July 2012 – Jon Haines

26 Jul

The Results of this past November’s Vocation’s Congress in Rome

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In Personal, Travels

This past November I traveled to Rome for a Vocation congress put on the by Pontifical Work for Priestly Vocations headed by Monseigneur Bonnici and finalized by Zenon Cardinal Grocholewski.The document points out various forms which have been useful in promoting vocations to the priesthood. It

25 Jul

Fidelity in Higher Education

By Jon
In Catholicism, Compromise/Dissent/Heresy, Education, Higher Education, News Commentary, Religion

The head of the supreme tribunal in Rome, Cardinal Raymond Burke, has stated that students of Catholic universities have the right to know which of their teachers have signed the oath of fidelity to the Church's teaching. It's a shame

24 Jul

The Not Pontifical and Not Catholic University of Peru

By Jon
In Catholicism, Compromise/Dissent/Heresy, Education, Higher Education, News Commentary, Religion

The matter with the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru is settled as far as the Catholic Church is concerned: SECRETARIA STATUS N. 3168/12/RS DECREE The Secretary of State, fulfilling the mandate of His Holiness Benedict

19 Jul

Co-Education, A Step Backward?

By Jon
In Education

All of my 18 years of “formal” education (K-12-Masters) has been in a co-ed environment. This includes everything from learning how to tie my shoes, algebra, public speaking class, calculus and heck…even philosophy. One of my Latin classes on the Peloponnesian war

18 Jul

Another One Bites the Dust…

By Jon
In Compromise/Dissent/Heresy, Education, Enlightenment, Higher Education, Modern Philosophy, News Commentary, Religion

One of the oldest universities in Europe (notice I didn't say oldest Catholic university since they were ALL Catholic)…makes a declaration of independence. The Catholic University of Leuven, or of Louvain, was the largest, oldest and most prominent university in Belgium. The

09 Jul

The Polarizing of Faith and Reason In A Few Quotes

By Jon
In Culture, Education, Enlightenment, Faith and Reason, Modern Philosophy, Philosophy, Resources

In the so-called “Enlightenment” the classical view of the world was DIVIDED. Two main movements formed which fed off of each other, leaving us with the intense debate we have today: Fideism (Faith) “Faith must trample

03 Jul

Prayer composed by John Carroll, Archbishop of Baltimore, in 1791 (Repost)

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In Catholicism, Culture, Religion, Resources

Prayer for Government We pray, Thee O Almighty and Eternal God! Who through Jesus Christ hast revealed Thy glory to all nations, to preserve the works of Thy mercy, that Thy Church, being spread through the whole world, may continue

Month: July 2012