[Faith-Talk] Trying To Help A New Prospective NFB Member Who IsCatholic

[Linda Mentink]

Brian, excellent and true point.  However, she might not be open 
to anything except Jesuit materials.  I'm glad God led you out of 
Catholicism.

Blessings to you,

Linda

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Hatgelakas via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org
To: "Faith-talk, for the discussion of Blindness in faith and 
religion"<faith-talk at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Wed, 9 Mar 2022 13:24:46 -0500
Subject: Re: [Faith-Talk] Trying To Help A New Prospective NFB 
Member Who IsCatholic

One way to help this catholic is to tell them the truth by 
sharing the
actual bible with them and planting a seed of this is how I was 
reborn when
I left catholic church in college.

On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 12:05 PM Kane Brolin via Faith-Talk <
faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

 Greetings.  This is my first-ever message to the Faith-talk 
list.

 I recently enjoyed a lengthy conversation with an 81-year-young 
lady
 who happens to be grandmother to my son's best friend.  While I 
am a
 dedicated Christian, I am not Roman Catholic; but Mary is very
 Catholic.  While pitching NFB-NEWSLINE짰 as a source for 
information
 that she could draw from to get a wide variety of information 
now that
 she has effectively lost her eyesight for reading purposes, Mary
 pointed out that nearly all of what she reads is Catholic in 
nature.
 A quick search of NEWSLINE짰-enabled publications does not seem 
to
 identify anything in easily accessible format, such as the 
leading 20
 most popular publications aimed at American Catholic cconsumers 
of the
 printed word.  https://blog.feedspot.com/catholic_magazines/

 I reside near the city of South Bend, which in a de facto sense 
serves
 as home to The University of Notre Dame.  But Notre Dame does 
not seem
 to have an active outreach to the blind in particular; and Mary 
seems
 to self-identify as a sympathizer of the Jesuits, and Notre Dame 
is
 not linked in any way, shape, or form to tghe the Jesuit 
monastic
 order.

 Mary spoke to me at length about being inspired by Father Robert
 Spitzer, a Jesuit priest and philosopher who used to be 
president of
 Gonzaga University who is about 70 years old today and who has
 publicly spoken of his eyesight loss.  But from the blog 
dedicated to
 this topic, it certainly does not appear that Fr.  Spitzer is 
touting
 alternative techniques to blindness; instead, there seems to be 
a lot
 of discussion about the nature of his eyesight loss and in the 
hope
 that stem cell implantation will correct it.  So this does not 
help re
 my outreach on behalf of the Federation.
 
https://blog.magiscenter.com/blog/latest-news-on-fr-spitzers-visi
on

 So I do not really know where to direct Mary so she can find a
 spiritual home among Federationists who are also serious about 
keeping
 up with social teaching and matters of faith and practice 
uniquely
 aimed toward the Catholic blind.

 BTW, Mary has acquired an iPhone but has little confidence yet 
in how
 to use this with VoiceOver.  She seems to have a very sharp 
mind, but
 has not yet embraced technology, and she does not read Braille.  
Her
 eyesight has been compromised for decades by macular 
degeneration, but
 only now is she open to dealing with this rationally and
 self-identifying as blind without shame.  She would have much 
more
 incentive to up her game technologically if we could help her to
 embrace technology in a way that plugs her into relationships 
with
 blind Catholics who have a healthy perspective toward blindness.

 Thank you in advance for any help you might provide that leads 
to
 Mary's devotion to and
 self-identification with the Federation family as uniquely 
expressed
 in a Catholic setting.

 Kind regards,

 Kane Brolin
 President, Michiana Chapter
 National Federation of the Blind of Indiana
 (574)386-8868 (mobile)

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