Saturday, April 23, 2011

The Jesuits Are Vanishing

When John Langan came to Georgetown University in 1975 as a young Jesuit priest, he was one of 112 brothers from the Catholic order on campus. Jesuit Robert Drinan, a Massachusetts Democrat, was in Congress, and Jesuit John McLaughlin was in the West Wing advising Republican President Richard Nixon. Today there are barely half as many Jesuits at Georgetown, the order’s flagship university. Gonzaga, a Jesuit high school, is down to 17, compared with 43 in 1970. There’s talk that St. Aloysius, a Jesuit parish in the District known for its social justice efforts, could close when the current Jesuit leaves. And there are no full-time Jesuit staff members at all at the Washington Jesuit Academy, where the board chairman is Jewish. The Jesuits are vanishing from the Washington area, where they established the first Catholic Church in the colonies.
Link (here) to the full article at the Washington Post by Michelle Boornstein

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

“Some people outside will see this as a crisis, but we inside don’t see it that way. We see it as an invitation to share our tradition with lay men and women,” said the Rev. Kevin O’Brien, executive director of campus ministry at Georgetown University. “It’s no better, no worse, it’s just different.”

This guy is either INSANE or extremely DISHONEST. Such nonsense BOGGLES THE MIND.

Stewart said...

A wonderful, yet defensive public relations slogan.

Anonymous said...

One of the best examples I've seen reecently of the use of 'spin.'

Maria said...

"Unless the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it. Unless the Lord keep the city, he watcheth in vain that keepeth it".

Psalm 127:1

Anonymous said...

I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR THE FATHERS OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS OF OLD......BUT MOST OF THE PRESENT DAY JESUITS HAVE LTTTLE FAITH AND DO NOT RESPRESENT THE IDEAS OF IGNATIUS......JOHN PAUL GAVE UP ON THE PRIESTS IN ORDAINED IN THE LATE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES..AND CREATED HIS OWN FAITHFILLED PRIESTS THAT HAS TO HAPPEN IN THE SJS ....OTHERWISE THEY WILL BE JUST A BUNCH OF BORING MEN LIVING IN WHAT LOOKS LIKE A NURSING HOME..AND I HEARD THAT WHEN MANY PEOPLE WHO DELIVER THINGS TO THIER HOUSE ....CALL IT AN ALL MALE NURSING HOME..TOO BAD...NOT THE SJS I KNEW ...AMDG....

Anonymous said...

READING SOME OF THE ARTICLES IN THE SOCIETY OF JESUS....MAGAZINE...AMERICA..ONE REALIZES WHY THE SOCIETY IS DYING...AS A PRIEST EDUCATED BY THEM AND PROUD OF WHEN THAT WAS...I REALIZE THAT AMERICA SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN BY ROME....AMDG

Anonymous said...

I REALIZE THAT AMERICA SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN BY ROME....AMDG

AMEN. Many people rail against the content of America Magazine; however, I have begun to wonder:
(1)why is it allowed to persist in its current state? (2) Who permits it to do? The magazine gives scandal to the faithful and confirms people in their sin. Only Godless priests could entertain homosexuality as a virtue and work to lead others to the sin of sodomy. What ever happened to sexual depravity, crimes against nature? Fast and pray for the Jesuits.

Joseph Fromm said...

I encourage a free wheeling comments section. I very rarely delete comments. Please choose your words carefully and thoughtfully.

JMJ

Joe