tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post115331281546986227..comments2024-03-25T02:43:49.115-05:00Comments on Karen Edmisten: Books to nourish the mind and the spiritKaren Edmisten http://www.blogger.com/profile/04446214835142625161noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-1153571432397315512006-07-22T07:30:00.000-05:002006-07-22T07:30:00.000-05:00Josephine, How delightful to hear from you! Thank ...Josephine, <BR/><BR/>How delightful to hear from you! Thank you for writing, and thanks so much for your kind and encouraging words. <BR/><BR/>I'm afraid I didn't express myself very well, and didn't mean to imply that you think schools are awful. Clearly you have affection for the students and faculty you visit, and I thought you quite accurately used the disclaimer "most." The truth is, some schools *are* awful. Your examples are stark and disheartening, but altogether true, and that's something that must be talked about. There are vital reasons to bewail "the cultural correctness that disallows authentic discussion on the Faith" and I agree with you about that. <BR/><BR/>I hope I didn't get defensive -- I sometimes do, as the wife of a good Catholic man trying to make whatever difference he can within the limitations of a purely secular environment. :-) I often find myself in the position of explaining what it's like to be a faithful Catholic teaching in a public school. Do forgive me if I misrepresented your words. <BR/><BR/>Sometimes, as a blogger, I cringe at how blithely I hit "Publish Post" when I have not yet revised, revised, revised. I'd never dream of sending off an article at first-draft stage, and yet I let first-drafts blather on daily here on the blog. :-) <BR/><BR/>At any rate, thanks so much for writing, and I eagerly await the publication of your next book! The Weight of a Mass has become a standard and wonderful First Communion gift around here.Karen Edmisten https://www.blogger.com/profile/04446214835142625161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-1153563167066242102006-07-22T05:12:00.000-05:002006-07-22T05:12:00.000-05:00Hello, Karen!Thanks for blogging about my article ...Hello, Karen!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for blogging about my article in Voices. (The post felt like a visit and chat with a new, unmet friend!)<BR/><BR/>Didn't mean give the impression that I find schools to be awful! Those 100 visits per year, over the past 19 years, are all within an hour of my home, so you can imagine how dear the faculties and students of some buildings have become to me! That very "dearness" was the impetus for my bewailing the cultural correctness that disallows authentic discussion on the Faith--that most important of subjects.<BR/>(Well, Our Lord will certainly have His day!)<BR/><BR/>So glad Lisa's post put us in touch. Send me a shipping address, and I'll be sure you get a copy of Take It to the Queen as soon as it's out. <BR/><BR/>Keep up the wonderful work! Let's pray for one another!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com