Correspondence
CORRESPONDENCE Danger at the a l t a r Huntington, N.Y. To the Editors: Well, that's it. Donald Haynes confesses that male altar servers are hopelessly clumsy. Bridget Balthrop Morton tells...
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...If the Catholic college does become an arena in which students and faculty can freely discuss the future of Catholic ideas, there may not be so many Jesuits around, but there will be no problem of retaining its identity...
...To the Editors: The topic of Thomas E Troy's article has come up in many discussions among myself, other Jesuits, and (Continued on page 760) Commonweal, is indexed in Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, Catholic Periodical Index, Index of American Periodical Verse, Book Review Digest and Book Review Index...
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...In this respect the undergraduate college is going--probably unfortunately--the way of the law and medical schools which Jesuits have long sponsored...
...Whether, despite his appeals to the intrinsic value of knowledge and research, this is what John Paul II really has in mind would be disputed by many...
...To the Editors: Frank McConnell's tribute to Miles Davis ["The Prince of Darkness," Oct...
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...Bridget Balthrop Morton tells us that female altar servers are full of grace [November 9...
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...And, although I do not feel quite as strongly as McConnell that jazz is "the only music that matters" (the first recollected sounds of my childhood were equal portions of Caruso and Ellington), I do agree that great jazz performed by masters like Armstrong, Hawkins, Parker, GiUespie, Holiday, Davis, and so many other gifted jazz musicians is surely "proof of the existence of God...
...To the Editors: Unlike Thomas E Troy ("Jesuit Colleges Without Jesuits," October 25), I am not an alumnus of a Jesuit institution-but, having spent almost thirty years as a member of the faculty at Georgetown, I find his views merit comment...
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...THOMAS E MADER That heavenly j a z z Blauvelt, N.Y...
...What is taking place at the university level is related to disputes in the area of religious education generally, i.e., to what extent does one stress character formation as opposed to theological indoctrination at a time when there is much disarray, to put it mildly, among theologians as to what being Catholic really means...
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...Jesuits are no longer hired simply because of who they are (nor, for that matter, are Catholics), but rather in terms of professional credentials and interests...
...Finally, I suspect there are more jazz lovers who read Commonweal regularly than the editors suspect...
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Vol. 118 • December 1991 • No. 22
