We were taught, at an RCIA ‘retreat’ of several RCIA groups — to form our own consciences according to what WE believed to be right. The ‘nun’ (in street clothes, obviously liberal, straight from the LA Archdiocese, matched totally with the church where we were doing RCIA) couched her teaching in very ‘reverent’ language.
I had been a Protestant for 20 years at that point, and I recognized this SPEW of hooey. There was no mention of — ‘according to the Bible,’ ‘Jesus would have us,’ ‘the Ten Commandments talk about.’ Everyone dutifully listened. My husband did not even catch it.
I was there at the Lord’s prompting, but it was totally disgusting. (As was the RCIA teaching at this church). It gave me a good glimpse, however, into the BAD catechesis in the CC these days — which is TOTALLY intentional, I believe, much as the propagandizing that goes on in the public schools is.
We are in a cultural battle.
LOL! That's exactly what it was! I think these awful nuns, fortunately, are dying off or fading away simply because their orders are going out of business. But they and other RCIA types certainly have done a lot of damage to Catholic catechesis.
***We were taught, at an RCIA ‘retreat’ of several RCIA groups — to form our own consciences according to what WE believed to be right. The ‘nun’ (in street clothes, obviously liberal, straight from the LA Archdiocese, matched totally with the church where we were doing RCIA) couched her teaching in very ‘reverent’ language.***
It is only by the Grace of God that the Church survives catechesis like that.