tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post3017603146022375724..comments2024-03-22T18:43:00.710-04:00Comments on Unam Sanctam Catholicam: Top ten careers for CatholicsBonifacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10672810254075072214noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-79775651754758350992014-01-09T12:16:42.984-05:002014-01-09T12:16:42.984-05:00Well, priesthood is not a "career", but ...Well, priesthood is not a "career", but a vocation.<br /><br />I thought it was implied that this was a list for lay Catholics.Bonifacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672810254075072214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-50272179113878119802014-01-07T07:23:09.469-05:002014-01-07T07:23:09.469-05:00Surely the priesthood should be a career worth men...Surely the priesthood should be a career worth mentioning? With the massive decline in numbers, they could sure use a boost!Philip Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-49838493752816090562012-10-12T17:39:08.811-04:002012-10-12T17:39:08.811-04:00I want to point something out regarding Catholics ...I want to point something out regarding Catholics in journalism. I am a Catholic and a journalist. I actually know many catholics in journalism but that is not why I am commenting. <br /><br />You see journalism pays very little. Pay ranges from 15,000-40,000 and most journalist get paid between 25,000-32,000. Also they require college degree's now and so one may be straddled with student loan debt. <br /><br />This kind of pay does makes it hard or impossible to raise what I would call, a family open to "Life". I'm young and married and I have two children 2, and six-month-old. <br /><br />To add to the struggle my wife is a musician and a teaches latin at home with the children via the internet. Which also doesn't pay a lot.<br /><br />I would warn that if someone wants to be a Catholic and a Journalist they should seriously consider the fiscal problems that ones future or current family will have to bare.<br /><br />Maybe Journalism is a job for the unmarried. I also am not sure what you mean by what kind of bad press the Catholic church has suffered. If this is relation to the priest scandal any good Catholic reporter would report on it. Priest have great responsibility and therefore should be scrutinized when the commit crimes. I suggest reading "Inside the Vatican Magazine" and I believe the editor would agree with my statements. Albert Cesarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10960249058559737607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-81060126808468286722012-07-10T13:28:24.085-04:002012-07-10T13:28:24.085-04:00James-
Well, I did not say that these professions...James-<br /><br />Well, I did not say that these professions do not require degrees, only that they do not require Liberal Arts degrees. It is not a degree per se that are a waste, but Liberal Arts degrees specifically. You will still need a degree for lots of these jobs.Bonifacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672810254075072214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-59858827055857233842012-07-10T13:25:55.548-04:002012-07-10T13:25:55.548-04:00I am sure that this blog may not be monitored howe...I am sure that this blog may not be monitored however if it is, how would one suggest getting into these needed feild before having a degree. I have the intent and drive to work in some way for the church but that seems next to impossible to do without a degree which in my stating will take some time to recieve. Any comments can be sent to james.albrightii@gmail.com. Thank you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09220626837612921948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-32946439306610346862011-06-22T18:56:29.332-04:002011-06-22T18:56:29.332-04:00Because I agree we need to promote the true of ima...Because I agree we need to promote the true of image of Catholic priests as decent men pledged to serving God I have written a play about a priest. This play uses humor to attract and hold the audience all the while getting the subtle message across that Catholic priests are wonderful people. The cost of the play to any legitimate church or organization that wants to use is is zero dollars. Contact me at Jim_Koepke@yahoo.comKepmeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16123155810295139898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-83803381676747947082011-03-19T23:01:19.375-04:002011-03-19T23:01:19.375-04:00Thanks for the plug. How's the campaign?Thanks for the plug. How's the campaign?John Triolohttp://triolo.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-1819490859856294292011-03-07T18:58:05.959-05:002011-03-07T18:58:05.959-05:0010. Music - Yes. I think this is hampered by the w...10. Music - Yes. I think this is hampered by the whole "backbeat is from Satan" thing and various related views. We need creative individuals to get out there are put their original stamp on modern music, and use the popular themes and rhythms with music that is informed by a Catholic sense. There is a dire need in this area.<br /><br />8. Video game design - And design something that is meant to enrich us, not consign us to a couch for a life sentence. There is a large market for historical role playing games, and also fantasy.<br /><br />7. Architecture - For the love of God, yes!<br /><br />5. Film making - You're right about what you say. There are way too many instances of gratuitous sex, violence, cussing, etc. We need good storytellers who can come up with an original story instead of [Fill in the Blank] 2, 3, 4, ad infinitum to suck every dollar out of the brand.