PJPIISOE Site Pamphlets

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Has anyone checked out the materials at Victor Claveau’s website www.pjpiisoe.org? I downloaded three titles at random and have some reservation about two of the three. Anyone else have an opinion?

M

 

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• Well, first things first…I took a look at ‘about us’ to see who founded this organization and who served on the board:
  Clergy Associates
  Fr. Robert Altier
  Fr. Wade L. J. Menezes, CPM, Vocations Director, The Fathers of Mercy
  Fr. William Saunders, Ph.D
  Fr. Peter M.J. Stravinskas, Ph.D., S.T.D.

I only recognize Fr. Altier, but that’s one heck of a name to have on one’s list

I don’t recognize any of the other names, though.

• Next I look for some sort of endorsement letter from Rome letting us know they are aware of this organization and approve their works.
  I don’t see anything like that anywhere on the site.
• Finally I look for an imprimatur or other ‘official’ nod from a diocese or Rome on the materials to be distributed.
  I looked at a couple of the pamphlets under Apologetics (since those should definitely be ‘correct’ in their representations) and what I’ve seen is “printed with ecclesiastical approval”.

Pamphlet #300 “Particular Doctrines of The Catholic Church” doesn’t even ahve the 'printed with ecclesiastical approval".

Does anyone here know where that ranks along the list of ‘authoritative representation of the faith’?

Which pamphlets did you look at which raised concerns?

 

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First let me say that I didn’t find anything seriously wrong with the three I read. I read them critically keeping in mind the rules that Karl Keating laid down in Catholicism and Fundamentalism that all of our materials should be

• Clear
• Charitable
• Cited

That said, I found #75 a little unclear in places and the season specific language shows a lack of polish. Number 196 is missing a few citations. Finally, number 15 opens with a rather harsh statement. It may be completely true in some cases but maybe not the best way to open a dialog with a fundamentalist.

Am I being overly critical?

 

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Fr. Peter M.J. Stravinskas, Ph.D., S.T.D.

Fr Stravinskas is the founder and long-time editor of *The Catholic Answer *magazine (Before OSV bought it (? or at least dumbed it down)). Very orthodox, but very intellectual (which I think puts some people off :twocents: ).

He is also the founder of the Priestly Society of the Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman, and has a new magazine, The Catholic Response. (I have not had spare cash to lay out for a subscription, so I cannot comment on its quality, but expect it to be similar to his former magazine).

Without intending any detraction, but in interest of full disclosure, I recall there was some question of financial malfeasance on his part a year or two ago, but I do not know to what outcome if any.

tee

[EDIT: Before I get warned for posting something contoversial without a link: http://www.envoymagazine.com/EnvoyEncore/Detail.asp?BlogID=2336”]FR. PETER STRAVINSKAS IN HOT WATER, among others]

 

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Anyone, anyone?