Comments for Band of Fathers at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 7 out of 7 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:24:14 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/band-of-fathers.html#comment-3094 I too have those memories. I am an Englishman, living in Malaysia. I attended Preston Catholic College In UK, was given my "classical" education by the Jesuits of St Wilfrid's, Preston. Sung Latin Mass on Sunday at 11-o-clock, Benediction at 3pm sunday afternoon,There wasnt a lake with a skating priest,but my abiding memory is of the black wings of the priests robes,and the gowns of the secular teachers, hurrying down the corridors like fluttering birds, between classes. What would I be? - John Anthony Warbrick Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:18:29 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/band-of-fathers.html#comment-3046 Mentors and devoted teachers/professors are vital if the Church is to become all that She was meant to be. I attended such a seminary and I am eternally grateful for the deposit of God that I received from those devoted men of God. I attended one such place with Dr. McInerny's brother! - Michael Pacella III Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:50:40 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/band-of-fathers.html#comment-3039 Dr. McInerny has spoken lovingly of a lost past. I, too, long for that past. But the reality which created that past is still with us. We can find it in many places scattered about our land. They exist because they seek the same reality our forbears sought - Christ, the Way, the Truth and the Life. We are in a time of destruction, but when was the Church never in such a time? The foremost reason for our existence is not to create a civilization but to follow the crucified one. The rest follows. - Dan McNeill Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:26:19 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/band-of-fathers.html#comment-3038 Dr. McInerny, your article reminded of another professor from St. Thomas that also taught at Notre Dame for a few years in the late 50's early 60's I believe. His name was Fr. Henri DuLac. Just wondered if you ever knew him. - Cavaliere Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:08:34 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/band-of-fathers.html#comment-3037 Every writer has a voice and I love the melody of yours. I am reminded of a book I read in the seventies, "Player Piano" by Kurt Vonnegut. The image of the people, after destroying the machines that controlled their lives, walking through the rubble only to start putting them back together again. How timely is the scripture I read last night, "...The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life." John 6:63 - Stephen Kalonick Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:08:04 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/band-of-fathers.html#comment-3035 One would have to search far and wide for this curriculum of studies. These classic studies facilitate and refine ones cogitation. However, don't we need to focus our minds on those things that our jobs will require, not on the ethereal inquiries of the ancients? For today we have TV and the Internet to frame our thinking for us. I am afraid this is the mindset of the current age and with it the inclination to swallow truthless errors and evil freedoms. Should the University be a trade school? - Willie Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:33:30 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/band-of-fathers.html#comment-3034 Thanks for writing such a beautiful piece on the role of Church-sponsored classical education for the formation of her future priests and leading laymen. Much has been lost. You were also nurtured in the beautiful Tridentine Mass, formed by it to revere the transcendence of the Father, the Son's absolute condescension in taking on our lowly estate for the world's salvation, and the graciousness of the Holy Spirit. May the recovery of the ancient liturgy lead to a recovery of classical education, too. - David J. Carradini Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:33:18 +0100