My own experience with Jesuits has been quite good... My point? Having observed so many different Jesuits in their work, ministry and study, I can testify that those uninformed stereotypes which cast so much negativity on the Jesuit order as a whole are simply devoid of charity, understanding and catholicity.
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
My Time at SLU
Evangelical Catholicism
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Ahem. Not all of the criticisms of the Jesuit order are "uninformed stereotypes." Some of them has been formed over years of association with Jesuits and Jesuit institutions.
As a whole, the Jesuits were hit hard by the chaos following Vatican II.
There are many excellent Jesuits, but the esprit de corps has been deeply wounded. That is, when one meets a brilliant, orthodox Jesuit, one is struck more by the accomplishment of the individual than a common Ignatian formation.
Fred
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