I hadn’t heard about this for a while, but Rome hasn’t forgotten. During Monday’s session of the USCCB meeting, Cdl. George mentioned that the Holy See had informed the bishops that it was going to run the upcoming apostolic visitation of the US seminaries. Maybe there had been some question about who was going to direct it.
Speaking of seminaries, Newsday took a look recently at the North American College.
Month: November 2003
“The Jeweler’s Shop” Nov. 20 in DC
For our DC readers: a group of students at the Pope John Paul II Institute will present a staged reading of the Pope’s play “The Jeweler’s Shop” at the John Paul II Cultural Center on Harewood Road in Washington, November 20 at 6:30 pm. Admission is free.
We’re Here to Pump You Up!
There is an interesting article in yesterday’s Washington Times about the effects of too much praise on children.
In the past several decades, the effort to respect, protect and even puff up children’s self-esteem has resulted in a generation of children who expect to win, whose feelings are never hurt and who believe they are the best.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is most commonly known as the Middle School Model, and it’s ubiquitous in the public schools of this country. The idea is to find something good to say to each individual each day, even if it’s something like, “That surely is a nice pair of eyebrow rings you’ve got, Maribeth!” in hopes of increasing students’ self-esteem.
(There’s nothing wrong with being civil (even pleasant, although I have yet to try it) to students, but it should not be mandated.)
I believe that self-esteem is raised through true accomplishment, don’t you?
Picture Day
It’s our first day or real cold here in DC (will be in the 20s tonight) so here’s a winter picture of Teresa and our dog Eva to get you prepared for what comes next.
Wow! Some of them are getting better!
For those of you discouraged by the lack of orthodox content in so many homilies, here is a sign of hope: at a suburban parish today, the young priest celebrating Mass, ordained in 2000, dared to use this explicit terminology:
As we come in a little while to receive our Blessed Lord, let us remember to thank Him for the deposit of faith He has given us through His Church.
Now if we can just bottle that and put it into the water supply at the seminary…