Letters

Missing ‘glue’ (letter)

Joseph Taylor

Contents - Feb 2000 - Buy a copy now Editorial: Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference - Michael Gilchrist Legionaries of Christ: new order for a new millennium - Peter Westmore News: The Church Around the World The comunità: a new form of monastic life for Australia - Peter Westmore Defending the faith against secularism and relativism - Bishop Kevin Manning Sydney’s Centre for Thomistic Studies upholds Catholic truth - John Young Lay teachers: backbone of the Catholic system - Tom Kendell Tom Monaghan: the tycoon who sold his assets to serve the Church - Patrick Ward Books: 'Rome Reshaped: Jubilees 1300-2000' by Desmond O’Grady - Michael Daniel (reviewer) Books: ‘Darkness Visible: A Christian Appraisal of Freemasonry’ by Walton Hannah - Michael Daniel (reviewer) Books: ‘Hidden Way: The Life and Influence of Almire Pichon’ by Mary Frances Coady - Mary O'Neill (reviewer) Books: ‘Invisible Crown: A Story of Dorothy von Flue’ by Michael McGrade - Michael Davies (reviewer) Books: 'A Victorian Convert Quintet' by Michael Clifton - Michael Daniel (reviewer) Letters: Catholic survey (letter) - Joe Lopez Letters: Holy buck-passing (letter) - Arthur Negus Letters: Enneagram (letter) - Fr Reg Smith Letters: Missing ‘glue’ (letter) - Joseph Taylor Letters: The Jesuits (letter) - Felix Moore Letters: Rockhampton (letter) - Franklin J. Wood Letters: Conflicting views (letter) - Joseph Said Letters: Abortion (letter) - Patrick V. Healy Letters: God’s love (letter) - Louise Howell (Dr) Letters: Persecution (letter) - George F. Simpson Letters: New women’s magazine Canticle (letter) - Genevieve S. Kineke Reflection: Private revelations: "Keep to what is countenanced by the Church" - Fr Peter Joseph

NSW Opposition Justice spokesman, Duncan Kerr, commenting on increasing crime, says: "The glue holding Australia together may be starting to dissolve ...".

Catholics know that the needed "glue" is belief in God and depending on his grace to live in accordance with his laws. Nothing else works. Australia urgently needs parents, schools and governments all co-operating to teach children these facts of life.

What about today's Catholic schools? Here, for the most part, we find no systematic teaching of Catholic philosophy, morals or doctrine, nor emphasis on preparation for death, fear of God's judgments, the greatness of heaven, the shortness of time and the length of eternity. Instead, there is largely a mishmash of pop-psychology and trying to be "relevant" on the world's terms.

JOSEPH TAYLOR
Buronga, NSW

Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 13 No 1 (February 2000), p. 17