At your catholic school did the priest's or nun's demonstrate the 9 gifts of the spirit?

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At your catholic school did the priest’s or nun’s demonstrate the 9 gift’s of the spirit?

Or maybe the 7 gifts?
And these signs shall follow?
 
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Yes. Particularly long-suffering, in the case of dear Sister Margaret, who longed for the green grass and cool temperatures of Ireland and ended up in our hot, dry climate instead.

But yes, for the most part, the priests and sisters were joyful, kind, patient, etc.
 
First, let’s clarify terms.

What list are you using?
 
Catholics do not see the holy Spirit in these terms… (9 gifts, 7 gifts, etc). The gifts of the holy Spirit are innumerable and different for every person. It’s that last point, different for every person, that St. Paul is trying to make clear. He gives several examples in his letters of different things people do with the inspiration of the holy Spirit. But those examples were not meant to be used as a way to pigeon hole the workings of the holy Spirit into categories, so that if someone does not clearly display one of these gifts then they are doing something wrong.

What you are really asking is if the holy Spirit exists at “your Catholic school”. You could simply ask, “How did the holy Spirit work at your Catholic school?”. There is no litmus test that a priest or nun can pass in order to prove that the holy Spirit is with them. St. Paul never meant it to be that way. Read his letters as a whole.
 
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Catholics do not see the holy Spirit in these terms… (9 gifts, 7 gifts, etc).
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Catholics who studied the Baltimore Catechism might disagree with you.
Q. 699. Which are the gifts of the Holy Ghost?

A. The gifts of the Holy Ghost are Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Fortitude, Knowledge, Piety, and Fear of the Lord.
 
And from the Catechism of the Catholic Church:

1832 The fruits of the Spirit are perfections that the Holy Spirit forms in us as the first fruits of eternal glory. The tradition of the Church lists twelve of them: “charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness, modesty, self-control, chastity.” 112
 
In the early to mid sixties we were taught the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit.

I’ve never heard of nine gifts of the Spirit. What Spirit would that be ?
 
In Catholic school they made a distinction between the Gifts of the Holy Spirit and the Fruits of the Holy Spirit. Baltimore Catechism #3
  • The Gifts are what we receive from the Holy Spirit.
  • The Fruits are how those gifts would be manifested in our lives (and would be visible to others.).
Now days we tend to think of speaking in tongues and prophesying as the Gifts of the Spirit but those are really just special (with the emphasis on “special”) cases of the gifts and fruits listed in the catechism.
 
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And yes, the sisters at my school did give evidence of those gifts and fruits.

Of course they were not perfect. (And sometimes it’s easier to remember those times than the times they were patient with us.) But they could not have done the jobs they did without those gifts.
 
The 9 spiritual gifts are what saint Paul taught and demonstrated.
 
Heck when I went to Catholic School back in the 50’s and early 60’s, the nuns rarely showed themselves to be following the Gospel, other than their strict obedience to Catholic doctrines, even those they interpreted for themselves.

The pastor, was a humble holy man.

EVen today I reflect on the goodness he showed to us kids.

Jim
 
I was in parochial schools back in the early-late 60s and all but one teacher were nuns. The younger ones were wonderful and a blessing. The older ones? Well, they were big into corporal punishment and humiliation, but it wasn’t excessive and was effective. As a teen, I used to joke that they were recruited from the ranks of WWII prison camp guards.

The nuns were at that time a true blessing to the Church. It’s sad to see their ranks have diminished so much.
 
Yes. They also taught us the proper use of apostrophes. Priest with an apostrophe s after is a possessive, i.e., “The priest’s vestments”, and is singular. Priest with an ‘s’ on the end is a plural, i.e., “two priests, three priests.”
 
All my Nuns did in both grammar & high school. Particularly in grammar school; when you think; those Nuns we’re preparing us for reception of the Sacraments & nurture us to lead good Catholic lives.
 
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