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]) ____________________________________________________________________ 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