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Jung	Roland	Monday, November 22, 2004
Question: Dear Brother Ignatius Mary! Thank you for your answer on MBTI and Enneagram. I agree with you that it would be almost impossible to convince my employer not to use MBTI. Personally I can refuse to use any of it. I have an additional question related to this topic: My younger sister(20) also got into reading Jung lately. First she got into personality types, and now that she is over that she is searching to understand some concept called `synchronicity`. How should I talk to her? She was raised in the catholic faith, she attended a Franciscan highshool. She knows a lot about the Church, and she is in the phase of doubting anything. She stopped going to the Holy Mess regularly. I do not know when she has had Confession and Communion the last time. I feel she is completely vulnerable. She seems to refuse any kind of authority. She even started to attend some free English classes thaught by mormons. What is your advise for me as a brother? She is only laughing at me, when I tell her she should not go to mormons. She sais they do no harm to her. About Jung she sais she can not deny something unless she had read it already. How could I help my sister? Thank you for your help! Roland
Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM+ Dear Roland: I am sorry to hear about your sister. It is usually the case that family members tend to not listen to family members about religion. Thus all you can do is to express your faith as best you can, encourage her to re-consider the Catholic faith. In addition, encourage her to check out some some resources such as some of the tapes of Scott Hahn, which are great in getting Catholics to renew their faith. As for Jung, I would recommend giving her the book Catholics and the New Age : How Good People Are Being Drawn into Jungian Psychology, the Enneagram, and the Age of Aquarius by Father Mitch Pacwa, S.J. He explains why Jungian Psychology is not a good idea. But do all this only to the degree she will accept it. Do not get into arguments. Finally, and actually "firstly", pray for her. Pray that someone will come into her life who can reach her with the truth, prayer the Hedge Prayer for a Wayward Catholic that is in our Prayer Catalog. So bottomline: 1) Share your faith when you are able and when she will listen. 2) Encourage her to check out some resources to help her with the faith if she will accept the referrals. 3) Pray, Pray, Pray. God bless, Bro. Ignatius Mary For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.

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Roland

Monday, November 22, 2004

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Dear Brother Ignatius Mary!

Thank you for your answer on MBTI and Enneagram.
I agree with you that it would be almost impossible to convince my employer not to use MBTI. Personally I can refuse to use any of it.

I have an additional question related to this topic:

My younger sister(20) also got into reading Jung lately. First she got into personality types, and now that she is over that she is searching to understand some concept called `synchronicity`. How should I talk to her?

She was raised in the catholic faith, she attended a Franciscan highshool. She knows a lot about the Church, and she is in the phase of doubting anything. She stopped going to the Holy Mess regularly. I do not know when she has had Confession and Communion the last time. I feel she is completely vulnerable. She seems to refuse any kind of authority. She even started to attend some free English classes thaught by mormons.

What is your advise for me as a brother? She is only laughing at me, when I tell her she should not go to mormons. She sais they do no harm to her. About Jung she sais she can not deny something unless she had read it already. How could I help my sister?

Thank you for your help!
Roland

Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM+

Dear Roland:

I am sorry to hear about your sister. It is usually the case that family members tend to not listen to family members about religion. Thus all you can do is to express your faith as best you can, encourage her to re-consider the Catholic faith.

In addition, encourage her to check out some some resources such as some of the tapes of Scott Hahn, which are great in getting Catholics to renew their faith. As for Jung, I would recommend giving her the book Catholics and the New Age : How Good People Are Being Drawn into Jungian Psychology, the Enneagram, and the Age of Aquarius by Father Mitch Pacwa, S.J. He explains why Jungian Psychology is not a good idea.

But do all this only to the degree she will accept it. Do not get into arguments.

Finally, and actually "firstly", pray for her. Pray that someone will come into her life who can reach her with the truth, prayer the Hedge Prayer for a Wayward Catholic that is in our Prayer Catalog.

So bottomline:

1) Share your faith when you are able and when she will listen.

2) Encourage her to check out some resources to help her with the faith if she will accept the referrals.

3) Pray, Pray, Pray.

God bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.