still can not beleive the following words of Servitium: I just heard from Stephen, who tells me he had no clue of any of this regarding the Rotary. This is why I tend to think is was just a prank & Mr. Stephen Heiner really does not belong to the Rotary. He had no clue! What? Mr. Stephen Heiner who holds a BA in English Literature with minors in Catholic Studies and Business from Rockhurst University in Kansas City, where he is currently working on his Masters in Business Administration does not know anything about the organization he joined? How hard can it be to look something up on the internet about the Rotary? So here Mr. Stephen Heiner is just a simple cut and paste about the Rotary that took a few minutes:

From Overland Park Rotary Club

Requirements of Membership: Attendance at weekly meetings. Members are encouraged to attend as many weekly meetings as possible and are required to maintain at least a 60% attendance record and not to miss four or more consecutive meetings. Members may make up attendance at any other Rotary Club or by participating in various other Rotary activites. OP Rotary meetings are Monday at noon, usually at the Marriott Hotel, but occasionally at the Doubletree or the Ritz Charles when the Marriott is not available. Financial obligations: Members are assessed annual dues of $150, and there is a one-time membership processing fee of $75. Weekly lunches are billed quarterly at $14 per week. Fines of $1.00 are often assessed weekly by the Sergeant at Arms, with the proceeds contributed to the Overland Park Rotary Foundation, which funds various service projects. Projects and activities: Members are encouraged to participate in Club activities and projects, as well as area-wide, District and international activities. Members are encouraged to assume leadership roles by participating on Rotary committees, on the club's Board of Directors, or the Board of Directors of the Overland Park Rotary Foundation.

From Rotary International

Who we work with

Rotary's work with the UN and other organizations

Throughout its history, Rotary International has collaborated with the United Nations, governments, and nongovernmental organizations to improve the human condition.

The greatest example of Rotary’s effective collaborations is its flagship program, PolioPlus, which aims to eradicate polio worldwide. Working with spearheading partners UNICEF, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the World Health Organization, Rotary has contributed over US$600 million and countless volunteer hours to help immunize more than two billion children against the crippling and often fatal disease. Learn more .

Cooperative efforts are also a key element of Rotary’s local service. Rotary clubs in Toronto, for example, have worked with Habitat for Humanity to build houses for deserving families in the community. Similar collaborations have helped Rotary’s 1.2 million club members promote goodwill, service, world understanding, and peace in more than 200 countries and geographical areas.

Rotary and the United Nations
Rotary and the United Nations have a long history of working together and sharing similar visions for a more peaceful world.

In 1942, Rotary clubs from 21 nations organized a conference in London to develop a vision for advancing education, science, and culture after World War II. That event was a precursor to UNESCO. In 1945, 49 Rotarians went to San Francisco to help draft the UN Charter. Rotary and the UN have been close partners ever since, a relationship that’s apparent through PolioPlus and work with UN agencies.

Rotary currently holds the highest consultative status offered to a nongovernmental organization by the UN’s Economic and Social Council, which oversees many specialized UN agencies. Rotary maintains and furthers its relationship with a number of UN bodies, programs, commissions, and agencies through its representative network . This network consists of RI representatives to the United Nations and other organizations.

And so on.....

So why is this important to anyone? Who should care if a Roman Catholic Traditionalist belongs to an organization that has Masonic origins? It is important because men like Mr. Stephen Heiner have condemned Pope Benedict’s plea for the creation of a true world political authority as nothing but the creation of the new world order. These type of men have always complained about the new world influence in the Church and have complained about the Churchmen who serve this new world order. Why quote any of them? Just look it up yourself it is not hard to find that this opinion is rampant in the traditionalist movement. Do you know any traditionalists? Ask how many books on Freemasonry he has on his book shelf? So here we have a Roman Catholic Traditionalist who condemns Pope Benedict XVI’s paragraph 67 yet belongs to the very organization that is part and parcel of the new world order! And yet men like this will pontificate to the rest of us on how the laity should bring about the restoration of all things in Christ. Why listen to men like this?