Jesuits teaching weird stuff?

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They are unfortunately teaching( at least some)very problematic things that are not in view of the Church and undermines who Christ is. For example, there was a religion teacher at the Catholic school in my town who was confronted that she was teaching problematic things, the one I remember most clearly was the multiplication of loaves and fishes, she was telling students there really was no miracle but Christ knew that everyone there most likely brought food and after his teaching on sharing everyone gave the extra they had into the wicker baskets and that was where the miracle came from. Unfortunately this doesn’t make sense when comparing all of the Gospel accounts of this miracle together; and also undermines who Christ is, and even makes one wonder if he is just a morally good man. This is problematic because the multiplication of the loaves and fishes foretells the Last supper. It has huge theological implications to out faith. Kids were going home telling their parents this and some parents brought this to the attention of the principal, the teacher was questioned about this; turns out she was taught exactly this at the University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford, Ct by a Jesuit priest who teaches theology.
 
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They sound REALLY strict and archconservative to a bad extreme.
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Opus Dei produces some great priests. What I do think is that with Opus Dei priests the Liturgy is very reverent and with attention to detail.

If I was attending a Mass somewhere I had never been before and I heard that the priest as Opus Dei (or heavily influenced by Opus Dei) before I even stepped into the church I think I would be expecting the Liturgy to be very reverent and delivered with precision.
 
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The whole idea of “people just shared their food, no miracle occurred” was trendy in the 60s and 70s. Many people were trying to de-mystify the church and get rid of what they saw as superstitious beliefs and practices and focus more on social justice. The idea of sharing food made for great social justice. It was also popular with certain mainline Protestant groups who didn’t like all the miracle and mysticism stuff. Fortunately priests these days are more likely to agree with your view. Fr Heilman has preached whole homilies on this issue. But my point is, while Jesuits were certainly guilty of this denial of mystic and miraculous aspects of the faith, it wasn’t just them. I could show you priests and religious from many orders who were pushing the same ideas.

This is what I mean by getting rid of the aging hippie types and having the younger and more traditional leaders come in.
 
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I’m sorry. Perhaps I’m being unfair as I’ve read more Dan Brown than The Way. My bad. The last material I read concerning Opus Dei was a Wikipedia article on it.
 
Nothing extreme about Opus Dei. Lots of bad info out there. Read John Allen’s book if you want an objective picture.
 
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They are not arch conservative. They take no stance on almost any political issue.
 
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Fr. Martin and Cdl. Tobin are both supportive of the acronym crowd and their special month.
 
I was meaning the whole priests supporting the acronym crowd thing. Supporting the gay agenda is wrong
 
Yeah. Priests should be leading people to God and holiness. Not aiding and abetting evil.
 
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The fact that some people make wild conspiracy theories does not prove, or disprove, reasonable claims by other people that the Jesuit leadership is recently much less supportive of doctrine, and uncritically accepting of the secular media ideology.
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In all seriousness . . . if the Jesuits had actually become involved in freemasonry, they would have taken it over and turned it a Catholic direction before the Freemasons ever knew what hit them . . .

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This is perilously close to going off-topic…but I must take advantage of any chance I get to share this classic:

A Jesuit, a Dominican, and a Franciscan were walking along an old road, debating the greatness of their orders. Suddenly, an apparition of the Holy Family appeared in front of them, with Jesus in a manger and Mary and Joseph praying over him.

The Franciscan fell on his face, overcome with awe at the sight of God born in such poverty.
The Dominican fell to his knees, adoring the beautiful reflection of the Trinity and the Holy Family.
The Jesuit walked up to Joseph, put his arm around his shoulder, and said, “So, have you thought about where to send the boy to school?”
 
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