President Patricia McGuire - Trinity University
Posted on 05/18/2009 11:31:36 AM PDT by NYer
.- Patricia McGuire, President of Trinity University in Washington D.C., accused pro-lifers protesting Obama's speech at Notre Dame of being "Catholic vigilantes" that are turning back the clock to pre-Vatican II times, when supposedly the Church had no respect for academic freedom.
Speaking on Trinity's campus in Northeast Washington, McGuire devoted almost all of her speech to the controversy surrounding the decision of Fr. John Jenkins, President of Notre Dame, to honor President Barack Obama despite having the strongest pro-abortion record of any previous President.
"A half-century of progress for Catholic higher education is at risk of slipping back into those insular, parochial pre-Vatican II days," when, according to McGuire, "academic freedom was not valued within the Catholic Church."
"The real scandal at Notre Dame today is not that the president of the United States is speaking at commencement," McGuire said. "The real scandal is the misappropriation of sacred teachings for political ends. The real scandal is the spectacle of ostensibly Catholic mobs camping out at Notre Dame for the specific purpose of disrupting the commencement address of the nation's first African American president."
"This ugly spectacle -McGuire continued- is an embarrassment to all Catholics. The face that Catholicism shows to our new president should be one marked with the sign of peace, not distorted in the snarl of hatred."
McGuire continued, "The religious vigilantism apparent in the Notre Dame controversy arises from organizations that have no official standing with the church, but who are successful in gaining media coverage as if they were speaking for Catholicism. . . . They have established themselves as uber-guardians of a belief system we can hardly recognize. Theirs is a narrow faith devoted almost exclusively to one issue. They defend the rights of the unborn but have no charity toward the living. They mock social justice as a liberal mythology."
This is not the first time McGuire has taken a stand against pro-life Catholics and has said to be "proud of having a plaque hanging in my office that says: 'Well Behaved Women Don't Make History'."
After the nomination of Trinity alumna Kathleen Sebelius as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, McGuire was requested by several alumni to distance the university from Sebelius' strongly pro-abortion views.
McGuire responded in her blog saying that "the tactics of vilification, condemnation and excommunication will only serve to distance politicians from any faith expression, and to make the general electorate even more wary of any candidate who is Catholic. We need to return this discussion to the high moral ground of teaching persuasively, not lobbing hate mail."
"Trinity," she continued, "is, indeed, proud of the achievements of Nancy Pelosi and Kathleen Sebelius (both alumni at Trinity.) Our pride in their achievements in reaching some of the highest public offices in our nation's history does not mean that we agree with all of their political positions. We obviously disagree on the matter of abortion policy where we affirm the Church's teachings. But there are many other policy positions where their political decisions and Church teachings align quite well."
Trinity University was originally founded in 1897 as "Trinity College" by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.
Currently, Trinity enrolls some 1,700 students in degree programs.
A formerly good order that went completely bonkers. Proud of Pelosi and Sebelius - words fail me.
Guttony is a deadly sin.
Dyke?
Gack!
So ‘Academic Freedom,” is the new name for immorality.
OMG! She’s a LESBIAN...CLEARLY!!
Is Trinity Latin for three chins?
Oh, tell me she’s not a Patrick!
Without those pre-Vatican II times in the Church there would be no universities of any kind.
Yup, she worked for SAGE.
Obama used the term "parochial" pejoratively in his speech at ND. Sounds like talking points from a conference call. Liberal meme. The anti-Catholic slurs continue.
You mean Lesbian University of DC (trinity just means a lesbian menage a trois, you know)? They unleashed on prolife people?
((yawn))
Wake me up when there’s news.
What is SAGE?
What is SAGE?
