It is not practical at all. We have not written a Utopia exactly, in which we have brought into being an ideal college community, the members of which all grow wise on the right subjects and live happily ever after, but neither have we given an alternative for the disastrous conditions which are turning out not men and scholars but, rather, future problems for society. That we have lived in the midst of secular education you know, that we have thought about it and prayed about it, you may be sure. We have also done something about it, the details of which we will tell you some day. For the moment, we would like to present some reflections for your consideration.
Catholics know that love follows upon truth.
We know it in two ways, from God and from ourselves. We know that Eternal Truth, the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, came to us first, and we know that Eternal Love, the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity, came to us second. God as Love followed upon God as Truth. In our own order, we know that the human soul is so empowered that love follows only upon truth also. A man loves truly when he knows truly.