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To: Aquinasfan
although the best choice would have been Christendom, Steubenville, Aquinas or Dallas

Dallas initiated a purge of the conservative Catholic faculty that gave them their reputation. They were always a minority anyway, sort of like the Ignatius Institute people at San Francisco. Janet Smith, to take one example, is gone.

The other 3 are probably the best of the bunch, but none of them are traditional Catholic. The president of Steubenville claims that 75% of the students have been born again in the charismatic experience. I have personally talked with people at the university who are appalled at some of the charismatic activities such as Saturday evening psuedo Masses involving breaking of bread in the dorm rooms.

Christendom does not have a Latin Mass within an hour's drive. And the bishop just came to visit them and told them to stop kneeling for communion. Intellectually they seem to be pretty solid.

But overall, if one wanted to go to a college or university which was traditionally Catholic and presented the faith as it has been believed for 2000 years until Vatican II, I believe that there are exactly zero options.

17 posted on 02/05/2003 8:10:44 AM PST by Maximilian
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To: Maximilian; Polycarp; Aquinasfan
I have personally talked with people at the university who are appalled at some of the charismatic activities such as Saturday evening pseudo Masses involving breaking of bread in the dorm rooms.

There are a few trads there who do not like the "Lord's Day" celebration. But that does not make the "prayer service" a pseudo Mass. Nor is the intent of this celebration to replace the Mass in any sense of the word. Your implications are pejorative and erroneous. Unless, of course, one sees promoting praise and prayer as incompatible with the faith. I mean, God forbid, our kids join a group that not only nurtures the love of God, but also the love of neighbor. Yes, God forbid, these households foster a spiritual life that leads to the spiritual and corporal works of mercy.

Households at Franciscan University are what fraternities and sororities SHOULD be but aren't!

29 posted on 02/07/2003 8:56:29 AM PST by ThomasMore
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