Comments for Recovering Faith & Reason at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 11 out of 11 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Thu, 23 May 2013 21:23:01 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/recovering-faith-a-reason.html#comment-11658 There needs to be a Fides et Ratio conference for those involved in ministry to higher education at secular universities - Catholic professors and Catholic Centers that seek to be a part of the intellectual discussions going on at these universities. Ninety percent of Catholic college students attend secular colleges and universities. - Fr SB Wed, 30 May 2012 04:36:41 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/recovering-faith-a-reason.html#comment-11655 The dogma of our Faith has been inverted in practice: Faith is inferior to Reason, though never in conflict with right Reason. This inversion is the precise cause of the disaster which has befallen us. - Rick DeLano Tue, 29 May 2012 21:54:58 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/recovering-faith-a-reason.html#comment-11650 For all his flaws, Glenn Beck was a pretty good evangelist for many things Christian and Catholic. We need the tools soon I think. We need laser-like answers to the idealogy of diversity, etc. - stanley Tue, 29 May 2012 10:50:47 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/recovering-faith-a-reason.html#comment-11644 When the first Roman Empire fell, the monasteries -- the educational institutions of their days -- kept the Faith alive and culture alive. The same thing is happening now: the second Roman Empire is falling apart from rot from within and the darkness is rising: "and the Light shines in darkness, and the darkness has not overtaken it." Thanks to these and other symposia, the Light of Faith will not be extinguished even if we traverse very troubled times. - Dave Mon, 28 May 2012 08:40:33 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/recovering-faith-a-reason.html#comment-11643 A high school version of the Fides et Ratio Seminar needs to be organized for us high school theology teachers who are faithful to the Magisterium and to Dawson's vision, and who often offer students their last academic study of the Catholic Faith since many of them go to state or private secular colleges, and who receive no such support from our administrators or diocese. Help! - Martinkus Mon, 28 May 2012 08:29:40 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/recovering-faith-a-reason.html#comment-11641 MichaelP71 - I'm a big Cardinal Newman fan. His writing is both eloquent and elegant and a large part (if not all) is on the Internet. - Frank Mon, 28 May 2012 05:17:53 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/recovering-faith-a-reason.html#comment-11640 MichaelP71: Why don't you pick up Fr. Schall's "Another Sort of Learning", which has just such lists and provides them precisely so many people won't have to waste time at a limp college or university. - Robert Royal Mon, 28 May 2012 04:02:32 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/recovering-faith-a-reason.html#comment-11638 Perhaps it is time to provide a gentle but firm reminder to the Church's contribution to the American Experience establishing colleges and universities throughout the country to educate immigrants of the 19th and 20th Centuries. America reaped the rewards of this education to become both an economic and world power. - Frank Mon, 28 May 2012 03:25:43 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/recovering-faith-a-reason.html#comment-11637 I am an old guy (40...hahaha) who is trying to remake his mind as scripture says. Can someone help me with a list of books or websites that would help me to do this? I do not have the finances or time to go to a school. However and this is what is huge for me; I have two kids and I feel the responsibility to make sure that they can think on thier own and if they hear me speaking intelligently about life and the faith maybe it will help them to embrace Christ on their own some day. - MichaelP71 Mon, 28 May 2012 03:13:51 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/recovering-faith-a-reason.html#comment-11636 Harrison, you're misreading the intent here. This isn't a list of every good Catholic liberal arts program, but a description of our Fides et Ratio program, which has drawn people from seventy-five places here and abroad. Steubenville has been among the strongest participants. - Robert Royal Sun, 27 May 2012 21:18:41 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/recovering-faith-a-reason.html#comment-11635 I'm disappointed that the Humanities and Catholic Culture program at Franciscan University of Steubenville is not included in this list. James Gaston, the founder of the program, has been at the forefront of this conversation for the past 20 years. It's inspiration lies in the brilliant thought of Christopher Dawson. It's a shame this program is not well known. Mr. Royal please check out the HCC major on Franciscan's website. And I encourage everyone to read Dawson's book: The Crisis of Western Education. - harrison Sun, 27 May 2012 21:14:48 +0100