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Showing posts with label Society of Jesus. Show all posts
By the Numbers: Jesuit Demography
Speaking of the Jesuits, at CARA's
Nineteen Sixty-four blog we find, among other things, that in overall numbers,
"... over the past 25 years. Both Africa and South Asia show a steady increase in numbers, and East Asia has a small decline. The Jesuits of Latin America have a steady decline in numbers, and the Jesuits of the United States and Europe have a much sharper decline. Europe and the United States have about one-half the number of Jesuits as 25 years ago."
Chicago's Loyola University Speaker Who “Thanked God and Country for Abortion”
Read more: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/kathyschiffer/2015/01/catholic-identity-abandoned-loyola-university-speaker-who-thanked-god-and-country-for-abortion/#ixzz3Op4Z2TQ7Loyola University in Chicago has invited a pro-abortion rights speaker to be the keynote speaker at its January 21 celebration of the life of Martin Luther King Jr. The event is sponsored by Loyola’s Department of Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs.
The journalist Touré, who goes by his first name alone, is co-host of The Cycle on MSNBC. He has been invited by the Jesuit institution to deliver a speech entitled “How Racism Functions Today.”
SUPPORT FOR ABORTION AT A CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY?
Loyola University administrators are now facing criticism from pro-life Catholics including Kimberly Scharfenberger. Writing for the Cardinal Newman Society, Scharfenberger reports that on the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Touré spoke publicly about his girlfriend’s abortion and how it had “saved his life.” According to Scharfenberger, Touré touted the importance of abortion rights on MSNBC’s The Cycle:
“I knew that pregnant woman and I were not going to be able to form a lasting family,” Touré reportedly remarked. “She decided it was best to have an abortion and days later she did, we did, and in some ways that choice saved my life.”
“I cannot imagine arguing against a woman’s right to control her body,” Touré continued. He even went on to “thank God and country” for abortion, which he claimed “was there to save [him] and keep [him] on a path toward building a strong family…”
Shangchuan Island
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| St.Francis Xavier Mausoleum |
St. Francis Xavier died on the island on December 2, 1552, as he was waiting for a ship to take him to mainland China.
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He was first buried on a beach at Shangchuan Island, Taishan, Guangdong. His incorrupt body was taken from the island in February 1553 and was temporarily buried in St. Paul's church in Portuguese Malacca on 22 March 1553. An open grave in the church now marks the place of Xavier's burial. Pereira came back from Goa, removed the corpse shortly after 15 April 1553, and moved it to his house. On 11 December 1553, Xavier's body was shipped to Goa. The body is now in the Basilica of Bom Jesus in Goa, where it was placed in a glass container encased in a silver casket on 2 December 1637.
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| Basilica of Bom Jesus in Goa |
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| Peter Paul Rubens: St. Francis Xavier Raising the Dead |
50 years ago today, Bp. Morlino joined the Society of Jesus
In other Madison news, haters gonna hate.
As for the petitions being delivered Thursday, King called it "a non-event" and said Morlino will not be present to receive the petitions.Read more: http://host.madison.com/lifestyles/faith-and-values/religion/in-the-spirit-petitions-with-more-than-signatures-to-be/article_d89014d3-94b9-58b8-ad5f-82b2120357e4.html#ixzz393z511ME
"We've known about their efforts for the past couple of weeks," King said. "Not one person has called our office for any clarification, which we've offered through our public statements."
Oops, you are supposed to at least keep up the guise of actually caring about what happens in the Catholic Church before pretending to care about her Baptismal policies. I don't think there's much point in wasting any more breath on it. The leaked policy is the correct policy, I assume more diocese will adopt the model. To mandate Baptism for non-Christian parents(of which committed same-sex partners would generally fall) would require a change to Canon Law. We could go into, well they are living chastely and already had adopted children prior to some level of conversion, well yes, but that is exactly why the diocese is taking the pressure of the priests to make the determination and now the "blame" when baptism is denied falls on the diocese or the bishop.
Bp. Morlino "Overjoyed to meet Pope Francis"
Dear Friends,continue at MadCatHerald
Well it’s been seven months, but it was surely worth the wait! I was simply overjoyed in recent days to have my first moments with our Holy Father, Pope Francis. I hope to have some pictures to share with you by next week.
Simply put, I had never met Cardinal Bergoglio previously and, since his election as Bishop of Rome, I’ve had a tremendous desire to have a few moments with the man to whom my mission is so intricately tied.
