Posted on 04/14/2004 9:52:51 PM PDT by Coleus
Protest at Seton Hall University School of Law
Notorious Pro-Abortion Judge Maryanne Trump Barry will be receiving the Sandra Day O'Connor Medal of Honor with O'Connor (pro-abortion) presenting the award.
As a Catholic Institution, Seton Hall should NOT allow this to happen.
Friday April 16th, 2004, 3:00 PM to 4:30
Seton Hall Law School, Newark, NJ
Protest is sponsored by the American Life League
Crusade for the Defense of Our Catholic Church
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Pro-Abortion Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to award Federal Judge (Trump) at Catholic Seton Hall U
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All 5 of NJ's Bishops are on the Board of Directors for Seton Hall University. Why is Archbishop Myers silent on this issue?
116. We have the duty, as Bishops, to be vigilant that the word of God is faithfully taught. My Brothers in the Episcopate, it is part of our pastoral ministry to see to it that this moral teaching is faithfully handed down and to have recourse to appropriate measures to ensure that the faithful are guarded from every doctrine and theory contrary to it. In carrying out this task we are all assisted by theologians; even so, theological opinions constitute neither the rule nor the norm of our teaching. Its authority is derived, by the assistance of the Holy Spirit and in communion cum Petro et sub Petro, from our fidelity to the Catholic faith which comes from the Apostles. As Bishops, we have the grave obligation to be personally vigilant that the "sound doctrine" (1 Tim 1:10) of faith and morals is taught in our Dioceses.
A particular responsibility is incumbent upon Bishops with regard to Catholic institutions. Whether these are agencies for the pastoral care of the family or for social work, or institutions dedicated to teaching or health care, Bishops can canonically erect and recognize these structures and delegate certain responsibilities to them. Nevertheless, Bishops are never relieved of their own personal obligations. It falls to them, in communion with the Holy See, both to grant the title "Catholic" to Church-related schools, universities, health-care facilities and counseling services, and, in cases of a serious failure to live up to that title, to take it away.
| Archbishop John Myers 973-497-4190 |
Msgr. Robert Sheeran 973-761-9620 |
Dean Patrick Hobbs 973-642-8750 |
LOL. Yeah, kinda hard to believe that an institution that covered up for a bunch of pedophiles would stoop so low as to allow a pro-abort to speak at one of its universities.
Huh?
Huh, what?
Since the Land o' Lakes statement in 1967, Catholic colleges have been run autonomously.
"To perform its teaching and research functions effectively the Catholic university must have a true autonomy and academic freedom in the face of authority of whatever kind, lay or clerical, external to the academic community itself"
Prior to the conference, Catholic colleges were largely run by religious (brothers, sisters, priests) and were accountable to their bishops. Since the conference, the schools have been run by lay boards. Orthodoxy has gone by the wayside. Of 230 "Catholic" colleges, a mere handful (10-15) are orthodox.
In a recent encyclical, "On Catholic Universities (Ex Corde Ecclesiae)", the pope directed bishops to attempt to reign in heterodox teachers of theology in so-called Catholic colleges. His directive has been largely ignored.
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Friday is 4/16.
Here's a thread on this subject from the other day. The ones I can remember are Christendom, Steubenville, Campion, Thomas Aquinas, Magdalene, Thomas More, Ave Maria, Legionairres of Christ.
My guess is that they are mostly small, newer ones, that were explicitly founded to fight the secularizing trends in the older schools.
Your guess is exactly right.
American Life League Will Lead Protest At Seton Hall Law School Event Honoring Pro-Abortion Judge
Archbishop John J. Myers of Newark Urged to Stand Against
Culture of Death Event, Bar Celebration From Catholic Campus
Washington, D.C.— American Life League’s Crusade for the Defense of Our Catholic Church will lead a protest at Seton Hall School of Law this Friday, April 16. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor—who has made a career of voting on the pro-abortion side in various decisions—is presenting the annual “Sandra Day O'Connor Medal of Honor” to Judge Maryanne Trump Barry of the U.S. Court of Appeals. Judge Barry is the author of a recent opinion striking down New Jersey abortion regulations.
“It is unconscionable for leaders of a Catholic institution to allow an event to take place on their campus honoring a judge who has demonstrated a total disrespect for the sanctity and dignity of human life,” said Joseph M. Starrs, director of the Crusade. “Archbishop John J. Myers has the means and the duty to put an end to this scandal by barring this event from the campus. We urge him to do so.”
Starrs observed, “Church shepherds must remember what Pope John Paul II said: ‘It falls to [bishops] … both to grant the title “Catholic” to Church-related schools, universities, healthcare facilities and counseling services, and, in cases of a serious failure to live up to that title, to take it away’” (emphasis added).
116. We have the duty, as Bishops, to be vigilant that the word of God is faithfully taught. My Brothers in the Episcopate, it is part of our pastoral ministry to see to it that this moral teaching is faithfully handed down and to have recourse to appropriate measures to ensure that the faithful are guarded from every doctrine and theory contrary to it. In carrying out this task we are all assisted by theologians; even so, theological opinions constitute neither the rule nor the norm of our teaching. Its authority is derived, by the assistance of the Holy Spirit and in communion cum Petro et sub Petro, from our fidelity to the Catholic faith which comes from the Apostles. As Bishops, we have the grave obligation to be personally vigilant that the "sound doctrine" (1 Tim 1:10) of faith and morals is taught in our Dioceses.
A particular responsibility is incumbent upon Bishops with regard to Catholic institutions. Whether these are agencies for the pastoral care of the family or for social work, or institutions dedicated to teaching or health care, Bishops can canonically erect and recognize these structures and delegate certain responsibilities to them. Nevertheless, Bishops are never relieved of their own personal obligations. It falls to them, in communion with the Holy See, both to grant the title "Catholic" to Church-related schools, universities, health-care facilities and counseling services, and, in cases of a serious failure to live up to that title, to take it away.
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