Catholic Ping - Please freepmail me if you want on/off this list
Posted on 02/01/2006 8:40:59 PM PST by Land_of_Lincoln_John
Man, it's getting hard to keep up with all the developments at DePaul.
From NPR last week:
DePaul University in Chicago -- the largest Catholic university in the United States -- is launching a "queer studies" program that looks at issues of homosexuality. DePaul will be the first Catholic university to offer a minor in the topic, and could face the wrath of the Vatican. Jason DeRose of Chicago Public Radio reports.Will DePaul offer a minor in "conservative studies?" Or even "libertarian studies?"
There's a magna cum laude joke here somewhere......
I graduated Laude How Cum.
Who cares about math, science, nanotech, biotech e.t.c. We'll have lots of experts in the queer field.
Are they going to dissect one in the lab?
Perversity 101 at a Catholic school????
why not a bestiality course?
Sorry, missed the first line of names on the list
We'll see. I don't know how much influence the Church has here but if it has any this will be ground zero.
OR
Satan setting up shop in the back pew.
If being a Catholic university was a crime, it would be very difficult to find the evidence to convict DePaul.
Hopefully the hammer will be applying force to this c**p. Any parent who is contemplating sending their kids off to an institution of higher learning [sic] needs to investigate VERY CAREFULLY what kind of school the kids are going to. Most are pits of depravity. Unfortunately Catholic colleges are no exception.
I've seen on FR now and again lists of actual conservative colleges and universities that don't teach leftist garbage and don't allow perversity. If anyone knows of such a list this might be a good thread to post it.
Catholic Ping - Please freepmail me if you want on/off this list
I'd like to see that list myself. Our babysitter who was homeschooled her entire life, decided to grow up and go to, I believe College of the Ozarks. She loves it. The website says:
First PLACE Character Trait for FebruaryImagine that! A college that encourages truthfulness in what you say and do.
Honesty - being truthful in what you say and do
We have our sights and hopes on sending our boys to Patrick Henry College... if we can afford it.
M C Loudly?
Article 4. The University Community§ 2. All teachers and all administrators, at the time of their appointment, are to be informed about the Catholic identity of the Institution and its implications, and about their responsibility to promote, or at least to respect, that identity.
§ 3. In ways appropriate to the different academic disciplines, all Catholic teachers are to be faithful to, and all other teachers are to respect, Catholic doctrine and morals in their research and teaching.
§ 4. Those university teachers and administrators who belong to other Churches, ecclesial communities, or religions, as well as those who profess no religious belief, and also all students, are to recognize and respect the distinctive Catholic identity of the University. In order not to endanger the Catholic identity of the University or Institute of Higher Studies, the number of non-Catholic teachers should not be allowed to constitute a majority within the Institution, which is and must remain Catholic.
Article 5. The Catholic University within the Church§ 1. Every Catholic University is to maintain communion with the universal Church and the Holy See; it is to be in close communion with the local Church and in particular with the diocesan Bishops of the region or nation in which it is located. In ways consistent with its nature as a University, a Catholic University will contribute to the Church's work of evangelization.
§ 2. Each Bishop has a responsibility to promote the welfare of the Catholic Universities in his diocese and has the right and duty to watch over the preservation and strengthening of their Catholic character. If problems should arise conceming this Catholic character, the local Bishop is to take the initiatives necessary to resolve the matter, working with the competent university authorities in accordance with established procedures(52) and, if necessary, with the help of the Holy See.
§ 3. Periodically, each Catholic University, to which Artide 3, 1 and 2 refers, is to communicate relevant information about the University and its activities to the competent ecclesiastical Authority. Other Catholic Universities are to communicate this information to the Bishop of the diocese in which the principal seat of the Institution is located.
From: Apostolic Constinution Ex Corde Ecclesiae
Distinguishing MarksBy reason of its Catholic character, DePaul strives to bring the light of Catholic faith and the treasures of knowledge into a mutually challenging and supportive relationship. It accepts as its corporate responsibility to remain faithful to the Catholic message drawn from authentic religious sources both traditional and contemporary. In particular, it encourages theological learning and scholarship; in all academic disciplines it endorses critical moral thinking and scholarship founded on moral principles which embody religious values and the highest ideals of our society.
On the personal level, DePaul respects the religiously pluralistic composition of its members and endorses the interplay of diverse value systems beneficial to intellectual inquiry. Academic freedom is guaranteed both as an integral part of the university’s scholarly and religious heritage, and as an essential condition of effective inquiry and instruction.
