tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post644328102865258244..comments2024-03-28T12:59:52.914-04:00Comments on southern orders: A MODEST ENDORSEMENT OF THE BALTIMORE CATECHISMFr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-58976258016323368742013-05-29T12:06:35.078-04:002013-05-29T12:06:35.078-04:00The original Baltimore Catechism set is back in pr...The original Baltimore Catechism set is back in print and available at www.allthesaintsbooks.com under their catechism section along with a reprint of the Council of Trent and a few others. The Baltimore is great for children and young adults and the council of Trent is a great in depth study for those looking for something more detailed.CeAnne @ Sanctus Simplicitushttp://www.sanctussimplicitus.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-15680926855274482632012-01-30T14:39:19.699-05:002012-01-30T14:39:19.699-05:00The new translation missal PDF's at the Wikisp...The new translation missal PDF's at the Wikispook site Mike links above can be read without editing on a Kindle. Just download them to your computer, then copy them into the documents folder of your Kindle.<br /><br />I've done this with the Proper of Saints and Proper of Time to have the newly translated collects available for Liturgy of the Hours, the Collect for a memorial, feastday or Sunday Mass being the final prayer for the major hours of the day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-54064035376114787612012-01-30T10:14:05.599-05:002012-01-30T10:14:05.599-05:00Excellent post, father. The Baltimore Catechism is...Excellent post, father. The Baltimore Catechism is all the things the CCC is not: clear, straightforward, accessible to the laity in terms of language and concepts. The CCC is more of a reference book than a catechism (and one that cites almost exclusively only two sources: VII and the Bible, to the exclusion of 1900 intervening years of other documents.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-10779537344559249492012-01-30T09:25:45.353-05:002012-01-30T09:25:45.353-05:00Thanks to the Internet, we have, freely available,...Thanks to the Internet, we have, freely available, the Baltimore Cathechism, and that of Trent, as well. I have delved into both, and in my searching to fill the monstrous gap left by the local RCIA classes, have also read <i>This is the Faith</i>, but Canon Francis Ripley. It is very much in the spirit of the Baltimore Catechism, but with more explanation.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00858195676825602917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-73174731943177882582012-01-29T18:16:40.768-05:002012-01-29T18:16:40.768-05:00Very funny, RCG. No Ipads, Kindles, or Blackberry&...Very funny, RCG. No Ipads, Kindles, or Blackberry's for me, thanks. I think there is a new psychiatric disorder manifested in agitatedly poking and fingering hand-held devices all day long while totally unaware of people and events around you. It used to be call catatonic schizophrenia.Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-13910885419281939792012-01-29T15:13:58.002-05:002012-01-29T15:13:58.002-05:00There you go Pin, ready for your iPad.
rcgThere you go Pin, ready for your iPad.<br /><br />rcgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-51409164591608159442012-01-29T15:12:49.786-05:002012-01-29T15:12:49.786-05:00There you go Pin, ready for your iPad.
rcgThere you go Pin, ready for your iPad.<br /><br />rcgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-88506728810490320852012-01-29T14:34:49.352-05:002012-01-29T14:34:49.352-05:00rcg
With a bit of editing, the Missal PDF's, ...rcg<br /><br />With a bit of editing, the Missal PDF's, at <a href="https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Template:USMissal" rel="nofollow">Wikispooks</a> can be adapted to a reader.<br /><br />A polished e-version of the new Missal is sure to be available in the neat future.Mikehttps://sites.google.com/site/ollourdes/the-roman-missalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-23511016849947771912012-01-29T13:19:34.119-05:002012-01-29T13:19:34.119-05:00Mike, Thanks! Also, Pin was looking for an e-vers...Mike, Thanks! Also, Pin was looking for an e-version of the new Missal. Do you know where he can find one?<br /><br />rcgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-74982902721083603462012-01-29T10:51:25.881-05:002012-01-29T10:51:25.881-05:00When I was very young I remember going to "Ca...When I was very young I remember going to "Catechism Class". A few years later we began to call it CCD, which my parents said meant "Catholic Catechism and Doctrine". g my kids in "CCD" before I found out that it didn't mean that (not literally anyway) and that here in Middle Georgia a lot of folks just called it "Sunday School" so as "not to confuse the children who go to school with a lot of baptist Children". Sheesh.<br /><br />Amen Father for using the Baltimore Catechism.Templarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18204866760862707908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-18827341227295239842012-01-29T10:14:00.185-05:002012-01-29T10:14:00.185-05:00The Baltimore Catechism is available, free, online...The Baltimore Catechism is available, free, online in various formats, even the Kindle.<br><br /><a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14551" rel="nofollow"><br><br />Baltimore Catechism No. 1</a> at Project Gutenberg. An abridged edition for younger students.<br><br /><br><br /><a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14552" rel="nofollow">Baltimore Catechism No. 2</a> at Project Gutenberg. The main edition.<br><br /><br><br /><a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14553" rel="nofollow">Baltimore Catechism No. 3</a> at Project Gutenberg. An expanded edition for older students.<br><br /><br><br /><a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14554" rel="nofollow">Baltimore Catechism No. 4</a> at Project Gutenberg. An annotated edition for teachers.<br>Mikehttps://sites.google.com/site/ollourdes/the-roman-missalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-42013899527085268092012-01-29T08:38:32.289-05:002012-01-29T08:38:32.289-05:00Interesting. Just yesterday I was looking for a c...Interesting. Just yesterday I was looking for a copy of the Baltimore Catechism in the bookstore. I do have a small child's catechism published in 1946 that was used by my wife's family for all her siblings and her through the sixties. It is very simple and emphasises the reverence. That is what I personally see as the problem with what came out of Vatican II. I frankly used to have contempt for St Theresa until I finally understood how she undid that knot with simple reverence.<br /><br />rcgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-28080945736685939922012-01-29T07:20:19.666-05:002012-01-29T07:20:19.666-05:00Oh, I forgot to mention, we didn't have Franci...Oh, I forgot to mention, we didn't have Franciscan sisters at St. Joseph Academy in Waycross after about 1972. It became a Catholic school with lay teachers, many of whom were not even Catholic.Joseph Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-77605696022590450722012-01-29T07:08:02.737-05:002012-01-29T07:08:02.737-05:00I have been teaching 6th grade PRE at my parish fo...I have been teaching 6th grade PRE at my parish for 16 years and, in more recent years and with pastoral approval, have used the Baltimore Catechism as supplement to the regular textbook (I only have my personal copy and sometimes use it to teach from).<br /><br />As you say, it is much more straightforward and "to the point" on doctrine and it explains things in an age-appropriate way with illustrations. I have wished for years that we had an updated version of these books to use as primary PRE textbooks. The closest thing I know of today is the "St. Joseph Catechism" but I am told it is not an approved PRE textbook in our Diocese. <br /><br />PRE textbooks have been steadily improving over the past few years (they now include Latin versions of basic prayers and have the Papal exhortation that all Catholics should know these prayers in Latin as well). Still, I much prefer the straightforward style of the old Baltimore Catechism. Maybe it's because I hunger for these things myself because I received my religious education in the period 1967-1975 (first grade to eight grade in St. Joseph Academy, Waycross). The earliest years with the Franciscan sisters were good but it deteriorated after about 1970 and I don't remember us ever using the Baltimore Catechism, even in the earliest years.Joseph Johnsonnoreply@blogger.com