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CERC WEEKLY UPDATE - May 15, 2013 NEW RESOURCES EDITORIALS OF INTEREST EDUCATION MATTERS Note from the Managing Editor:
This week Father Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis informs us that "Not only are divine love and human passion not incompatible; there is no truly Christian faith and experience that does not have passionate love at its center." In our feature article, Paul Johnson — who is one of the most esteemed historians in the world — explains the basis of his Catholic Faith and the central role of prayer in his life. William J. Doherty believes we face an epidemic of insecure parenting these days and as a consequence our society is full of entitled kids who disrespect their parents. Doherty tells parents what to do about it in "Take Back Your Kids: How to Teach and Get Respect." There is a beautiful consistency and continuity in the thinking of Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis, as we learn from William L. Patenaude. Peter Kreeft spoke at the Napa Institute Conference in 2012. We have a transcription of one of the talks he gave. See "Two Cultures: Faith & Reason." Beer, at least in it's modern incarnation, is another one of those contributions the Catholic Church made to the building of European civilization. It turns out there's a revival of monastic brewing going on in the United States. See "Cause for Mirth." Mitchell Kalpakgian is gifted at uncovering the natural law principles underlying a lot of good literature. He does this once again in writing about Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. Then there's Anthony Esolen and Father George Rutler, always thoughtful and entertaining. And finally Peter Kwasniewski, who makes the case that "Catholics have a right to a liturgy that is in accord with the mind of the Church and her tradition." Peter explains "Why Liturgical Bad Habits Must Be Broken." And if you do that sort of thing, follow us on Twitter @CatholicEd. - J. Fraser Field This CERC Weekly Update is also available on our web site here.
• Pope Personally Greets Rome March for Life Participants - NCRegister • "Separation of Church and State" - Prager University • U.S. Cardinals Raise Nearly $1.7 Million in Scholarships for CUA - Catholic Education Daily • Teaching College Students to Write - The Pope Center • Cardinal O'Malley will boycott Boston College's commencement - Catholic World Report • Medieval Hermit Pope Not Murdered, as Believed - Discovery • The Fallacy of Intelligence and Genetic Determinism - The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network • The Horror of Student Debt - First Thoughts • The Daily Show on Going to College - The Daily Show • Young people's unbelief linked to media, home life - OSV Christian Marriage - Father Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis - from Love's Sacred Order: Four Meditations Not only are divine love and human passion not incompatible; there is no truly Christian faith and experience that does not have passionate love at its center.
Reason to believe - Paul Johnson - The Spectator (U.K.) My belief in God is not philosophical. It is not rooted in metaphysics or reason. It springs from the heart and the senses. It is practical.
We are facing an epidemic of insecure parenting. We may now have the most child-sensitive generation of parents the world has ever known and — the most confused and insecure.
The differences between the two men give witness to the different gifts of the same Holy Spirit.
Faith and reason, first of all, are not to be taken for granted.
Beer is another one of those testimonies to how the Catholic Church built European civilization.
Louisa May Alcott's Little Women - Mitchell Kalpakgian - Crisis Alcott portrays the blessings of family, the fruitfulness of Christian marriage, and the vocations of motherhood and fatherhood as life's greatest prizes.
What strikes me most powerfully about the defenders of the sexual revolution is their immovable abstraction
The help of the Holy Spirit - Father George Rutler - From the Pastor The Holy Spirit does help us in the ways of truth every day.
Why Liturgical Bad Habits Must Be Broken - Peter Kwasniewski - Corpus Christi Watershed Catholics have a right to a liturgy that is in accord with the mind of the Church and her tradition.
Pope Personally Greets Rome March for Life Participants - NCRegister The second annual event drew double the number of marchers than last year, it was estimated.
Pope warns comfortable living causes 'gentrification of the heart' - CNS Pope Francis warned against "gentrification of the heart" as a consequence of comfortable living, and called on the faithful to "touch the flesh of Christ" by caring for the needy.  Pope Francis on Atheism - Strange Notions "When I speak with atheists, I will sometimes discuss social concerns, but I do not propose the problem of God as a starting point, except in the case that they propose it to me."
Pope contrasts 'poverty as an ideology' with true Christian charity - Vatican Radio Pope Francis spoke of "poverty as an ideology," and contrasted that ideology with genuine Christian charity, during his homily at daily Mass on May 14.
Pope Francis: God loves us and always forgives us - Vatican Radio Pope Francis on Wednesday called on the faithful to recognise God's love for us and to share it with our brothers and sisters.
Evangelization requires building relationships with everyone, Pope says - Vatican Radio Pope Francis drew a sharp distinction between evangelization and proselytism in his homily at a weekday Mass on May 8.
