tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post7027283213751794977..comments2024-03-27T17:29:51.954+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: More Vatican II limericks from Dom Hugh's book (Arouca Press)Fr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-23399091563334207392020-09-28T19:35:38.065+01:002020-09-28T19:35:38.065+01:00The present bench of RC bishops of England, includ...The present bench of RC bishops of England, including the retired, does contain 2 or 3 very good classicists. <br />I can imagine a learned prelate on the south coast producing some very humorous limericks.Fr Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747558367805466619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-47250813256897641692020-09-28T15:34:26.498+01:002020-09-28T15:34:26.498+01:00Forgive the (Freudian?) plural above: although the...Forgive the (Freudian?) plural above: although theological colleges now have plenty <i>alumnae</i>, in the period of my anecdote there were only <i>alumni</i> of such establishments.Atticushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03537205387276510875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-46432837412375089352020-09-28T13:28:48.276+01:002020-09-28T13:28:48.276+01:00I wonder whether Mgr. Knox's use of the phrase...I wonder whether Mgr. Knox's use of the phrase "Vade retro Satana" (from the St. Benedict's Medal) is an indication that he wrote that list while staying with the Benedictines of Farnborough, where he placed up-and-down the avenue of Lime trees with Dom Cabrol, as he considered entering into full communion.Chattohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14488939389859451887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-50365081015194803532020-09-28T09:28:11.008+01:002020-09-28T09:28:11.008+01:00Knox's premonitory pause nudged a memory. When...Knox's premonitory pause nudged a memory. When yet Anglo-Papalists (and not yet Papists proper) some of us we were wont to say of the two tribes: "The Anglicans have the better halves, but the Romans have the better quarters." Whilst the first half of that adage was not infrequently true, the universal reliability of the latter was not to be trusted. A (celibate) Anglican mentor of Atticushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03537205387276510875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-82701333642883231512020-09-28T01:16:26.970+01:002020-09-28T01:16:26.970+01:00Bishop later Cardinal Wright put a poor box on his...Bishop later Cardinal Wright put a poor box on his desk in the aula hoping to raise money for the Maguire Home here in Pittsburgh, seeking donations from his episcopal colleagues. Curious or amused, several Council Fathers put their small change in the box. Those cosmopolitan coins were passed along to the local Knights of Columbus, as they were and are still charged with fundraising for the Matthew F Klukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04315970978087291635noreply@blogger.com