Letters

Myths exploded

Nola Viney

Contents - Nov 2005 - Buy a copy now Editorial: A remarkable Catholic parish National Press Club: Cardinal George Pell on the dictatorship of relativism - Cardinal George Pell News: The Church Around the World Sister Miriam Duggan: the Church's response to AIDS - Anh Nguyen Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist: areas for remedial action identified - Peter Westmore Thomas More Centre: Fifty years from Shadowlands: Childhood memories of the world of C. S. Lewis - Msgr Peter J. Elliott Call to Holiness: Contemplating the Eucharistic Face of Christ - Christine McCarthy Letters: Myths exploded - Nola Viney Letters: Church Music - Chris Wilson Letters: New Zealand visitor to Brisbane - Leo Leitch Letters: Gnostic gospels and the Da Vinci Code - Fr G.H. Duggan SM Letters: Example needed - Betty Griffin Letters: Basic differences to overcome - Dr Arnold Jago Letters: SSPX response - Timothy Hungerford Letters: Vatican II and Benedict XVI - Jim Howe Books: The Incredible Da Vinci Code, by Frank Mobbs - Michael Gilchrist (reviewer) Books: Philosophy 101 Meets Socrates, by Peter Kreeft - Bill Muehlenberg (reviewer) Books: Stem Cells, by Norman M. Ford and Michael Herbert - Kerrie Allen Books: More good reading from AD Books Reflection: The concrete character of Christianity - John Young

Regarding the article by John Young (April AD2000) titled, Exploding myths about the pre-Vatican II Church, I know that I am out of focus media-wise with my response in applauding it.

In my mind it provides the necessary contrast to the kinds of progressive Catholic ideas which people like Paul Collins articulate via the ABC and which appear convincing to those unaware of the Church's long past history.

Yes, our world has moved on in terms of technology and science, however, these are limited to the particular research so far done and the conclusions reached, let alone the sometimes ill-pronounced findings popularly announced.

I usually feel sad that people can make judgements and decisions based on such flimsy knowledge and understanding. This came to mind recently as I heard Mark Latham interviewed one morning on the ABC by Liam Bartlett.

Like a number of our radio and TV comperes and presenters, Liam is a product of Catholic family and schools.

I can appreciate that not everyone is a historian, even of the past 100 years, but rather a futuristic seeker; so where are all these younger Australians going in terms of faith? Being a parent who has had to cope with the "lost generation" of the Church for as many years as Monica prayed for Augustine, I ask, where are we going?

NOLA VINEY
Nollamara, WA

Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 18 No 10 (November 2005), p. 14