The Patrick Coffin Show | Interviews with influencers | Commentary about culture | Tools for transformation

How the Jesuits Silence Their Own—Karen Hall


Listen Later

To Watch The Full Uncensored Version Visit The True North Movement https://www.patrickcoffin.media/the-true-north-movement/ Karen Hall is a prolific TV writer, producer, and convert to the Faith. She has received seven Emmy Award nominations and six Writers Guild of America award nominations. Chances are excellent you’ve loved watched shows she has written. (Start the list with Hill Street Blues, M.A.S.H., Moonlighting, Northern Exposure, I'll Fly Away, Judging Amy and The Good Wife).  Her new book, her first non-fiction work, tackles the silencing of Father Paul Mankowski, SJ by the Jesuit superiors who could not abide a practicing Catholic in their midst. Mankowski, who died suddenly of an aneurysm on September 3, 2020, was a scholar, philologist, confessor, and professor of Scripture. He was also a writer of immense talent: charm, force, and wit.  He was modern in the sense of addressing contemporary crises with Catholic truth, but also a true son of the Company of Jesus more in the mold of its founder, St. Ignatius of Loyola than the typical lavender-liberal Jesuits that dominate the landscape today. He was also silenced and sidelined by his superiors for Wrong Think. And yet, he obeyed and persevered to a degree that must be called heroic. Hall’s very enjoyable book is not just a spiritual biography, but a window onto the chain-of-command dynamics of the post Vatican II Catholic Church, which have become even more severe under the current Argentine regime in Rome. In this episode, you will learn: How Hall applied top-flight storytelling skills to tell the tale, with admirable detail, of an unheralded hero in the Church. The reasons why Mankowski stayed and fought in his own way against Church corruption by remaining faithful to his vow of obedience come what may How the faithful Jesuit’s witness led to an upgraded edition of her novel Dark Debts The inciting incident—criticizing pro-abortion Jesuit Congressman Robert Drinan, SJ— that began his targeting by corrupt homosexuality superiors Mankowski’s fervent, often humorous critique of the sacred cows of the Catholic left: feminism, liturgical innovation, and “social justicism” Why we need more witnesses to the gospel without compromise Resources mentioned in this episode: The Sound of Silence: The Life and Cancelling of a Heroic Jesuit Priest by Karen Hall

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The Patrick Coffin Show | Interviews with influencers | Commentary about culture | Tools for transformationBy Patrick Coffin

  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7

4.7

1,417 ratings


More shows like The Patrick Coffin Show | Interviews with influencers | Commentary about culture | Tools for transformation

View all
Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz by Ascension

Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz

6,137 Listeners

Dr Taylor Marshall Podcast by Dr. Taylor Marshall

Dr Taylor Marshall Podcast

4,050 Listeners

Pints With Aquinas by Matt Fradd

Pints With Aquinas

6,565 Listeners

The Catholic Current by The Station of the Cross

The Catholic Current

385 Listeners

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World by Jimmy Akin

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

2,889 Listeners

Timothy Gordon Rules for Retrogrades Podcast by Timothy Gordon

Timothy Gordon Rules for Retrogrades Podcast

610 Listeners

Crisis Point by Crisis Magazine

Crisis Point

174 Listeners

The Dinesh D'Souza Podcast by Salem Podcast Network

The Dinesh D'Souza Podcast

6,969 Listeners

Catholic Saints by Augustine Institute

Catholic Saints

1,037 Listeners