{"id":3702,"date":"2012-06-07T22:54:36","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T04:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marccardaronella.com\/?p=3702"},"modified":"2012-06-07T23:03:19","modified_gmt":"2012-06-08T05:03:19","slug":"the-africa-ebook-project-giving-the-gift-of-catholic-tradition-to-future-priests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marccardaronella.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/07\/the-africa-ebook-project-giving-the-gift-of-catholic-tradition-to-future-priests\/","title":{"rendered":"The Africa eBook Project: Giving the Gift of Catholic Tradition to Future Priests"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>One of the things that makes the Catholic Church great is our rich theological tradition.<\/p>\n

I see it all the time in RCIA. Candidates are always overwhelmed by the depth of Catholicism.<\/p>\n

I’m continually told how the theology of their former churches only went so far.<\/p>\n

They thought they had it all figured out, but then they became Catholic!<\/p>\n

Now they find no end to how far and how deep they can go.
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Catholics stand on the shoulders of giants<\/h2>\n

Part of the reason is because we’re able to build on two-thousand years of brilliant priests, Popes, Saints, theologians, mystics, monks, teachers, and scholars all thinking, clarifying, and defining the same essential core of doctrine we profess today.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a lot of background material!<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t personally have to be a brilliant theologian because I can stand on the shoulders of hundreds of years of theological speculation and reflection from men and women far more brilliant…and\u00a0holy than me.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s all there for us to study, learn, and pass on. We have it all in books.<\/p>\n

But what if that wasn’t possible?<\/h2>\n

But imagine if priests or teachers didn’t have access to books? This depth of knowledge would be lost to them. Well, that’s the situation in African countries like Cameroon. There, books are rare–especially the good ones.<\/p>\n

The seminaries are filled with young men who want to learn and pass on this rich Catholic tradition, but they don’t have access to solid Catholic books. They do have\u00a0computers, but reading blog posts and information on websites is not the same.<\/p>\n

My friend and fellow blogger Brandon Vogt hopes to change that with the\u00a0Africa eBook Project<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Enter the Africa eBook Project<\/h2>\n