Posted on 08/18/2005 5:23:45 AM PDT by Desdemona
Any comments? I think there are some valid points.
I learned about 20 years ago that ANYTHING from "St Anthony Press"--US Catholic, St Anthony Messenger--is usually just garbage.
At that time, Leonardi was about 15...
Who reads them? No one except the postmenopausals that actually run our parishes. And they do so with the same glee that they sing the Jesus Christ Superstar "hymns" at Mass. Ugh!
Bump!
I picked that particular issue up in the vestibule and found it rather disappointing. I expected something else from the title.
I've been a sponsor at RCIA for several years and have seen a number of Catholic Updates over the years. Fortunately, the RCIA team doesn't hand them out willy-nilly. They actually read them and not every Update makes the cut.
I was told at my old university center that I could call on these for any of my Sunday School lessons. I NEVER did. All I had to see, was that the esteemed, Remert E. Weakland wrote one, to know that I wanted nothing to do with them. Instead, I used the Catechism, the Bible, and the Midwest Theological Forums "Intro to Catholicism."
Too many of these "theologians" are dissenters in sheeps clothing and I am a little sick of giving them aid and comfort.
Speaking of turning 75. Is McCarrick still around? I thought his resignation was expected immediately, I was looking forward to finding out his successor.
Dear StAthansiustheGreat,
Cardinal McCarrick has submitted his resignation. Rumor has it that it will be accepted within the year, which I am to understand is relatively speedy for a cardinal.
However, I doubt that Pope Benedict XVI desires to intentionally slap Cardinal McCarrick in the face, so I doubt that any announcement regarding the appointment of a successor will occur much before late Autumn or even Winter.
In the Archdiocese of Washington, we wait with bated breath.
sitetest
Ok, I was just wondering. Thanks. By the way, you know me, I used to be NWUArmyROTC.
Ok, I was just wondering. Thanks. By the way, you know me, I used to be NWUArmyROTC.
Dear SATG/NWUAROTC,
Okay, looks like you got a "promotion." ;-)
I'm personally hoping that Cardinal McCarrick's successor is someone like Archbishop Burke, Archbishop Chaput, or (dare I hope???) Bishop Fabian "Excommunicate ALL the Heretics, Let God Sort 'Em Out" Bruskewitz (I know, I know, that's a bit beyond hoping).
However, I'm concerned that rather we may get a clone of, say, Cardinal Keeler (due to retire in 2006), or worse yet, Cardinal Egan.
sitetest
"However, I'm concerned that rather we may get a clone of, say, Cardinal Keeler (due to retire in 2006)"
Libera nos, Domine.
Currently suffering in one of the worst Archdioceses on the East Coast (Baltimore). I've only lived in Maryland for 5 years, so I don't knwo much about Keeler (public views and such), but Baltimore reeks of liturgical abuses and heterodoxy. Send me a private mail and let me know specifically what is the synopsis of Card. Keeler. Others I have asked give me very vague responses.
Yes he has many valid points.
In the larger picture however, the whole concept of using "dumbed-down" tracts to teach the Faith in RCIA (where the "A" is for "Adults"), is the problem. The Faith should clearly be taught from a serious catechism designed for Adults, if not the CCC.
It is ultimately the responsibility of the bishops in each of their respective dioceses to implement a strong catechetical formation process for RCIA. Allowing this "tract" method allows dissidents power to distort the Faith before those who are inquiring, just as this article discusses.
You know, he would be perfect for DC, the Capitol of our nation, precisely because he is from the Midwest.
The culture shock he would be able to generate with all our federal officials located there would be awesome. The Catholic Faith would be taught to the whole nation through the national press on nearly a nightly basis. (heehee)
Just think of all the potential threads right here on FR....
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