Two commencements, two abnormal weirdos dissing the Church and the Catholic faith. Raymond: … Talk for a moment about the New Springtime. The Pope has talked a great deal about the New Springtime and you, yourself have laid out your own ideas. Your vision is a little different from some. Some see the numbers growing and everybody believing and dancing hand-in-hand (the Cardinal chuckles) into the millennium. You see a different picture. Tell us what that picture involves. How do you see this Springtime evolving? Cardinal: As I do not exclude even this dancing hand-in-hand, but this is only one moment. And my idea is that really the springtime of the Church will not say that we will have in a near time buses of conversions, that all peoples of the world will be converted to Catholicism. This is not the way of God. The essential things in history begin always with the small, more convinced communities. So, the Church begins with the 12 Apostles. And even the Church of St. Paul diffused in the Mediterranean are little communities, but this community in itself is the future of the world, because we have the truth and the force of conviction. So, I think also today it should be an error to think now or in 10 years with the new springtime, all people will be Catholic. This is not our future, nor our expectation. But we will have really convinced communities with élan of the faith, no? This is springtime — a new life in very convinced persons with joy of the faith. Raymond: But, smaller numbers? In the macro? Cardinal: Smaller numbers, I think. But from these small numbers we will have a radiation of joy in the world. And so, it’s an attraction, as it was in the old Church. Even when Constantine made Christianity the public religion, there were a small number of percentage at this time; but it was clear, this is the future. So we can live in the future, just give us a way in a different future. And so, I would say, if we have young people really with the joy of the faith and this radiation of this joy of the faith, this will show to the world, “Even if I cannot share it, even if I cannot convert it at this moment, here is the way to live for tomorrow.”
And I can see right now the apostate many separating themselves from the remnant few.
One error at Notre Dame emboldens others to act up and so on.
Shes obviously well connected with NOW and the Democrats. Why on Earth (more like Hell) would she be entrusted with a university that has a Catholic Charter.
Patricia McGuire, how the fih-kah-yah?
Well, I guess we’ve been told?
Incidentally, President McGuire, “Well behaved men don’t make history either.”
God, what a dilettante.
Is this an extract from Raymond Arroyo’s interview with (then) Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger? I distinctly recall him speaking about the church shrinking but could not remember when he had said it.
Interesting that this ...uh....person, has jumped to Jenkins' defense. I've long had a hunch that Jenkins is a member of the lavender mafia and this outburst by McGuire strengthens my suspicions.
Yes, why, indeed...
The order which founded, owns, and supposedly runs Trinity College (now "Trinity University") in Washington did indeed go "bonkers" in the 1960s. The way of Kumbaya, Enneagrams, Jonathan Livingtson Seagull theology and beyond. It is entirely possible there is no one in the chain of command sane enough to direct these types to counseling and the therapist's office to work through their issues. The bishop who should do something is the same one who does nothing to rein in Pelosi, Biden, Kerry, Kennedy, et al.
I tried to explain this dilemma with the Notre Dame controversy on the other thread posted: Notre Dame's Kabuki Dance with Obama and the Culture of Death
But it seems doubtful anything will be done about it.
They just wring their hands and talk about "prayer" and "dialogue" while the madness continues. Two commencements, two abnormal weirdos dissing the Catholic faith, and bishops twiddling their thumbs.
When liberals come into power, “speaking truth to power” suddenly becomes “growling in hatred.”
If real academic freedom existed, Rush Limbaugh would be speaking at some of these commencements.
Home run! This woman has no idea what she’s talking about. Does anyone have a list of the Board of Trustees of this university?
If the Church doesn’t get control of these people, there wont be a Church.
How can the Church be the sponsor of catholic Colleges that dont conform to Catholic teachings? This wo—ma— thing needs to be removed from her position as does Jenkins.
Life aint easy
when you are big fat and greasy.
Tell that to Bishop Burke
Funny. I was wondering the same thing.
The only hatred I have my dear lady is hatred for abortion...that is what was protested. Not the person of Obama but his stance on abortion.
They say the same thing about those who oppose gay marriage. We’re called homo-phobes and bigots. They use these blanket statements to incite guilt and shame. Doesn’t work with me.
Mary did.
Obstinate prideful sinners don't make heaven.
When liberals come into power, “speaking truth to power” suddenly becomes “growling in hatred.”
More like “growling in terror that the bishops are starting to wake the hell up”.
Freegards
This bull dyke needs to be yanked. This carpet munching clam bumper has no business being President of a Catholic University. What a disgrace.
There it is in a nutshell....Black Man deserves a pass. Black Man ain't as good as White Man so he needs a special dispensation. Liberals make me sick. They should be called out on their filthy elitist racism.
Excellent!
Yup
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