tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207522223081661863.post531289409439429864..comments2023-05-17T09:05:26.491+01:00Comments on The Economy Project: R.I.P., Rodger Charles SJUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207522223081661863.post-74895698924765856832013-11-07T12:06:47.005+00:002013-11-07T12:06:47.005+00:00I met Fr Charles a few years ago (having read his ...I met Fr Charles a few years ago (having read his works on Catholic Social Thought). We had lunch together and he told me a little of his life and his vocation. Although we met only for an hour or so it made a great impression on me. A wonderful man and I trust that he is now enjoying his reward.Michael Lowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08661623568050509926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207522223081661863.post-54201301004045408052013-04-30T12:16:07.366+01:002013-04-30T12:16:07.366+01:00I clearly remember my first meeting with Fr Rodger...I clearly remember my first meeting with Fr Rodger Charles it was at a Conference in Hull on Rerum Novarum. As a recent graduate and a very recent convert to Catholicism I was really impressed to hear such an expert on Catholic Social Teaching and well-known Jesuit state that the litmus test of Catholic Orthodoxy was acceptance of Humanae Vitae. He added something to the effect that if it was up to him to choose he would have wished that it was another topic (not sexual morality, I understood). His words have always stayed with me and now 20 years on I continue to think what prophetic words they were. May he rest in peace<br />Caroline Sanderson Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com