During Lent last year, the Saint Mary’s campus did the traditional Stations of the
Cross and a new Earth Stations.Turgi said the Earth Stations recalled the suffering of the Earth as the body of
God.
Can you say “heresy” boys and girls? I’m a big fan of being good stewards of God’s creation, but this just ain’t kosher.
I’ve tried unsuccessfully to get some ecumenical discussion going by using the Catechism’s coverage of the Apostles’ Creed. Jay at Living Catholicism seems to be getting more feedback on his catechetical posts. I encourage folks to go check them out.
Connexions points to a quiz that tells you how biblical your worldview is (in the eyes of the folks at WorldviewWeekend.com). Like most quizzes, more questions are begged than asked, but I still found it interesting. I have semi-frequent contact with fundamentalists, so I’m familiar with the worldview the test’s authors champion. Being able to compare myself to them using their own measures was interesting. I hope it will generate interesting and informative dialogue.
Here are my results. I hope you share yours with me. 🙂
Your classification is: Moderate Biblical Worldview Thinker
Your score is: 90 points of 170 possible, 52%Civil Government: section score: 25%, Secular Humanist Worldview Thinker
Economics: section score: 38%, Secular Humanist Worldview Thinker
Education: section score: 58%, Moderate Biblical Worldview Thinker
Family: section score: 100%, Strong Biblical Worldview Thinker
Law: section score: 50%, Moderate Biblical Worldview Thinker
Religion: section score: 56%, Moderate Biblical Worldview Thinker
Science: section score: 25%, Secular Humanist Worldview Thinker
Social Issues: section score: 87%, Strong Biblical Worldview Thinker
There results seem to make sense for a Catholic, since we believe Scripture has authority because the Church vouches for it, not on its own accord. Also, we believe there are truths not taught explicitly in Scripture. Then again, maybe I’m not representative of official Catholic teachings or the beliefs of the "average" Catholic. Let me know. 🙂
The title of this post was the name of a TV show hosted by Archbishop Fulton Sheen.
It was so popular that it got better ratings than Milton Berle. Sheen, so far as
I can tell, was a very holy man and was responsible for leading a lot of people
into the Church. There’s
apparently some momentum for starting his cause for canonization. I’m all for
it.
I have a suggestion for the next Catholic Carnival theme. Jollyblogger (the nice Protestant fellow who first inspired in the me the strong desire for a carnival for Catholics) is calling for submissions for the second Carnival of the Reformation. I think we should focus CathCarn #9 on that topic and submit our entire carnival as an entry to theirs. They might not accept it, but if they did, it might generate good dialogue.
If you agree, email Jay and let him know. If you want to host it, even better.
Update: This never happened, but I still think it might be a good idea to try sometime.