tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post340585314619240065..comments2023-10-05T10:29:39.439+01:00Comments on Catholic Collar And Tie: Our Christmas...and an atheist's rejection of itAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09049074568745678686noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-56832661704432639062014-12-30T06:08:29.470+00:002014-12-30T06:08:29.470+00:00Well said Fr. You once again say all the right th...Well said Fr. You once again say all the right things. I also have a wayward daughter and know first hand what you describe. It's the devil at work and we must pray n pray and write to our bishops. I never got a reply to my last one touching on Catholic education among other things. He never replied. Very sad . . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-20274206437574255382014-12-29T11:00:26.399+00:002014-12-29T11:00:26.399+00:00Fr Dickson, I don't know what it is like in th...Fr Dickson, I don't know what it is like in the UK, but here in Australia, because of the sums of money involved in Catholic education, it is treated by the Bishops Conference like a crystal cabinet. Anyone who disturbs it is pounced on and ostracized big time. I mean seriously dealt with. Take it from me, I'm talking from first hand experience. I naively rattled the crystal cabinet in 1992 and have been an ex- religious education teacher ever since. Banned for life, but since then I have received grace upon grace.Gregkangahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11701337405994375544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-88346645254447298172014-12-29T10:12:34.163+00:002014-12-29T10:12:34.163+00:00Sorry I forgot to mention the title and issue numb...Sorry I forgot to mention the title and issue number of the article I wrote. It is issue 145 of Into the Deep and my article is titled "Declining Mass Attendance - The Real Reason".Gregkangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11701337405994375544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-77318117554397101752014-12-29T10:07:17.918+00:002014-12-29T10:07:17.918+00:00Patricia, I agree with your comment. I hope and pr...Patricia, I agree with your comment. I hope and pray Fr Dickson is not silenced by the Church in the UK. I touched on the betrayal of parents and a whole generation by our bishops in Catholic education in Australia in the latest issue of Into the Deep at <a href="http://www.stoneswillshout.com/wp" rel="nofollow">stoneswillshout.com/wp</a>. Blessings of the season to you and your family Patricia. Keep up the good work Fr Dickson and blessings to you and to Mr Tie. You truly are salt to the earth.Gregkangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11701337405994375544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-91328565542735692842014-12-28T16:29:04.801+00:002014-12-28T16:29:04.801+00:00Thank you Patricia. blessings of the Season to you...Thank you Patricia. blessings of the Season to you and yours.<br />I do hope my words inspire, but until I can be more patient, prayerful and industrious, I cannot claim to be an inspiration of myself... thank you, all the same. <br />Its very sad the for the mother in question whose daughter has in fact, turned her hostility to the Faith of her childhood into hostility towards her family, whom she expects to do her bidding and to accept her without any changes in her wayward behaviour.<br />God Bless.Fr Dicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11702725497183621855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-54533803919845636042014-12-28T15:13:46.828+00:002014-12-28T15:13:46.828+00:00Dear Father Dickson
Well and bravely said. You a...Dear Father Dickson<br /><br />Well and bravely said. You are an inspiration, and I so wish that we had more priests like you - it's much too soon to hope that we could have a bishop with half your faith and courage, but you are doing your best in very difficult circumstances. God bless you for keeping the Faith alive and feeding the starving sheep.<br /><br />Patricia<br /><br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14990638780234887269noreply@blogger.com