Educating to be a Catholic in Contemporary Society.
Back in May I was part of a weekend seminar for educators and governors held at the Christian Heritage Centre at Stoneyhurst College. The venue really is outstanding and we had a particularly excellent collection of speakers delivering superb material. One of the speakers I was particularly excited to hear was the Rev Dr Stephen Morgan, Rector of the University of St Joseph in Macao, who delivered a superb talk entitled Educating to be a Catholic in Contemporary Society. You can see us giggling at the back of the photo at the start of this blog. You might be interested in the text (although it lacks Stephen's witty ad libs and insights. I am happy to reproduce the full talk here with his permission. In the 1955 musical Oklahoma!, Gordon McCrae, playing the charcter Curly, sang a number entitled “All er nuthin’.” It contained this line repeatedly, “With me it’s all er nuthin’; it’s all er nuthin’ with me.” It’s a song sung by a man who objects to his girlfriend flirting. It’s a jo...