Pope strongly supports call for reform in religious life - CWN Consecrated religious must maintain a spirit of deep loyalty to the Church, Pope Francis told a group of religious superiors on May 8.
Pope urges Church to be courageous and inclusive - Vatican Insider In the homily he gave during this morning's mass in the Domus Sanctae Marthae residence, Pope Francis recalled the importance of treatment of the Gospel as an encounter not as a source of intellectual wisdom.
How Pope Francis Puts Spiritual Concepts in Today's Terms - First Thoughts One of the more remarkable aspects of Francis' pontificate has been his rhetorical style.
Pope Francis and the Liturgy - NCRegister The fear that Pope Francis may "end of the reform of the reform" of the Mass introduced after the Vatican II is unfounded.
Proposals abound for a 'Franciscan reform' of the Vatican - NCR A leading Vaticanologist predicts the possible course of Franciscan reform.
Kermit Gosnell and the Logic of "Pro-Choice" - Public Discourse Kermit Gosnell has been the equivalent of the American slave-dealer — someone who has done work rendered absolutely necessary by the twisted laws of his regime, but who has nevertheless been ignored or regarded with unease, and even repulsion, by his fellow citizens.
Gosnell Did What Many Bioethicists Advocate - NRO Justice has been done, but let's not forget that advocacy of "after-birth" abortion regularly appears in "the world's most prominent and influential medical and bioethics journals."
With sainthood for martyrs, Pope Francis and Catholics confront engagement with Islam - Washington Post The pope's canonization of martyrs killed by Muslims indicates the perilous path he must follow in confronting Islam.
The Restless Heart of the "Great" Gatsby - Catholic Pulse The Great Gatsby is a sad story because no one in it is really happy, and it does not seem to end with reference to any sort of justice.
Let's Talk About Jesus - Catholic Answers In a recent conversation with a convert to the Faith, the point was made that, as Catholics, our public discourse often suffers a noticable lack: we don’t talk much about Jesus.
NYTimes finally makes some changes on the fetus front - Get Religion Oh to have been a fly on the fall during any editing discussions at The New York Times national desk during the time between the newspaper of record’s early report on the verdict in the Dr. Kermit Gosnell case and the final version that is currently online.
The Gift of Womanhood - NRO An interview with the author of a new book: a healthy outlook what it is that makes woman unique.
Next: reforming liturgical music, art, architecture - Vatican Insider Another new office is being created by the Pope, whose main responsibility will be to provide guidelines to ensure that hymns sung during mass and the structure of new churches are adequate and correspond to the mystery being celebrated.
Are Turkey's Orthodox Christians Waiting for Godot? - Al Monitor The Theological School of Halki, which is attached to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, has been closed down since 1971.
Video: This is Angola - Angola Sports Yahoo! Sports visits Angola Prison — once called the bloodiest prison in America - to see how a rodeo brings hope to prisoners.
With sainthood for martyrs, Pope Francis and Catholics confront engagement with Islam - Washington Post The pope's canonization of martyrs killed by Muslims indicates the perilous path he must follow in confronting Islam.
Obama Administration Orders Colleges to Implement Unconstitutional Speech Codes - Acton Not content to trample only the religious freedom side of the First Amendment, the federal government has decided to ignore the free speech side too.
"Separation of Church and State" - Prager University "The Separation of Church and State." Probably no phrase has had more impact on American history in the last fifty years than this one.
U.S. Cardinals Raise Nearly $1.7 Million in Scholarships for CUA - Catholic Education Daily Five U.S. Catholic cardinals and 650 guests gathered in Washington, D.C., Friday, May 10, for the 24th American Cardinals Dinner, held at the Washington Hilton.
Teaching College Students to Write - The Pope Center A faculty member explains how he figured out the way to turn poor writers into good ones.
Cardinal O'Malley will boycott Boston College's commencement - Catholic World Report Boston College is honoring pro-abortion Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny and Cardinal Sean O'Malley will not be attending the ceremony.
Medieval Hermit Pope Not Murdered, as Believed - Discovery Celestine V, the hermit pope who set precedent for Benedict XVI, has been given a new face and fate by researchers who have examined his skeletal remains.
The Fallacy of Intelligence and Genetic Determinism - The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network Progress in genetic research seems inevitably to advance the illusion that everything that matters is written in our DNA.
The Horror of Student Debt - First Thoughts Student loan debt is scary.
The Daily Show on Going to College - The Daily Show I have to give credit to the Jon Stewart crew. This is hysterical.
Young people's unbelief linked to media, home life - OSV Parents who want their children to have strong Faith must demonstrate it in their own lives, experts say.
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