tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post8751647346593108156..comments2024-03-28T20:30:10.681-04:00Comments on southern orders: IT IS TIME FOR CATHOLIC DIOCESES TO MAKE SURE CATHOLIC FACULTY AT CATHOLIC SCHOOLS HONOR THE LEGACY OF RELGIOUS ORDERS THAT FOUNDED CATHOLICS SCHOOLS WITH A STRONG CATHOLIC IDENTITYFr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-5510659069809874592014-04-09T16:05:43.805-04:002014-04-09T16:05:43.805-04:00Anonymous, I was speaking symbolically…LOL! You ar...Anonymous, I was speaking symbolically…LOL! You are the one who is whining about being censored.Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-68697553319221055002014-04-09T09:17:09.835-04:002014-04-09T09:17:09.835-04:00"Sister Boy"? "Step right up into ..."Sister Boy"? "Step right up into my face"? Grow up preacher. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-18204637029133627272014-04-08T21:15:07.639-04:002014-04-08T21:15:07.639-04:00Hey, Fr. must have censored you. Welcome to the cl...Hey, Fr. must have censored you. Welcome to the club. No, Sister Boy, I have no lines. You can step right up into my face any time you think you are ready.Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-14748793617816829212014-04-08T20:43:57.160-04:002014-04-08T20:43:57.160-04:00I realize he's kind of a delicate boy....bless...I realize he's kind of a delicate boy....bless his heart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-59185703174365663232014-04-08T20:21:33.624-04:002014-04-08T20:21:33.624-04:00Did I step over the "don't offend Gene&qu...Did I step over the "don't offend Gene" line?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-21381131032457851522014-04-07T18:34:39.286-04:002014-04-07T18:34:39.286-04:00In many cases, Blacks asked for their own Churches...In many cases, Blacks asked for their own Churches.Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-62665295285418449282014-04-07T15:00:08.874-04:002014-04-07T15:00:08.874-04:00And the fact that there were separate (and unequal...And the fact that there were separate (and unequal) schools and churches for black and white Catholics never even came up. Maybe some things are worse, but some are really better than they were in the good old days.<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-31774312247094774162014-04-07T13:37:04.274-04:002014-04-07T13:37:04.274-04:00My grade school classroom looked almost just like ...My grade school classroom looked almost just like the one shown here. In grades 1 through 8 we studied the Baltimore Catechism over and over. We had a "Religion" book with pictures and the same Bible stories over and over. High school was not much different. I don't remember ever discussing anything much. The only thing i recall about the question of sex was that it was all....from "impure thoughts to...well we never much got much detail....it was all a MORTAL SIN THAT WOULD SEND YOU STRAIGHT TO HELL. I don't think the young nuns who taught us knew much more than we did.<br /><br />All of the Bible stories were taught as absolute fact....history. The talking serpent, Jonah and the whale...all fact. How many here believe in Creationism? Adam and Eve were two real human beings, and, like the current movie...that there was an ark with all of the animals? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-80567820709347443972014-04-06T17:33:07.017-04:002014-04-06T17:33:07.017-04:00Are we to excuse the behaviour of teachers who fai...Are we to excuse the behaviour of teachers who fail to take responsibility for learning (the terms of their contract)? No, we should not. Teachers should do their "homework" with the same diligence they expect their students to pursue their studies.<br /><br />Is it any wonder that students are illiterate—in matters of Faith and the basics, e.g., English and Math—when their teachers and parents are willfully or woefully ignorant? No, not in the slightest.<br /><br />It seems that we have allowed a very low view of human potential to take hold. I.e., a view that assumes people are incapable of taking responsibility for any of their actions. Low expectation + low support = indifferent teachers and indifferent parents.<br /><br />The view of the person the Church teaches is so much more exciting and life giving than the dissenters and malcontents would have us believe.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13388899986377479033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-33767623331242770422014-04-06T16:43:21.079-04:002014-04-06T16:43:21.079-04:00And the much larger Nashville Dominicans--of which...And the much larger Nashville Dominicans--of which the Michigan Dominicans are an offshoot--are <i><b>truly</b></i> overflowing with vocations. I think this is generally the situation with orthodox orders of women religious (perhaps orthodox men religious as well, of which I know less).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-19845200191634131462014-04-06T12:33:43.048-04:002014-04-06T12:33:43.048-04:00The Dominicans of Mary Mother of the Eucharist in ...The Dominicans of Mary Mother of the Eucharist in Michigan, and the Nashville Dominicans are very good teaching orders. I know that the first of the two is overflowing with vocations.<br /><br />As new teaching and principal positions open at school, fill those positions with sisters from one of these orders. Eventually the school will be run entirely by one of these two good orders, and all problems will be solved.<br /><br />Often, the right answer is the simplest one.Carol H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02475843499648488542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-8169817371967281722014-04-06T12:18:59.551-04:002014-04-06T12:18:59.551-04:00Anon, the good news is that is not true. I was su...Anon, the good news is that is not true. I was surprised, not in a good way, when the priest in my Mom's town in Tennessee knew about the previous Archbishop in Cincinnati, by name! Yikes. The good news is that the current AB in one of his first acts has allowed the FSSP to establish parish in Dayton and has the formation director of the Diocese helping people learn EF. He didn't do what I would have done as far as more abrupt course corrections, but the example was set and the doors opened. If it can happen here, it can happen anywhere.rcghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09131930849106490711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-58120124640962191782014-04-06T09:28:16.213-04:002014-04-06T09:28:16.213-04:00Father, have you changed your meds lately?
Religi...Father, have you changed your meds lately?<br /><br />Religious have turned their backs on EVERYTHING religious life ever stood for. How do you think will help religious recover their Catholicity, Pope Francis. And I'm stopping right there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-38414057230298683122014-04-06T08:53:04.284-04:002014-04-06T08:53:04.284-04:00The situation is very bad in the Cincinati Diocese...The situation is very bad in the Cincinati Diocese where all of the situations listed, and more, are dominant among the staffs of the schools. This is long over due. rcghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09131930849106490711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-62826731783968048322014-04-06T08:33:45.592-04:002014-04-06T08:33:45.592-04:00It has been time for this for 50 years. What makes...It has been time for this for 50 years. What makes you think anything is going to change…have you been imbibing this morning, Fr? Shame! LOL!Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-8552213929403507742014-04-06T08:24:51.859-04:002014-04-06T08:24:51.859-04:00Father McDonald,
Thank you for posting this. I a...Father McDonald,<br /><br />Thank you for posting this. I agree that it is culturally better to have schools staffed by religious, and that it is fiscally better to have some full-fee non-Catholics enrolled in the schools. However, I do not believe that, generally speaking in the South, a strong Catholic identity deters non-Catholic enrollment, especially if the non-Catholics are exempted from overt catechetical instruction.<br /><br />Further, even without religious, there are very many solid Catholic laymen who could do the job, if only the principals/headmasters would seek them. Rood Screenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816036539243214384noreply@blogger.com