cmotherofpirl Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 [url="http://www.fatherbyles.com/byles.htm"]http://www.fatherbyles.com/byles.htm[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG45 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Amazing story. Hearing Confessions and giving blessings to the end after helping load the lifeboats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 (edited) Apparently there were THREE priests, and each one was a hero and a perfect example of what a Catholic Priest should be! [url="http://www.osv.com/tabid/7621/itemid/9268/Priestly-heroes-of-the-Titanic.aspx"]http://www.osv.com/t...he-Titanic.aspx[/url] I wonder if anyone has ever suggested proposing them for consideration for beatification...? Edited April 15, 2012 by AnneLine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2Dtoo Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 None of them told anyone, "Your heart will go on.", did they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted April 15, 2012 Author Share Posted April 15, 2012 Since they willingly gave up their lives for others Annie, we should consider it. They wouldn't be martyrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Agreed. Might be able to make a case for very holy confessors, however.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfink Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Well, if that terrible Titanic movie is to be believed, alot of people on that boat needed a good confessor. Bravo for our priests! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2Dtoo Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 The whole fascination with the Titanic (both the ship and the movie) is ridiculous. Why is it so special that a ship sank? Because no one back then thought it would? Who cares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 [quote name='cmotherofpirl' timestamp='1334459376' post='2418007'] Since they willingly gave up their lives for others Annie, we should consider it. They wouldn't be martyrs. [/quote] Not martyrs per say, but they did sacrifice their lives. Saint Maximilian Kolbe wasn't a martyr in the strictest sense of the word since he didn't die for the faith, but the Pope announced him a martyr for the Faith. Perhaps these Priests will fall under the same category? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfink Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 (edited) [quote name='r2Dtoo' timestamp='1334505583' post='2418164'] The whole fascination with the Titanic (both the ship and the movie) is ridiculous. Why is it so special that a ship sank? Because no one back then thought it would? Who cares? [/quote] Well, it's just a great example of how the mass media is capable of twisting popular imagination. It's easy to be "fascinated" by the deaths of others, especially in large quantities. Barring gladiator fights, the next best thing to hungrily focus our bloodthirsty minds on is lots of people dieing on boats, in earthquakes, etc. As vividly, graphically, or melodramatically as possible. The older a tragedy becomes, the more appropriate it seems to drool over it, make a show out of it. The Greeks were especially fond of this in their popular tragic plays. But ultimately it's all being manipulated by the media. Otherwise everyone would be like you, R2, saying "Why am I watching and enjoying a movie about all these people dieing?" Edited April 15, 2012 by arfink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 [quote name='r2Dtoo' timestamp='1334505583' post='2418164'] The whole fascination with the Titanic (both the ship and the movie) is ridiculous. Why is it so special that a ship sank? Because no one back then thought it would? Who cares? [/quote] [quote name='arfink' timestamp='1334508310' post='2418173'] Well, it's just a great example of how the mass media is capable of twisting popular imagination. It's easy to be "fascinated" by the deaths of others, especially in large quantities. [/quote] Okay, I must confess, I am interested in Titanic and other disasters. Not obsessively interested... just, interested. I'm not at all interested in the details of the sinking, per se., and I didn't think the 1997 movie was all that great-- it was okay. I am very interested in who those people where. People from all walks of life who, unbeknownst to them, were heading towards disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archaeology cat Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Same here, HSMom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaime Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 [quote name='homeschoolmom' timestamp='1334516534' post='2418237'] Okay, I must confess, I am interested in Titanic and other disasters. Not obsessively interested... just, interested. I'm not at all interested in the details of the sinking, per se., and I didn't think the 1997 movie was all that great-- it was okay. I am very interested in who those people where. People from all walks of life who, unbeknownst to them, were heading towards disaster. [/quote] Yeah I'm a big fan of Kardashian marriages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strictlyinkblot Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Here's another article on the priest along with a photograph of a small stained glass window that's in the church where he served. [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-17583535"]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-17583535[/url] There was another priest on board. According to the priest who gave the homily in mass today, a priest was a passenger on the ship from Southampton to Cobh, Co. Cork, Ireland (which was the Titanic's last stop). Another passenger on board offered to pay for his fare to go to New York. The priest sent a telegram asking permission from his bishop. The bishop promptly sent one back saying 'You are not to get back on that ship'. He obeyed and went back to serve in his parish. I don't remember the names but I'm sure the priest wouldn't lie in his homily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 [quote name='jaime' timestamp='1334516791' post='2418240'] Yeah I'm a big fan of Kardashian marriages [/quote] I was talking about people who walked into disaster [i]unaware[/i]... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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