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Pied Piper of Atheism: Philip Pullman and Children's Fantasy
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Every week or so IgnatiusInsight.com will ask a question
or two of Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J., founder of Ignatius Press and Chancellor
of Ave Maria
University in Naples, Florida since 2002. If you have a question about
the Catholic Church, Ignatius Press, or current events you would like
to ask Fr. Fessio, please send it to IgnatiusInsight.com
editor Carl Olson and he will consider asking Fr. Fessio to respond
to it.
The question for the week of August 1, 2004, is:
Can you tell me why the Latin Tridentine Mass
is not celebrated at Ave Maria College. I attended the Novus Order Latin
Mass at Ave
Maria University at Naples Florida this past February and was extremely
disappointed in the Novus Order Mass. It is a pale comparison to the beauty
and meaning of the historical Tridentine Mass. I am surprised that Father
Fessio does not seek permission for a weekly Tridentine Mass.
Fr. Fessio: Thank you for your question regarding the celebration
of the Indult Mass at Ave Maria University.
Right now we have a student body of 300 - although we believe it is going to be growing rapidly.
There are two Masses per day and I celebrate the Mass in Latin twice during weekdays and a
sung High Mass on Sunday mornings. It is not the Indult Mass for which we need special permission
from the Bishop; this is the Novus Ordo Mass celebrated in Latin, with Gregorian Chant,
facing East, and using the Roman Canon. In fact, I have called this the "Mass of Vatican II" because
I believe it corresponds very closely to what the Council anticipated in liturgical reform.
The Lord has been blessing us immensely in the number of students who have already responded to
the vision of Ave Maria University. Therefore we believe we will be expanding rapidly in years
to come. Perhaps when we have more students and priests, at our new permanent campus - and provided
of course that the Bishop will give permission--we may add the Indult Mass, the so called "Tridentine"
Latin Mass.
In the meantime, I would like the students to experience the new Mass with the Ordinary (unchanging parts)
in Latin and celebrated with as few as possible changes from the previous pre-Conciliar Mass. It is
very, very close to the Tridentine Mass, especially when the Roman Canon is used. I even think that
had this Mass been available - as it was intended to be available Đ many of those who have sought the
restoration of the Tridentine Mass would have not been so dissatisfied with the liturgical reform which
the Council had intended.
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G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was one of the finest Christian authors and apologists
of the past two hundred years. Raised as an agnostic, he embraced Christianity as a young man, ultimately entering the Catholic Church
in 1922. He wrote hundreds of essays, as well as novels, short stories, poetry, apologetics, literary
criticism, and nearly everything else imaginable. Dale Ahlquist, president and co-founder of the American
Chesterton Society and author of
G.K Chesterton: Apostle of Common Sense, writes, "Chesterton was equally at ease with literary and social criticism,
history, politics, economics, philosophy, and theology. His style is unmistakable, always marked
by humility, consistency, paradox, wit, and wonder. His writing remains as timely and as timeless
today as when it first appeared, even though much of it was published in throw away paper." Read more
about the life and work of this remarkable thinker, author, and apologist.
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Confessions of an Ex-Feminist
by Lorraine V. Murray
Confessions is the honest and heart-rending account of a woman who was born into a Catholic family, attended parochial schools and
fully embraced the beliefs of her faith, but ran into major roadblocks in college. Amidst the radical feminist college environment of
the 1960's, she lost her faith, and her morality, jumping aboard the bandwagon of "free love." She indulged in a series of love relationships
in college, all of which crashed and burned. Despite the obvious contradiction between feminist teachings and her own experience,
Murray still believed she had to free herself from the yoke of tradition. Attaining a doctorate in philosophy, with an emphasis on the
feminist writings of Simone de Beauvoir, Murray taught philosophy in college. For many years, she launched a personal vendetta against
God and the Catholic Church in the classroom, trying to persuade students that God did not exist, mocking values Catholics hold dear,
and touted feminism as the cure for many social ills. When she discovered she was pregnant, Murray followed the route that feminists
offer as a solution for unmarried women. Much to her surprise, her abortion was a shattering emotional experience, which she grieved
over for years. It was the first tragic chink in her feminist armor.
Read more about Confessions of an Ex-Feminist, or
read an excerpt from the book.
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