Hello, Everyone!
        The next Areopagus meeting will be held this Friday, July 18, at the Kot's residence.  The meeting shall commence at 7 p.m.  Please bring a snack to pass and plenty of questions for the box. 
         I will be e-mailing the address of the house, but not posting it on the blog.  If you need it but have not received my e-mails, please e-mail me at tgagnon@centurytel.net.
         Safe traveling!  I hope to see everyone there!
      
          In Christ,
               Evelyn             
       

Joyful June

      Greetings Areopagites!
          We had a great time at the Pilarski's last meeting with many Areopagites attending.  We are very grateful to the Pilarski family for opening their floodgates to our teen-aged tidal wave!
           Due to the present season of summer, we did not discuss Cicero this past meeting, but instead Father Ward spoke to us about summer modesty and the importance of modesty to our spiritual life.  Several of the Areopagites also gave some good standards of modesty to be followed for both girls and boys.  One of the suggestions by an Areopagus teen was that, as a guide for girls, if Our Lady wouldn't wear an outfit, then they shouldn't either. 
          We went through a lot of great questions.  Some of them were:

• Can the Bible be wrong in small, inconsequential ways?
• What is a healthy friendship?
• How should a Catholic respond to a college that hosts a "Black Mass" as an "educational" and "exploratory" event into different "religions"?  Could they attend that college?  What if they already attend that college?
• Is torture intrinsically evil?
• What is the difference between the Tridentine Low and High Masses?
• In war is it moral for non-fatal military actions against civilians?
• Where did ketchup originate? (This was a trivial matter)
• When a boy and girl who are unmarried hug, would it be more prudent for them to perform a "side" hug in order to guard against temptations to lust?
• Is there a reason we do not call characters from the Old Testament that we know to be in Heaven (such as Moses and Elijah) "saints"?
• In following the Principle of Subsidiarity, if a higher level in a hierarchy (such as the state) can perform a task more efficiently than a lower level (such as the city) could, should it interfere in the lower level's performance of that task? 

           The July 18th Areopagus will be held at the Kot Residence.  I will be sending out a reminder e-mail soon with the address.  Please make sure that I have your e-mail address so that you can stay informed.  Hope to see everyone there!
               
                 In Christ,
                      Evelyn

St. Maria Goretti, Pray for us!