The late 60s and into the 70s a lot of things were done in the name of “the spirit of Vatican II.” The Baltimore Catechism was thrown out because it was no longer “relevant.” I remember thinking, why are they making us do collages featuring magazine pictures that represent ‘joy’ when I would really like to learn about the virtues? The leftist sure had a good time messing things up.
I was a seminarian in the early 70s. The “Spirit of Vatican II” permeated our formation and we were the worse off for it. I was a novice, and our Novice Master was big into Marriage Encounter, which was nice, except that this was his first stint as Novice Master and he decided to do a “Marriage Encounter”-flavored Novitiate. To this day, I wish I’d had a more traditional Novitiate year.
Oh, BTW: our Novice Master eventually left the priesthood and got married...sigh.
Hmm yes - I couldn’t believe that this person as part of a Church group was asking me to go against all the things I was taught to believe in like loyalty and not talking ill of others etc. To be honest we experienced a bit of a dog’s breakfast back in those days. For me though it meant that I had to seek out my faith rather than expect it to be delivered to me on a platter. I would in all honesty say that it would make for better Christians if everyone were to take that journey rather than trusting others with what we believe - after all we are not going to get away with blaming others when we come before the Lord.