I’ve spoken of it many times before, but I’ll recall here again that it is one of the key duties of the diocesan bishop to reach out and to act as a sort of glue which holds people fast to the heart of the Church and to be a sign of unity among the Body of Christ in His diocese. It is one of the key duties of the Pope to act as that glue and that sign of unity among all the bishops of the world and their people united with them.
Meeting Pope Francis
And so, given how intensely that responsibility weighs on my mind and my heart each day, you can see why I’ve been so eager to know the current pope, to listen to what he’s written and said, and, certainly, to meet him face to face.
When I did meet him, it was a confirmation of what we believe to be the case about the unity that comes through the Bishop of Rome. In that encounter it came very naturally to me to recognize Peter. Without thinking about it really, I knew that this man had been graced, in a special way, with that responsibility that has only been given to Peter and his Successors. It was Peter there, just in the same way as I had seen in Pope Benedict and in Blessed John Paul II.
Both being Jesuits btw.
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JS: Priest revived tradition of Marquette Law School chaplain
After a career teaching religious studies at Seattle University in Washington state, Richard Sherburne, a Jesuit Catholic priest, traveled and spent time at his cabin on Vancouver Island before returning home to Milwaukee.
He served as chaplain of the Marquette University Law School from 2002 to 2008, where Janine Geske, then interim dean, hired the Shorewood native after she decided to revive a long tradition of having a chaplain serve at the law school.
"I wanted someone who would mix well with students, who was a good listener, somebody who's not dogmatic," Geske said in an interview for the spring 2005 edition of Marquette Lawyer.
His office hours were held in the student lounge during the bustling noon hour. His demeanor: low-key, a style influenced by his lifelong study of Buddhism and Eastern religions.
Sherburne died on Sept. 28 after a long illness and had resided at St. Camillus in Wauwatosa since 2008, according to his sister, Cecile Smith. He was 87.
He was a graduate of Marquette University High School and he received his bachelor's and master's degrees in classics at St. Louis University. He was ordained at Church of the Gesu in 1956 and finished his Jesuit training in Decatur, Ill.
His service at the law school after retirement was his second stint working at Marquette. He taught classics, advised foreign students and served three years as dean of students at the university earlier in his career.
Fr. John Hardon S.J. Archive and Guild has been closed
Father John A.Hardon, S.J. Archive and GuildI have no idea what happened.
4440 Maryland Avenue
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Dear Friends in Christ,
As of last Friday, March 15, 2013 the Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Archive and Guild has been closed.
All inquiries about the work of the Archive and Guild and the future of the Cause should be directed to:
Eternal Life
902 W. Stephen Foster Avenue
Bardstown, KY 40004-2402
Phone: 800 - 842 - 2871 or 502 - 348 - 3963
Email: wjsjmj@bardstowncable.net
Thank you for your help and interest in promoting the work of the Servant of God,
Father John A. Hardon, S.J.
Sincerely yours in Christ,
Father Robert T. McDermott
Pope Francis
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the Jesuit intellectual and archbishop of Buenos Aires who travels around town by bus and told his compatriots not to waste their money on plane tickets to Rome to see him become a cardinal but to give it instead to the poor;Commmonweal
I wonder why Jorge Cardinal Bergoglio of Buenos Aires is not even in the running this time around when in the last Conclave he was almost elect but came in second to Cdl Ratzinger. This cardinal is modest and simple, lives in an apartment instead of the bishop's residence, cooks his own meals, rides in public transoortation instead of a limo. He is 76, so perhaps that disqualifies him, as the consensus want a young man for pope this time.Fisheaters forums
How do we know who came in second? Found the Tornielli article describing the diary.
Rorate has an article that he is an enemy of the Extraordinary Form.
FatherZ has a nice writeup on him from 2009
Hmm, well time will tell. Will be interesting to see how the next few weeks play out. I'm sure we'll get a better idea of the man then. But at least it seems initially that liturgy may be something punted for this papacy.
Comment on Rorate:
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A local news station here in South Bend, IN, said he is credited with
"modernizing what had been one of the most conservative churches in
South America". That's not promising...
St. Ignatius of Loyola, ora pro nobis!
Although St. Ignatius is buried in Rome, here is the Basilica of St. Ignatius in Loyola, Basque Country
It is also the Feast of the Dedication of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse. Strange? Servant of God Fr. John Hardon was very influential in the development of the Shrine, and I guess would be the Shrine's unofficial patron.
It is also the Feast of the Dedication of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse. Strange? Servant of God Fr. John Hardon was very influential in the development of the Shrine, and I guess would be the Shrine's unofficial patron.
