Catholic Campuses Head for Showdown Over Obedience to Church, Academic Freedom.

Yahoo News ^ | 5/28/02 | Arlene Levinson

[Antoninus]

IMO, the Pope needs to squash the Jesuits big time.

I'm researching the Jesuit fathers in North America now for work. It's absolutely appalling to see how far that once magnificent order has decayed. They've gone from being willing to suffer the most horrible tortures for the Faith, to a group of swishy, limp-wristed, haters of the Catholic Church.

Perhaps we should pray to St. Isaac Jogues for a swift and thorough purge of his now-derelict order. May the intecession of St. Isaac lead to the installation of Father Fessio as general of the order.

[ThomasMore]

When I teach on the problem of Modernism to our RCIA Catechumens, I use the following as one example of the heresy.

 

On Monika the Modernist

By JAMES LIKOUDIS

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EDITORIAL NOTE:   Laity in the Diocese of Buffalo have found incomprehensible our diocesan Christ the King Seminary having awarded Dr. Monica Hellwig an honorary Doctorate in 1998. Among her many other achievements "Monika the Modernist" has distinguished herself as Georgetown University's longtime advocate of "Liberation Theology". In her position as Director of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities she has been an outspoken critic of the Holy See's efforts to implement Pope John Paul II's "Ex Corde Ecclesiae", a document attempting to re-establish the Church's control over Universities and Colleges that still profess to be Catholic but have become hotbeds of Dissent and Disobedience and politically-correct Secularism among the faithful.

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While travelling in the Midwest recently on a speaking tour for various CUF Chapters, I was handed a copy of Monika Hellwig's "What Are They Saying About Death and Christian Hope?" (Paulist Press, 1978). The priest who handed me this slight paperback said that copies of this strange book had been sent to all the priests of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee by the Religious Education Department. Apparently, this is part of the theological up-dating required of priests of the Archdiocese by avant-garde religious educators itching to promote the latest theological novelties.

the rest here

[KissOfTheSith]

>On page 131 she writes, "The New Testament does not give us a code of behavior."

Matthew 5:3-12 --

Blessed are those who struggle with their spirit,
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are those who mourn,
For they shall be comforted.

Blessed are the meek,
For they shall inherit the earth.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
For they shall be filled.

Blessed are the merciful,
For they shall obtain mercy.

Blessed are the pure in heart,
For they shall see God.

Blessed are the peacemakers,
For they shall be called sons of God.

Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake,
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you,
and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake.

Rejoice and be exceedingly glad,
for great is your reward in heaven,
for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

It's difficult to see how this wouldn't be considered a code of behavior. But it's equally difficult to see how the Catholic Church could hold itself to this code of behavior random collection of words.

-- Kiss of the Sith

[ThomasMore]

Perhaps we should pray to St. Isaac Jogues for a swift and thorough purge of his now-derelict order.

I love the North American Martyrs, especially Jean de Brebeuf. He suffered terribly at the hands of the Iroquois. Would that I have the courage of this man!

A Prayer to the North American Martyrs

Dear Sts. Isaac Jogues, Jean De Brebeuf, Gabriel Lalemant, Charles Garnier, Anthony Daniel, Noel Chabanel, Rene Goupil, Jean LaLande, we beg of you -- pray for the priests of this vast country of ours, especially those priests and religious who are members of the Society of Jesus.

Through your fidelity to the Church and your Order, you brought the true faith of our Fathers to many Native Americans.  Intercede for us now in the hour of our need.  Ask Jesus to send to us living saints who are worthy to bear the torch of orthodoxy and once again bear witness to the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic faith that has been handed down to us unchanged for 2000 years. And pray for us, that this great evil that has infiltrated our hierarchy, be cast out and destroyed. AMEN!

 

[ELS]

Quite a disappointing and disturbing (but not surprising) article on Ms. Hellwig. However, I was pleased to see the final paragraph:

Perhaps more Australian bishops might also consider the precedent set by at least one American bishop, Bishop John Myers of Peoria, Illinois, who during 1991 invited Dr Hellwig to "explain" her previously published views on women's ordination, before permitting her to speak in his diocese. She declined the invitation, effectively barring herself from the Peoria Diocese (Newsweek, August 5,1991).

I am going to the NJRTL dinner tonight where Archbishop Myers is the main speaker. It should be interesting.

[Aquinasfan]

Excellent post from The Wanderer.

[Aquinasfan]

IMO, the Pope needs to squash the Jesuits big time.

How about turning their schools over to the Legionnaires? Wouldn't that be fun?

[ThomasMore]

For starters, that's a good idea!!

[SoothingDave]

But aren't these Universities under the authority of the Jesuits and not the local ordinaries? And aren't the Jesuits only under the authority of their own order and the Pope?

The way I understand ex corde ecclesia, the mandatum is to be issued by the local ordinary in whose territory any university is found. The practices and whatnot of the University may be under the jurisdiction of the orders, but the right to present oneself as a "Catholic theologian" is reserved for review by the local ordinary.

SD

[nickcarraway]

On page 132, she states baldly, "What Jesus taught was in no way a new code of behavior." On page 131 she writes, "The New Testament does not give us a code of behavior."

Wow, that's a new one by me. So, does she think it's okay to kick poor people and steal their bread?

[Antoninus]

Shake Bishop Myers hand for me, will you?

[Antoninus]

FYI Ping...

[Antoninus]

A Prayer to the North American Martyrs

Dear Sts. Isaac Jogues, Jean De Brebeuf, Gabriel Lalemant, Charles Garnier, Anthony Daniel, Noel Chabanel, Rene Goupil, Jean LaLande, we beg of you -- pray for the priests of this vast country of ours, especially those priests and religious who are members of the Society of Jesus.

Through your fidelity to the Church and your Order, you brought the true faith of our Fathers to many Native Americans. Intercede for us now in the hour of our need. Ask Jesus to send to us living saints who are worthy to bear the torch of orthodoxy and once again bear witness to the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic faith that has been handed down to us unchanged for 2000 years. And pray for us, that this great evil that has infiltrated our hierarchy, be cast out and destroyed. AMEN!

Excellent prayer. Thanks for posting it.

[ThomasMore]

Thanks for the info, SD. I really should read the entire doc.

[ELS]

Shake Bishop Myers hand for me, will you?

I didn't get the opportunity to shake his hand.