tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post1716633819037368390..comments2024-03-12T07:54:08.013+00:00Comments on Offerimus Tibi Domine: Reprieve for Ushaw College?Fr Simon Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375804232895565241noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-26589258733825944282011-11-18T22:49:23.892+00:002011-11-18T22:49:23.892+00:00Liberals like Drainey & Kelly are part of the ...Liberals like Drainey & Kelly are part of the reason for the decline of the RC Church in England, but the rot set in long before these agents of evil. Warlock & his cronies and of course, the infamous 'Pastoral Council' that was Vatican II', the greatest gift to Protestants and the triumph of the secular over the sacred. Yes, Upholland decays, and Ushaw will go the same way. Drainey and his ilk would rather that then traditional RC institutions use them!<br />I was a student at Upholland and then Ushaw in the 1970s and 80s. I was ruthlessly persecuted for being s true RC. I am SO glad I never made it to Ordination, so if you think I am bitter, think again!<br />I have seen the decay at Upholland first-hand, and the liberal, and let's be honest, stupid RC Bishops of England & Wales, 'thickos' of the first order, have reaped what they did sow! A plague on all their houses, they will rot!Daniel Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-53459169073314088542011-02-11T10:58:15.813+00:002011-02-11T10:58:15.813+00:00I think that is a superb idea, that Ushaw be used ...I think that is a superb idea, that Ushaw be used to train Priests from countries that have more vocations than space. Of course it will not happen.It would take vision, and these young men would probably be too traditional!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-7650413871780905192011-02-09T13:47:31.143+00:002011-02-09T13:47:31.143+00:00P.S
For international readers:-
Baps are bread b...P.S<br /><br />For international readers:-<br /><br />Baps are bread buns<br />Ribena is a blackcurrant fruit drink.torchofthefaithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09128214322674215841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-68801720463115562392011-02-09T11:43:30.015+00:002011-02-09T11:43:30.015+00:00Dear Father
These last two stories dovetail some...Dear Father <br /><br />These last two stories dovetail somewhat.<br /><br />As a student at Ushaw in the late 90's I was told that I would have to set up the chalice set for a Methodist group to use for their baps and Ribena.<br /><br />I refused to comply with this.<br /><br />On another occasion a fellow student and I were surprised on entering St. Cuthbert's chapel to find a group of Methodists already having a service at the Altar...<br /><br />Then NEOC - the North East college for Methodist students - actually moved-in to share the seminary with us! It was not unheard of for them to move the Altar in St. Joseph's out of the way for their Sunday services. I know because as a sacristan I had to move the Altar back into place for Holy Mass on Sunday Mornings...<br /><br />I had a meeting with my vocations director and handed him a whole dossier of problems to give to the Archbishop. That was Christmas 1998and I am still waiting for a reply.<br /><br />I could write a book about the men I've seen being prevented from joining up at selection weekends; others who made it through that hurdle only to be persecuted to breaking point; and finally men who had their ordinations delayed from 6 months to a year and all because of their orthodoxy - one guy simply because he wore his Roman collar on Sundays and for hospital visits as a Deacon...<br /><br />On the other hand guys who revelled in foul language, heterodox ideology and radical homosexualist agendas were given a hearty welcome.<br /><br />I used to try to warn people in my Archdiocese that the seminary needed to be reformed as the vocations 'crisis' would only be fed otherwise. Looking back I don't think they could believe how bad it was. As a convert from Protestantism - in which I had experienced some truly Christian communities - neither could I. It was very distressign to find the True Church only to discover that those responsible for priestly formation were out to wreak havoc for Her. <br /><br />Father Simon - If you fancy a trip up to Ushaw Moor on a book rescue mission I am game!<br /><br />In Christ<br />Alan Houghtontorchofthefaithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09128214322674215841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-9054110932725216662011-02-08T23:25:52.893+00:002011-02-08T23:25:52.893+00:00Nothing more graphically portrays the absolute dis...Nothing more graphically portrays the absolute disdain (I could use a stronger word) of the English Catholic establishment for the faith than the picture of the library as recently as March 2009. I presume that the books strewn all over the floor and on the window ledges are not Mills and Boon fiction but learned books on the faith, Church history, theology, the saints et al. What sort of 'ordinary' Catholic mind, never mind that of senior clerics, could allow this to happen and not intervene. It is not merely shameful but scandalous. Even now it is surely not too late to salvage these books. Why not invite priests to come and take what they need. I am sure that the fledgling traditional priestly societies would welscome a visit to this library to retrieve many of these books for their libraries. But no, the authorities would rather let these treasured books on the faith rot on the floor in dirt and dust to be crawled over by spiders and beetles rather than offer them to anyone who could make use of them. There could be no more graphic picture of the sorry state of modern Catholicism than revealed in this picture. Go to it, Reverend Fathers of Liverpool, and give these books a home they deserve. <br /><br />SAVE THE FAITH.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-73628888991452233272011-02-08T14:14:35.423+00:002011-02-08T14:14:35.423+00:00I would enjoy 'dogmatic' - it would make a...I would enjoy 'dogmatic' - it would make a pleasant change.Richard Collinshttp://linenonthehedgerow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com