tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post1636642727404709444..comments2024-02-26T09:30:54.111-06:00Comments on Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!: Coffee Bowl BrowsingFr. Philip Powell, OPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-52215520519192187612010-10-29T07:00:13.332-05:002010-10-29T07:00:13.332-05:00Anon., a lot of the problems have been my faulty.....Anon., a lot of the problems have been my faulty...my Italian is not up to snuff. Also, religious are notoriously bad at communication within the community. Add the Italian tendency to let things slide and you have a deadly mix. The degree requirements were changed the year before I entered and I didn't know this. The univ's website description of the requirements is an exercise in vagueness and the terminology is nothing like we use in the US. <br /><br />Bottomline: I'm working on rewriting the philosophy dept's English version of the website.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-53901291551235426192010-10-29T03:35:37.888-05:002010-10-29T03:35:37.888-05:00The long list of confusing episodes you've gon...The long list of confusing episodes you've gone through to understand, let alone fulfill your program requirements at the Angelicum, is the best argument <br />I have ever heard in my life for avoiding an institution! Sounds like the place is run by a confederation of dunces! Is there any hope on the horizon?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-55573886868815419482010-10-27T11:55:01.559-05:002010-10-27T11:55:01.559-05:00In my parents' parish (in the Midwest), the di...In my parents' parish (in the Midwest), the dissenters are definitely the older crowd. In my home parish (Seattle Archdiocese), there is a blend of old and young. I am hoping that our new archbishop will use his pastoral skills to shepherd the flock towards orthodoxy.templariidvmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-71213957770310633122010-10-27T10:52:20.295-05:002010-10-27T10:52:20.295-05:00Of course, dissent will not end when the last Spir...<i>Of course, dissent will not end when the last Spirit-of-Vatican-Two'er goes to his/her eternal reward...there will be other, younger dissidents to take their places, but these folks won't be around in the same numbers nor will they be in positions of institutional power and influence.</i><br /><br />Indeed. Where is the new Hans Kung? There is no one willing to inherit the dilapidated and intellectually bankrupt estate that progressives have created.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-12135646836385418032010-10-26T23:55:03.018-05:002010-10-26T23:55:03.018-05:00Regarding the 45 year-old Clown Show presentd by t...Regarding the 45 year-old Clown Show presentd by the Spirit-of-Vatican-II-dissenters: I figure that at the most, we'll have to put up with these people for about ten more years. It will, of course, take far more than ten years to correct the calamities they will have left behind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-87555371371582404042010-10-26T22:04:25.700-05:002010-10-26T22:04:25.700-05:00Ruth Ann, most of the institutional dissenters (ch...Ruth Ann, most of the institutional dissenters (chancery staff, profs, etc.) are in their mid to late 60's. My smarty-alecky comment was a nod to what Fr. Z. calls the "biological solution" to the dissident problem. Of course, dissent will not end when the last Spirit-of-Vatican-Two'er goes to his/her eternal reward...there will be other, younger dissidents to take their places, but these folks won't be around in the same numbers nor will they be in positions of institutional power and influence.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-8995204825172563902010-10-26T14:55:15.198-05:002010-10-26T14:55:15.198-05:00"There's no need for Catholic bloggers to..."There's no need for Catholic bloggers to purge dissenters from the Church. . .Mother Nature is doing it for us."<br /><br />Is your assumption here that dissenters are old and will die soon, thus leaving only faithful Catholics in their wake?<br /><br />If so, two things are wrong with that thinking. 1) Unfortunately Mother Nature will also be taking the majority of old Catholic folks who are quietly and faithfully practicing the Catholic faith in the footsteps of such great saints as St. Therese of Lisieux, the saint of the Little Way. 2) There are plenty of dissenters among the young, not to mention those who have rejected the faith altogether and embrace secularism and hedonism.Ruth Ann Pilneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14444361367208483037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-21960319151445489782010-10-26T14:49:36.260-05:002010-10-26T14:49:36.260-05:00Ha! The English department was in the black. I cou...Ha! The English department was in the black. I couldn't raise a family on an adjunct's wages and had to go into the corporate world to make a decent living.Deacon Bill Burnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11484509700642430451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-13458579491216845762010-10-26T12:59:51.472-05:002010-10-26T12:59:51.472-05:00Saddam did have weapons of mass destruction.
On...<i>Saddam did have weapons of mass destruction. </i><br /><br />Only remnants of stockpiles a dozen years old and more. Probably unreliable by the time we invaded. And NOT nuclear weapons, contrary to the Bush administration's fear-mongering suggestions. None of this is news. None of this justifies our invasion and occupation.<br /><br />RomulusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-28352449960289475322010-10-26T08:19:04.333-05:002010-10-26T08:19:04.333-05:00I don't believe that consummer brand study: wh...I don't believe that consummer brand study: where are Volvo and Subaru on the Dem side?Mr Flapataphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08390162118666201658noreply@blogger.com