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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 14:14:40 -0800
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- From: John Weitzel <weitzel@CIRRUS.SEAS.UCLA.EDU>
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- Hello,
- My name is John L Weitzel and I am currently employed as a counselor
- for the School of Engineering at UCLA. I was born, raised, and continue
- to practice the Catholic faith. I attended high school and college
- seminaries in Southern California for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
-
- My main concern, at this point, deals with the quality of Catholic
- Secondary Education. There are many studies which show that academically
- the Catholic Educational system is far superior to that of the American
- Public Educational Systems. My question does not have to do with the quality
- of the education of science, math, arts and humanities, and other such areas,
- but with basic Catholic Doctrine. In local Catholic high schools, graduates
- have virtually no idea what is meant by such concepts as trinity,
- transubstantiation, salvation, or could not list 1/2 of the books of the
- New Testament, let alone the Old Testament. These individuals are the ones
- I see now attending Evangelical Churches. I have many close friends who are
- Evangelical brethren, but they have a coherent understanding of the Bible,
- salvation, and doctrine. My falling away Catholic friends, as well as
- friends who are practicing, have little idea about the depth of history,
- coherence, and basic doctrine of the Catholic Church. Individuals graduating
- from Evangelical High Schools seem to know more about Catholic Theology than
- most Catholics from so-called Catholic High Schools. I do not think that all
- Catholics need to understand Aquinas, Augustine, and Borromeo in depth, but
- do you not think that we should all know why we are Catholic, how we are saved,
- and how to discuss such with our seperated brethren?
-
- Thanks for your response.
-
- Merry Christmas
- and
- May God Bless America
-