I believe that the charitable and educational facets of being Catholic, of being Christian are important. They need to be encouraged, they need to be cherished as part of our collective history as the standard bearers of our rituals and traditions. The educational and charitable work need to continue, need to expand. Catechesis for all Catholics remains important for the vitality and vibrancy of the faith. There are many ideas, many opinions masquerading as facts providing chaos and confusion in our society, in our lives. The many doctrines and dogmas of the Catholic church are either misquoted with the enthusiastic zeal of a slippery merchant trying to sell you something at any price, misquoted with a sarcastic sneer of a desperate lawyer grasping for a way to connect with a jury, with a smile, a laugh, or a sigh.
I believe that the charitable and educational facets of the church are a natural conduit for the exchange of love, for the growth of faith at both the personal and communal levels.
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