On a great Jesuit

A man told Fr Thwaites:"Father, I owe you £100.Why not get this in writing?" Father agreed and wrote on a piece of paper: "You owe me £100" and gave it to this man. The man looked rather surprised.

The Great Jesuits

Fr Crane was referring to excommunication as an act of charity when he wrote of "time for the chop." Wonderful to know this blog gets read.And so to one of my main projects. I have been meeting dozens of people who have been influenced by Fr Thwaites. Some day someone may write a book about him. A few anecdotes. He would spend hours before the Blessed Sacrament.As he walked into chapel,he would give Our Lord a smile.I asked him what he said in prayer and he answered "Not much." The important thing is to grow in divine intimacy and different souls pray in different ways.

Time for the chop?

Interesting times we livein. I spent a few hours lamenting the spread of liberalism in the Church-with an Eastern Orthodox Christian ! I have more in common with him than I have with a liberal sitting next to me in church.Professors of theology in Germany, Austria and Switzerland are calling for-just about everything.Why do they remain in the Church? Are they the professional Catholics that Pope Benedict has spoken about? Many years ago Fr Paul Crane SJ wrote an article on Hans Kung entitled "Time For The Chop?"

The Ordinariate will be good for all of us

There are many Anglicans who share our values on the sanctity of life,marriage etc. We need them. Some of the most Pro-Life priests in our area are ex-Anglicans.The Ordinariate will be small to begin with but it will bring us all many blessings.

Blessings of the Ordinariate

Tina Beatie does not like it.Therefore it follows as night follows day that The Ordinariate must be a wonderful blessing for us.

Christian Pride Month

During this month introduce Christianity into the classroom but do so in a subtle way.Talk about the faith of Pasteur in biology,of Ampere in physics, of Pascal in maths etc.And turn that month into a year.

On tolerance and free speech

I became a Catholic because people were prepared to criticize my pro-choice views and a whole array of other views.They did so with charity and clarity.I thank God for them.That was 25 years ago.If it happens now,I can report them.What a difference 25 years make.In our age of political correctness,we have to be careful what we say in public.There are exceptions to the rule-attacking the Catholic Church,for example.