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| Fr. Frank M. Haig, S.J. at the burial service of his brother |
Loyola University Maryland has received a $1 million gift from the estate of former Secretary of State Gen. Alexander M. Haig, who died in February 2010. Jesuit Father Frank R. Haig, professor emeritus of physics at Loyola and Gen. Haig’s younger brother, has directed the gift, which will create the Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Endowment Fund for Science, Faith, and Culture.
“Al saw a special value in the influence of his Catholic faith on the formation of American culture and the transmission of that richness to young people,” said Father Haig.
The fund will result in additional celebrants and music for campus Masses and enhancements to the university’s modern languages and theater programs. Father Haig has been a member of the Loyola faculty since 1973. While officially retired, he still teaches one course in astronomy each semester in the Loyola’s physics department.
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It gives me the greatest joy to say that Fr. Haig is the rarest of priests. How often do I have the pleasure of affirming a great Jesuit these days?
ReplyDeleteHe reminds me of the Jeusits my family knew when I was young...I had no idea he was the brother of Haig. He is so holy, humble and kind. He says Mass at the beautiful Basilica in Baltimore and is the most wonderful Confessor.His homilies, a unusual treasure... God bless Fr.Haig SJ.
I'm in charge now!
ReplyDeleteFr. Haig is a Jesuit, and therefore loves abortion.
ReplyDeleteNot this Jebbie....
ReplyDeleteSadly, I had many Jesuit friends I looked up to only to be highly disappointed in their behavior and view on key issues. I will put my trust in no priest ever again. It's just to painful and heartbreaking.
ReplyDeleteI agree--we must stop fetishizing the clergy. Why equate clerics and the hierarchy with the Church
ReplyDeleteWithout priests we would not have the Sacraments, without the Sacraments we would have no Church...
ReplyDeleteWithout the laity we would not have the Church--one is no more important than the other.
ReplyDeleteToo many fan clubs geared to clerics--are their any lay Catholics who serve as role models?
Saints who were life long lay people
ReplyDeleteSaint Abo of Tblisi
Saint Acestes
Saint Achileo Kiwanuka
Saint Adauctus
Saint Adela
Saint Adelaide of Burgundy
Saint Adolofu Mukasa Ludigo
Saint Aelia Flaccilla
Saint Agatha Hildegard of Carinthia
Saint Agatha Lin
Saint Agatha of Sicily
Saint Agnes De
Saint Agnes of Rome
Saint Ahmed the Calligrapher
Saint Alena of Dilbeek
Saint Alexius of Rome
Saint Alfred the Great
Saint Amantius of Tivoli
Saint Ambrose of Alexandria
Saint Ambrosio Kibuuka
Saint Ammon the Great
Saint Ananias of Arbela
Saint Anastasius the Fuller
Saint Anatoli Kiriggwajjo
Saint Andrew of Arezzo
Saint Anne
Saint Anne Line
Saint Anrê Tran Van Trông
Saint Ansanus the Baptizer
Saint Antôn Nguyen Ðích
Saint Antoninus of Syria
Saint Apronian the Executioner
Saint Arcadius of Mauretania
Saint Argeus
Saint Arnold of Hiltensweiler
Saint Artemius of Rome
Saint Audax
Saint Augustine Moi Van Nguyen
Saint Augustinô Nguyen Van Moi
Saint Augustinô Phan Viet Huy
Saint Auxentius of Epirus
Saint Barbara
Saint Basilissa of Asia
Saint Basillisa
Saint Belina
Saint Benedict Joseph Labre
Saint Besas of Alexandria
Saint Bibiana
Saint Blandina the Slave
Saint Bonavita of Lugo
Saint Bruno of Ebsdorf
Saint Caedmon
Saint Caerealis
Saint Caerealis of Tivoli
Saint Caesarius of Nanzianzen
Saint Callisthene
Saint Candida of Naples
Saint Candida of Rome
Saint Candida the Elder
Saint Candida the Younger
Saint Candidus
Saint Canute Lavard
Saint Carpophorus of Como
Saint Casimir of Poland
Saint Cassian of Tangiers
Saint Cassius of Como
Saint Castora Gabrielli
Saint Catervus
Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Saint Cecilia
Saint Cecilia Yu Sosa
Saint Christina the Astonishing
Saint Claudius the Martyr
Saint Clotilde
Saint Clydog
Saint Constantine of Scotland
Saint Crescentinus
Saint Crescentius of Rome
Saint Crispina
Saint Cryiacus of Pamphylia
Saint Cuthman
Saint Dagobert II
Saint Daria
Saint Demetrius of Sermium
Saint Dionysius of Aquileia
Saint Dismas
Saint Donivald
Saint Dorothy of Caesarea
Saint Drogo
Saint Dymphna
Saint Edgar the Peaceful
Saint Edmund of East Anglia
Saint Edward the Confessor
Saint Edwin of Northumbria
Saint Elizabeth
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
Saint Emerentiana
Saint Emiliana of Rome
Saint Eric of Sweden
Saint Ethelbert of Kent
Saint Eugenia of Rome
Saint Eustachius
Saint Exanthus of Como
Saint Exsuperius of Pamphylia
Saint Faustus
Saint Felicity of Carthage
Saint Felinus of Perugia
Saint Felix of Aquileia
Saint Fidelis of Como
Saint Flavian of Civitavecchia
Saint Flavius Clemens
Saint Francis Trung Von Tran
Saint Gabinus
Saint Gabriel Gowdel
Saint Galla of Rome
Saint Gemma Galgani
Saint Genesius of Rome
Saint Gerald of Aurillac
Saint Germaine Cousin
Saint Gertrude the Elder
Saint Gervadius
Saint Getulius of Tivoli
Saint Gianna Beretta Molla
Saint Giuse Hoàng Luong Canh
Saint Giuse Nguyen Ðình Uyen
Saint Godelieve
Saint Godric of Finchale
Saint Grace
Saint Grata of Bergamo
Saint Guy of Anderlecht
I stopped at the "G's"
ReplyDeleteWhen I’ve visited Churches (not just Catholic) I’ve always been particularly interested in those people that are described as humble or Christ-like. I’ve always made an effort to meet them and I try to get acquainted with them. In every case, there has been disappointment.
ReplyDeleteIn general, those people have been “pious”. That is, they would often reflect the current interpretation of values held by their Church, as opposed to reflecting God’s values. They were also typically “cheerleaders” for the Church. If not superficially pious, then the “Christ-like” person was either very knowledgeable in Church related perspectives or very successful in being recognized by the Church hierarchy – that is, peer validated, as opposed to God validated. Such peer validation might be Church position, worldly wealth, worldly power, association with charitable acts, or association with worldly service. At the risk of stating the obvious, those are not the same as God’s values and God’s judgment.
We lack role-models. But who can be a role-model when their values and positions are mistaken for evil, since they reflect a more sophisticated understanding of God’s values? If we lack to humility to understand that we don’t understand, then we are destined to get help only from those who give help against God’s advice. He sees the futility of helping those who refuse, and punish, those who try to help. So help is limited to some one-on-one and “small scale” assistance.
So we end up where we are. Good Jesuits mistaken for bad Jesuits, and bad Jesuits mistaken for good Jesuits. I can only hope that some can understand, and change their focus from the Church back to God.