CU Episode 85: Eli’s A Comin’
In This episode, we look at the hurricane phenomenon and how the faithful look at natural disasters. We offer our picks of the week, and a special cu metro looking at another type of hurricane warning for Washington D.C.
Educators are packing - and not just info!
Hurricanes are a big deal for us here in the deep south on the Gulf Coast and so we talk with Fr. Spruil (Diocese of Birmingham) about the storm, about Hurricane Katrina and about the nature of Hurricanes and natural disasters in general.
Our Picks
- Fr. Ryan, Wikipanion (iTunes Link)
- Fr. Chris, How to Cover the Catholic Church; USCCB Publishing
- Fr. Mark Spruill, Comodore 64 & Sanka Coffee (and a classic Sanka moment)
- Joshua, Recorder iPhone app
The CU Metro
Only one stop this week: Crazyland. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made some wonky statements about the Catholic Church, Abortion and the Beginning of Life. She also woefully misrepresented the thought of St. Augustine. Here are the links we alluded to:
- St. Augustine’s words misrepresented
- Abp. Charles Chaput’s Comments
- Cardinal Egan & Abp Wuerl get in on the fun
- More Cardinal Egan
- Finally, House Republicans have spoken out
- Fr. Z’s Coverage Summary
The Music
- Peace, Thad Helderman
- Jesus Alone, Megan
- I am Strong, Stephanie
Us
I’m a longtime subscriber to your podcast, but I was very disappointed in your coverage and slant of the Texas school district regarding teachers carrying guns. Normally you guys go into depth to find the core issue behind a story, you’ve done this many times when our Church is misrepresented by the press. You’ve also gone into depth on the issues of the Anglican church and its crisis. But your responses regarding this Texas school were, at best, superficial. You jokingly commented that they should have an armed policeman on duty.
Obviously you didn’t bother to look, but this school district is located in an area without any local police department. Further, the closest law enforcement is the county sheriff, fully 30 miles away.
The school district has about 200 students, is very very rural, and a strained budget. The teachers are not being armed or trained at the school’s expense.
You imply that a police officer is acceptable, but dismiss a trained faculty member. Why? The faculty who may be allowed to have a gun will be trained in the same course as police officers and will undergo additional conflict resolution above the training level of police. Further, our Catechism states it is a grave duty to protect those who are in are care. Are you saying that our children are not in the care of the school? Please review CC 2263, 2264 and 2265.
I’m not from Texas, but my wife is a high school teacher in a very rural school district.
Thank you all for featuring my song on your podcast.
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