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To: Pyro7480; johnb2004; Salvation; Loyalist
There may well be some good old Jesuits.

When I was a boy I attended a high school at which the Christian Brothers taught. Our big rival was the Jesuit high school - there was just an arrogance exuding from those Prep boys. Rivals or not, I always admired them for their superior intellects. Truth is, those boys were getting a better education, so it was perhaps an arrogance born from plenty of hard work.

When my daughter attended Boston College in the late eighties, I became alarmed by the amoral, secular atmosphere there.

I spoke with a Jesuit who happened to be the BC Repect Life group's advisor and he was a good, orthodox Catholic with a national reputation as such. But I found in him that same arrogance that the Prep boys had in my youth. And he was absolutely incapable of finding fault with the Jesuits.

I guess what I'm saying is that even the few good ones worked so hard to become Jesuits that I fear there is a certain pride that is preventing them from admitting a problem.

11 posted on 02/09/2004 10:57:38 AM PST by old and tired (Go Toomey! Send Specter back to the Highlands!)
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To: old and tired
The parish I used to attend would have Jesuits from their local high school come in to say mass. These priests ranged in age from early 40's to mid 50's. Every homily was articulate, but AmChurch. They had charisma and academic minds, but no loyalty to the Truth.
12 posted on 02/09/2004 11:25:03 AM PST by johnb2004
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