The university derives its title and fundamental mission from St. Vincent de Paul, the founder of the Congregation of the Mission, a religious community whose members, Vincentians, established and continue to sponsor DePaul. Motivated by the example of St. Vincent, who instilled a love of God by leading his contemporaries in serving urgent human needs, the DePaul community is above all characterized by ennobling the God-given dignity of each person. This religious personalism is manifested by the members of the DePaul community in a sensitivity to and care for the needs of each other and of those served, with a special concern for the deprived members of society. DePaul University emphasizes the development of a full range of human capabilities and appreciation of higher education as a means to engage cultural, social, religious, and ethical values in service to others.
From the DePaul Mission Statement
DePaul University, like many universities across the country, has been faced with the challenge of addressing the needs, concerns, and issues of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students, staff, and faculty. In the fall of 2003, an Ad Hoc Committee of students, staff, faculty and alumni formed to evaluate and assess the needs of DePaul’s LGBTQ student population and the existing resources and services addressing the needs of this group. The Ad Hoc Committee found that DePaul University’s responses to the needs, issues, and concerns of LGBTQ students, staff, and faculty in terms of support services, resources, programming, and curriculum has been inconsistent at best, and sorely lacking at worst.
In an effort to assess the needs and issues at DePaul, the Committee developed and distributed an LGBT Resource Center Survey to 1000 undergraduate students. The survey responses demonstrated: a general lack of knowledge about LGBT issues, a relative ignorance about LGBT needs and concerns, and a significant number of people who indicated anger and hostility toward LGBT identities, issues, and concerns. Those students who identified as LGBT, however, communicated a strong need and interest in the development of support systems, resources, and programming around LGBT issues.
Given the need for a more comprehensive approach to supporting LGBTQ students on campus and the need for education and awareness about LGBTQ issues, the committee has both proposed and been approved for an Office of LGBTQA Student Services. The Office of LGBTQA Student Services will also allow the university to continue its evolution and become a more progressive, diverse, and supportive community.
Office of LGBTQA Student Services "About Us" Entry.
The mission of the Office of LGBTQA Student Services is to create visibility, support, resources, education and awareness around LGBTQ issues and concerns. Specific aims of the Resource Center include the following:
- To provide a safe environment for LGBTQ students to gain support, understanding, and acceptance through referral to the availability of multicultural resources at DePaul and in Chicago and to an LGBTQ student mentoring program,
- To educate the broader DePaul community through programming resources that explores LGBTQ issues, histories, cultures, and identities in an effort to address homophobia, heterosexism, and transphobia and their inter-relatedness to race, ethnicity, religion, and culture,
- To provide resources and referrals to address the very specific and unique needs of LGBTQ students, staff, and faculty and that recognize their racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds, and
- To represent and advocate around LGBTQ concerns to university offices, committees, programs, and departments. The center would sustain and develop visibility, a sense of community, and knowledge of diverse LGBTQA identities and communities.
The Office of LGBTQA Student Services Mission Statement
Melissa Bradshaw, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Women's and Gender StudiesOffice: Byrne Hall, Fourth Floor: Room 455
Phone: 773-325-4178
Email: mbradsh4@depaul.eduCourses Taught
Deconstructing the Diva (WMS 255)
Queer Theory (WMS 284)
Feminist Theories (WMS 300)
Representations of the Body (WMS 316)
Women and Identity (ISP 200)
Popular Literature (ENG 286)Areas of Interest
Feminist Theory
Queer Theory
Literary Theory
Cultural Studies
Modernist Studies
American Popular Culture
20th Century PoetryMajor Publications
Selected Poems of Amy Lowell, co-edited with Adrienne Munich. Rutgers University Press, 2002.
Amy Lowell, American Modern: Critical Essays, co-edited with Adrienne Munich. Rutgers University Press, 2004.
"Outselling the Modernisms of Men: Amy Lowell and the Art of Self-Commodification," Victorian Poetry Spring 2000.
Example of an august member of the Women's Studies faculty ((barf))
Those are far from perverse, unlike queer studies. More analogous would be "pedophilia studies" or "necrophilia studies," perhaps.
Papi Ratzi will unleash Hell. I know, Benedict will unleash Hell.
By the way, I'm at Ft. Wainwright, AK. It is -20 today and doesn't feel that cold (we've had a lot colder recently).
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