Ok, sit down before you read this....
via Rorate
more details there
Can he be appointed president of Marquette please?
Fr. William V. Blazek, S.J., newly ordained for the Jesuit Chicago-Detroit province, celebrated his first Solemn High Mass (Traditional Mass) on June 24 (Nativity of St. John the Baptist) at Mary Immaculate of Lourdes in Newton, MA. Serving as deacon was Fr. Charles J. Higgins of the Archdiocese of Boston and pastor of Mary Immaculate of Lourdes. Serving as sub-deacon was Fr. John Rizzo, FSSP, visiting from his assignment in Australia.
Can he be appointed president of Marquette please?
Michael Novak: Jesuits Rebuke Paul Ryan
Left flank to base. Left flank to base. We have lost radio contact with the right flank. Please come in. We have lost contact with the right. Please come in. Give us your bearings. Over.”continue at National Review
In six succinct paragraphs, some leading Jesuits and other professors and staff members at Georgetown University upbraided Congressman Paul Ryan, one of the more serious Catholics in the Congress, for “misrepresenting Catholic social thought.” That is, they simply made no contact with his arguments, couldn’t understand his basic Catholic principles, and did not recognize that he was fighting on their side, only that he was advancing from the opposite flank.
The letter begins kindly enough: “Welcome to Georgetown. We appreciate your willingness to talk about how Catholic social teaching can help inform effective policy in dealing with the urgent challenges facing our country.” This is a refreshing break from those institutions that ban, hoot down, and refuse to listen to anyone who has a different starting point. Thomas Reese, S.J., the Jesuit author of the letter, is to be commended for this approach.
A Jesuit prophecy on Birth Control
Fr. Stanislas de Lestapis, a French Jesuit, died in 1999 at the age of 94. He had been a member of the Papal Commission on Birth Control and was one of the signatories of its minority report. He had published a book, Birth Control, of which the third edition appeared in 1962, before Humanae Vitae (1968).
• We do not hesitate to say that the acceptance of contraception will produce profound changes in our civilization, these changes are already taking place in countries that have officially endorsed contraception for one or two generations.”
• “Voluntary numerous families will progressively disappear, and the large family will tend to appear as a monstrosity.”
• “Populations and families which have deliberately become less creative will experience spiritual ageing and premature sclerosis.”
• “The idea and the ideal of family happiness will be downgraded in terms of a so-called right to happiness and of what people think are the ‘techniques’ of achieving it.”
• Morality among the young will deteriorate. The unmarried will be more licentious. The sexuality of women will lose its connection with marriage.”
• “There will be a grave change in the bond of love, due to the reversal of sexual function. It will remain fixed at an ‘adolescent’ stage. Society as a whole will slip into this ‘transitory’ stage.”
• “The maternal instinct will become sterile, due to the repression of the desire for children which is innate in women. There will be a silent hostility toward life and its first manifestations: pregnancy, childbirth and even sometimes towards dolls and babies.”
• “A new concept of sex, now essentially defined as ‘the capacity for erotic play for the sake of the couple,’ all reference to procreation now being only accidental.”
• “A growing tolerance of homosexual behavior, as erotic play that succeeds in expressing personal intimacy between friends or lovers.”
Was Fr. John Hardon protecting a pedaphile priest?
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| McGuire in 2002, shortly before a criminal investigation into his sexual abuse of teenage boys began. |
Upon seeing some evidence against McGuire, Fr. Hardon wrote in a 1994 letter to McGuire's superior:
"I understand how grave is the scandal touching the priesthood in the U.S.A. and how careful we must be to guard the purity and reputation of that priesthood," the letter states. "I must say, however, that I have confidence and trust in Fr. McGuire and wish to see his vital ministry resume as soon as possible."Although Mother Teresa does endorse McGuire, the charge is much less serious I think, and is barely worth mentioning except it makes for a better headline.