<br /><br />4. Clothing design - A young lady at our church is going into this. She is dedicated to stylish modest clothing. Very good career to go into. Talk about setting the world on fire. This would appeal to a large group of people who are not even known now.<br /><br />I would like to add the food industry. There are probably a lot of men of good will in this industry, but our food has really gotten bad. Artificial flavors, colors, high fructose corn syrup, trans fats, GMOs, rBGH, a lot of food meant to essentially addict you, etc. etc. Also this industry has become very centralized. I would recommend, for those of this bent, for Catholics to get involved with organic, natural foods. A huge growth industry, and we are on the cusp of another "green revolution", as our agriculture-on-steroids system is falling apart (or literally, our bodies are falling apart!)<br /><br />Good post.Seánnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-82621189724566628772011-03-06T01:10:06.440-05:002011-03-06T01:10:06.440-05:00Re your suggestion of Film Making, there is alread...Re your suggestion of Film Making, there is already a model upon which Catholics can build;<br /><br />http://www.saicff.org/<br /><br />This has put out some incredible work; crying shame Vision Forum is so rabidly anti Catholic; they've done what the Catholic Church in the West needs desperately to do. <br /><br />Catholics can also take their lead from Christian clothierres who are already producing beautiful garments<br /><br />http://www.liliesapparel.com/<br /><br />who produce everything from all modest clothing needs to accessories and even headcoverings; much of their collection can hardly be described as 'frumpy' a charge directed to far too much of the valiant work undertaken by Christian clothierres. <br /><br />http://www.annielantz.com.au/<br />is a secular designer in Australia who produces gorgeous modest apparrel (if not a little pricy) as does her competition 'Margaret Caine' <br /><br />Your call for Catholics to undertake careers in these fields could not come soon enough if this <br />http://www.sydneyanglicans.net/news/newsreview/no_im_not_exaggerating/<br />is anything to go by!! never mind the fact that this appears on an evangelical Anglican website; the ramifications of this ruling intrude upon all Christians who value truth and fidelity to Scripture, right church teaching and right church tradition. <br /><br />have we left our run too late? <br /><br />Sarah. <br /><br /><br />newly entering the Catholic Church via the Marounite riteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-34272849918294709922011-03-05T20:46:30.068-05:002011-03-05T20:46:30.068-05:00So, they are not useless in the sense of value, bu...So, they are not useless in the sense of value, but only in the sense of the income they provide for their holder. The statement referred solely to earning potential.Bonifacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672810254075072214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-79625493863763330502011-03-05T20:45:50.652-05:002011-03-05T20:45:50.652-05:00Fr. Larry-
No! Please don't delete me from yo...Fr. Larry-<br /><br />No! Please don't delete me from your blogroll! Let me explain!<br /><br />As one who has a BA degree, I have found that the process of getting the BA in Liberal Arts was extremely invigorating and formed my intellectual and moral life in a very wonderful way, the fruits of which I am still reaping. It was a tremendously valuable process. But, from an employment angle, the Liberal Arts degree was useless. I should modify my statement to say that it is useless <i>unless you are going into literature, history, philosophy, etc.</i>. Obviously then it is useful, and we do need Catholics in those fields. <br /><br />But as I see it, we are not in danger of running out of Catholic professors of literature and history, but rather of running out of them in these other fields. As valuable as a Liberal Arts degree is in forming the person, I have found it relatively useless in earning any more money than a person without one. So, please don't take me saying they are "useless" as meaning they are not valuable. But the values and things I learned in pursuing my BA I could have gotten just by a little directed reading and without spending $20,000.Bonifacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672810254075072214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-21193800918554123342011-03-05T20:36:19.723-05:002011-03-05T20:36:19.723-05:00I applaud your idea to lead young people into fiel...I applaud your idea to lead young people into fields that desperately need an influx of Catholic identity. However, as one who has a BA., MA, and Phd. in History as well as two theological degrees (MDiv and STB), I was very annoyed and considered deleting you from my blogroll for saying that Liberal Arts degrees are "useless." If we forget who were, we cannot know who we are. The Catholic Church is based on Scripture AND TRADITION. We definitely need good Catholics in the fields of history, literature, and the other liberal arts because we have already seen academia jettison BC (Before Christ) for BCE (Before the Common Era) and AD (Anno Domini) for CE (Common Era). We have also seen the literary community abandon the canon of Western Civilization for ephemeral politically correct trash. Please do not say that Liberal Arts are useless because we need them to understand humanity correctly.Fr. Larryhttp://www.romancatholichomilies.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com