Hello Areopagites,

Our next Areopagus meeting will be at the Campbell house, April 15, at 7:00 p.m.  I will not post their address on the Blog, but will send it out within my monthly e-mails.  Please bring a delicious snack to pass, and many of questions for Odysseus the Box.
                     
                             In Christ,
                                Timothy

This month the Kostuik family hosted. so, many thanks to them.

Our questions from last month are:

When the priest reads the preface at mass why does the priest read something totally different in the Roman Missal than in the Missalett

Is it morally wrong to engage in perilous activities without necessity?

If someone were to pray in a state of unrepentant mortal sin would God hear their prayer?

When is it prudent to start the process of marriage?

If it is Muslims and Christians fighting, why in France?

Can you hear a confession over a phone call?

During lent are you allowed to break your fast on Sunday?

Hello Areopagites!

Our next Areopagus meeting will be at the Kostuik house, January 15th, at 7:00 p.m.  I will not post their address on the Blog, but will send it out within my monthly e-mails.  Please bring a delicious snack to pass, and many of questions for Odysseus the Box.
                     
                             In Christ,
                                Timothy

Last month the Patyi family hosted. so, many thanks to them.

Our questions from last month are:

• is it a sin to be a perfectionist? It is good to have a certain amount of pride in your work; but is it bad to obsess over things until they are perfect?
• in the gospel of Mark it says that not even the son of God knows when the world will end. How is this possible since the Father and the Son are one?
• I have friends that are "Catholic" but don't go to mass. One of them is about to be confirmed what should I do?
• what is a married woman's first duty, as a wife, or as a mother
• why is it called Areopagus?

Hello Everyone!

December's Areopagus meeting will be at the Kot's house, December 18, at 7:00 p.m.  I will not post their address on the Blog, but will send it out within my monthly e-mails.  Please bring a delicious snack to pass, and many of questions for Odysseus the Box.
                       
                             In Christ,
                                Timothy

Thanks to the Pilarski family for hosting us last month.  The questions for the November Areopagus were:

• What should one do when inappropriate pictures are sent to them through email, texting, etc?
• What is your personal opinion on Halloween activities and ideology?
• A religion book states: "The Greek Church use leavened bread; since the 9th century the Latin Church has used unleavened bread".  It also states that either kind is valid. Is this true?  Does the Greek Church still use leavened bread?
• How old do you think youth should be to begin dating?

Hello, Everyone!
           Hello! I am Timothy and I will be taking over the e-mails for Evelyn who is going to college. This month's Areopagus meeting will be at the Pilarski's house, November 20 , at seven p.m.,  I will not post their address on the Blog, but have sent it out within my monthly e-mails. Please bring a delicious snack to pass, and many of questions for Odysseus the Box.
                         
                             In Christ,
                                Timothy

 Apologies for the delay in posting these questions. The questions from the last few months are:

• If one were playing soccer and had to take off his scapular and died during the game would he still receive the merits of wearing a scapular?
• How would you recommend studying the liberal arts?
• Suppose someone wants to marry yet feels a calling to the priesthood. What should he do?
• I want to read and study arguments against homosexuality. Are there any authors that you could recommend to me for reading material?
• I have seen the names of saints listed with either "hist." or "trad." after them I assume that they stand for history and traditional, what is the difference? Also some have "new" or even "new and traditional" after them what do these mean?
• What is the best way to use social media and cell phones without falling into occasions of sin?
• In Lord of the Rings are their any perfect couples other that Beren and Luthien?
• I used to be in the habit of saying the Rosary in bed. often I would fall asleep. I no longer do this, but occasionally can't fall asleep. Can I say the Rosary to the apparent consequence that I will fall asleep? Is this being disrespectful to Mary?
• If one fell asleep on Sunday would they have to go again to fulfill their obligation?
• If someone sold their soul to the devil, would they have to go to an exorcist or would they just have to make a good confession?
• When we go to heaven, will earth still be accessible? Is heaven a defined place, or state?
• In my class, my professor talks a lot about evolution. I realize, that some forms of evolution, slight changes to an organism (finches for instance) are plausible. However when does plausible evolution end and implausible evolution begin?

    Hello, Everyone!
           This month's Areopagus meeting will be held tomorrow, August 21st, at seven p.m., at the Ellis' house.  I will not be posting their address on the Blog, but I sent it out in my usual e-mails.  If you still need it, please contact me at tgagnon@centurytel.net.  Also:  I will be "retiring" fairly soon, and will be passing on the box to my successor.  Before giving them the Areopagus e-mail list, I would like to weed out any old or unused addresses (some of my e-mails bounce back from certain addresses, which I have had to remove).  If anyone has updated their e-mail address or does not want to be on the list anymore, please let me know so that I can update my list.  Please bring a delicious snack to pass, and plenty of questions for Odysseus the Box.
                           
                             In Christ,
                                Evelyn 

    Hello, Everyone!
          The past two months' meetings, held at the Kray's house and the Rectory respectively, were very enjoyable.  Many thanks to the Kray family and Father Ward for hosting us!  We began each meeting by watching a clip from the movie, The Demographic Winter, then discussed the content presented in the clips.  After this, we moved on to the questions, comments, trivial matters, and good jokes, which included:

•  How can one keep bad things (thoughts, images, etc.) from popping into their mind?
• Someone made the statement that "the world was much worse back then than it is now". How should I answer?
• What is the correct response to have when untrue, scandalous gossip is spoken about oneself?  What about when it's spoken in ones presence?
• When you go to confession and you remember a sin and you're done and out of confession, will the sin be forgiven?  Or should you go back in line and confess it?
• Say you are going to a movie that you know has bad images in it, could you still go?
• Is it okay to have a baby's Baptism at someone's home if you still have a priest conduct it?
• What are the dangers of looking for boys on the Internet?

            This month's meeting will be held tomorrow, August 21st, at seven p.m. at the Ellis home.  Please bring a delicious snack to pass and plenty of questions for us to discuss!

                          In Christ,
                               Evelyn

St. Kateri Tekakwitha,   Pray for us!
Sts. Isaac Jouges, Rene Goupil, and Jean Lalande,     Pray for us!

             Hello, Everyone!
                   This month's Areopagus meeting will be held tomorrow, Friday, June 5th, at seven p.m. at the Kray's house.  I will not be posting their address on the Blog, so if you need it, please contact me, so I can get that information to you.  Please bring a delicious snack to pass and plenty of questions for Odysseus the Box.  I place emphasis on the first request due to the lack of snacks at the last meeting.  The hosts provide the house; the Areopagites should be providing the snacks.  At least part of the meeting will be held outdoors, so please dress for the weather and possible bugs.
                     Also, if you have not been receiving e-mails lately or know that someone has not been receiving my e-mails, please let me know, because some of the addresses bounce back, and I am not quite sure who they belong too, if they're old, or something else.  Please also let me know if the addresses I have are not in use anymore, so I can clean up my list a little.

                                           In Christ,
                                                  Evelyn