Last week Phil Lawler at Catholic Culture wrote an in depth analysis of the charges. It's definitely worth a read (he agrees that Mother Teresa was included to sell more than anything). To put it in perspective, Lawler write:
Certainly it is true that the leaders of the Jesuit order were guilty of lapses far more serious than the apparently imprudent judgment of Father Hardon. (In fact in retrospect it is exceedingly curious that the Jesuit order accepted Father Hardon’s recommendation, with so much countervailing evidence already weighing against it.) At least six different Jesuit provincials were warned that McGuire was molesting teenage boys. His ministry had been restricted, but the restriction had not been enforced. His superiors had been warned repeatedly that he was traveling with teenage boys, yet the travel continued. In 1998, a provincial who had access to all the personnel records wrote to a bishop that McGuire “had never been accused of improprieties with minors.” As late as 2007, Jesuit leaders denied having evidence of abuse beyond the cases for which McGuire had already faced formal charges. Even while he was awaiting trial on federal abuse charges, McGuire was living without restrictions at a Jesuit residence in Chicago, where he was free to entertain young men in his room.But it still seems unclear how Fr. Hardon could have been so duped by McGuire, and then go onto so ardently defend him.
[Hardon] also had an impeccable reputation for honesty and for looking at facts without blinking. If Father Hardon testified that McGuire was innocent of grave wrongdoing, the Jesuit order seemed prepared to accept that testimony.The guild for the cause of Fr. Hardon issued a response to the charges:
So Father Hardon visited McGuire in Pennsylvania, spoke to him privately at length, and—sad to say—he blinked.
In their long conversation, which Father Hardon later recorded in correspondence that has now been made public, McGuire admitted that he had showered with his teenage companions. He admitted that he had asked the boys to give him massages. He admitted using pornography with them. But he denied the more serious charges of engaging in actual sex acts. Father Hardon wrote that he accepted the veracity of McGuire’s denial: “I do not believe there was any conscious and deliberate sexual perversity.”
Any cause which is opened has as its scope “the gathering of proofs in order to attain moral certitude on the heroic virtues or the martyrdom of the [person in question] whose beatification and canonization are asked.”I'm sure these charges against Fr. Hardon will be taken seriously and investigated. Like Lawler states in his article, it probably depends on how much Fr. Hardon knew. But for what he did know, it's clear he did not react appropriately. McGuire should have been removed from active ministry immediately upon his admission. Another sad tale in the scandal of our generation.
The postulator is “first and foremost…to conduct research into the life of the Servant of God, which is useful for knowing the reputation of holiness” of the person, which not only includes all that which might affirm his cause, but also which may be negative. The postulator is “obliged to act for the greater good of the Church and, therefore, to seek the truth conscientiously and honestly.”
With all this in mind, if anyone should have any substantive evidence which would assist the Church in her discernment of the cause for the Servant of God John A. Hardon, S.J, he or she should contact the office of the postulator and include his or her name, contact information, and relationship to the Servant of God John A. Hardon, S.J., so that he may present fully, honestly and faithfully what is required of him once the diocesan inquiry has been opened officially.
Father Robert T. McDermott
Postulator
Discernment of Spirits - Fr. John Hardon
whole thing at CERCI firmly believe that many of the critical problems today are due not so much to ill will, or malice, but to a failure in discernment. In people not being able to distinguish between the one impulse and the other. And afterwards, once they are caught in the web of demonic temptation, it becomes very difficult to extricate oneself. In the present meditation let us reflect on how we can be more alert to the two ways in which we are being (as it were) worked upon. The two kinds of spirits that either wish to draw us closer to God because the spirit comes from God, or away from God because it is the instigation of the sworn enemy of the Creator. I think we can synthesize the "how", that is, the how we can become more alert to being able to discern between the two. That we can synthesize this "how" in three words: attitude, peace and confidence.
Servant of God Fr. John Hardon, SJ
"The bedrock of Mother Teresa's spiritual life"
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| Fr Hardon with Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity |
It is a privilege to say a few words about Mother Teresa at this first anniversary Mass, commemorating her death on September the fifth, 1997. I thought I would concentrate on some of the features of her spiritual life that I had come to know in my twenty-five years of knowing her.Continue at The Real Presence
Given the magnitude of the subject, suppose I prefix each of my half-dozen observations on her spiritual life with a simple sentence, and then briefly explain how she lived out this feature of her life.
Deep Faith in the Real Presence. In my estimation this was the bedrock of Mother Teresa’s spiritual life. She believed, without a shadow of a doubt, that Jesus Christ is really, truly, and substantially present in the Blessed Sacrament. So deep was this faith that she declared, and must have repeated hundreds of times, “I make a holy hour everyday in the presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. Our holy hour is our daily family prayer where we get together and pray the Rosary the first half-hour and the second half-hour in silence. Our adoration has doubled the number of our vocations.”
No words of mine can adequately explain how deep was Mother Teresa’s faith in the presence of Jesus, now on earth, just as He was during His visible stay in Palestine. Without this faith, there would not have been a Mother Teresa.
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