On Wed 20 Apr 2005 02:38:37p, Dimitri wrote in rec.food.cooking:

>
> "karen" > wrote in message
> ups.com...
> Forgive me, I'm having a hard time posting with the new computer. I
> wanted to quote Dimitri's and Nancy's posts.
>
> I was raised Catholic but lost the faith at maybe around age thirteen.
> The last mass I attended was last June, and I still didn't get
> anything back from the past. And, I would actually prefer the Latin
> mass, rather than some of these lame songs that are sung at mass now.
>
> Somehow, I ended up working at a Jesuit college and got free tuition
> there, so had sorted of lived in that milieu from work and classes for
> some years. I would never call the Jesuits rigid. The ones I knew
> were well-traveled, well-read and all had a sense of humor. I got the
> impression that the Jesuits were of a more intellectual branch of the
> church.
>
> <snip>
>
> Let me explain a little further their well deserved reputation is that
> they are quite strict in the classroom and that is carried over into
> other areas. As far as being well read and traveled and highly
> intelligent I agree wholeheartedly. IMHO the education they impart is
> second to none.

Having done all my undergraduate and graduate studies at Georgetown U., I
second that in every way.

--
Wayne Boatwright
____________________________________________

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974