For several day mail from [log in to unmask], a list I co-own
and manage, has arrived in a totally erratic pattern. On occasions,
responses get to me hours before the original post, and in general
messages take from a few minutes to close to 24 hours to arrive. I
am appending an interesting example. Yesterday one of my
subscribers accidentally sent out an incomplete draft of the "New
Priest" post (Post A) at Mon, 25 Sep 1995 10:41:23 EDT and the
complete message (Post B) at Mon, 25 Sep 1995 10:41:18 EDT. Note
that the time difference is a matter of 5 seconds!  Post A arrived
here at 26-SEP-1995 07:29:03.34 (Central Time) and Post B arrived
at 25-SEP-1995 12:17:36.54 (Central Time) about 19 hours earlier.
Is this happening to others?
 
I also have a commercial e-mail address ([log in to unmask]) and am
subscribed to Vatican2 there as well. Both messages arrived in the
ionet.net mailbox within minutes of each other yesterday, around
the time Post B arrived in my university account. This indicates to
me that the bottleneck is in the route between the USAO system and
Temple as opposed to the route used between Ionet and Temple.
 
Any ideas?????
 
Frustrated,  Ingrid ([log in to unmask])
 
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From:SMTP%"[log in to unmask]" 26-SEP-1995 07:29:03.34
To:  FACSHAFERI
CC:
Subj:Re: The New Priest
 
Message-ID:  <[log in to unmask]>
Date:         Mon, 25 Sep 1995 10:41:23 EDT
Reply-To:     Assoc for rights of Catholics in church-arcc
              <[log in to unmask]>
Sender:       Assoc for rights of Catholics in church-arcc
              <[log in to unmask]>
From:         "James E. Biechler" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: The New Priest
To:           Multiple recipients of list VATICAN2 <[log in to unmask]>
 
Yes, friends, I do believe the evidence is clear.  Recently ordained priests
tend to see themselves as quite different from the people to whom they minister.
During an interview with my new pastor (we recently changed parishes) he stated
his and his brother priests' concerns about the new crop of priests.  A pastor
reported to him that his newly ordained curate hadn't taken off his Roman collar
all summer!  A correspondent writing to The Tablet (London) referred to the new
priests as having a "Green Beret" mentality.  A psychologist in a western
diocese who serves on the seminary admissions board told me there really are no
obstacles to seminary admission once you pass the All in all, it looks like
we're in for a dose of "that old time religion."
 
 
From:SMTP%"[log in to unmask]" 25-SEP-1995 12:17:36.54
To:  FACSHAFERI
CC:
Subj:Re: The New Priest
 
Message-ID:  <[log in to unmask]>
Date:         Mon, 25 Sep 1995 10:41:18 EDT
Reply-To:     Assoc for rights of Catholics in church-arcc
              <[log in to unmask]>
Sender:       Assoc for rights of Catholics in church-arcc
              <[log in to unmask]>
From:         "James E. Biechler" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: The New Priest
To:           Multiple recipients of list VATICAN2 <[log in to unmask]>
 
Yes, friends, I do believe the newly ordained priests come to their ministry
with a militant attitude, what one correspondent to The Tablet (London) called
a
"Green Beret" approach.  In an interview with my new pastor (we recently changed
parishes) he told me of his and his brother priests' concerns about the new
breed.  A pastor told him of his newly ordained curate who hadn't taken off his
Roman collar all summer.  A psychologist who serves on a seminary admissions
board told me that there really are no obstacles to admission to the seminary
(or to ordination once you pass the "two balls" physical).  One candidate he
interviewed was divorced, had served time in prison, had been an alcoholic and
drug user.  When he questioned the man about his suitability for the priesthood
the candidate berated the psychologist as standing in the way of Christ's call
to him to be a priest.
 
This new phenomenon seems to be part of the present wave of nostalgia for "that
old time religion."  Compuserve's Catholic Forum is filled with miracle stuff,
visions, magic rosaries, and messages from heaven.  A similar reaction followed
Piux IX's declaration of his infallibility.
Jim Biechler
Editor, ARCC Light