Posted on 10/17/2005 3:08:02 PM PDT by concernedAmerican1
"The sins which lead most souls to hell are sins of the flesh!" ~ Blessed Jacinta Marto
During the week of October 10-14, students at the prominent Catholic University of Notre Dame faced another assault against traditional Catholic morality on campus: "National Coming Out Day." The weeklong event included shocking pro-homosexual activities under titles such as:
* Speak Out! Sex and Gender at Notre Dame Rally
* Come Out of Your Closet!
* Library Exhibit: Famous LGBT [Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trasgender] Individuals
* The Process of Coming Out: A Panel Discussion
* Gay? Fine by Me, T-shirt Day
An email alert advertising pro-homosexual activities circulated by a Notre Dame graduate student on October 7, stating: "All campus Masses [on Sunday, October 9] will be dedicated to creating a more welcoming environment for ND GLBTQ [gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer] students. Homilies at Mass in residence halls and the Basilica will reflect this message, and prayer cards and rainbow ribbons will be distributed during all campus Masses."
The same email also invites students to watch a film called Ma Vie En Rose. A description of the movie talks about one of the characters: "Ludvic is a young boy who can't wait to grow up to be a woman."
Notre Dame's Graduate Student Union and Sociology Department sponsored perhaps the most revolting event. According to The Observer, a life-size orange closet draped with a rainbow curtain was placed on the quad in front of the South Dining Hall. Students on their way to lunch were given pink flyers and urged to support the homosexual agenda by literally coming out of this large closet.
More Symptoms of Moral Decay
This week's outrage comes on the heels of other troubling pro-homosexual events. On February 10, Notre Dame hosted its second annual "Queer Film Festival," where notorious dissident Catholic speakers freely voiced their scandalous opinions. At one session, pro-homosexual Sister Jeannine Grammick is reported to have told students: "I'm beginning to believe that the greatest sin for lesbian and gay people is to want to be straight." In 1999, Pope John Paul II permanently prohibited Sister Grammick from all and any pastoral work involving homosexuals. Causing grave scandal, she ignored the order from Rome and continues to contradict Church teaching.
Another featured guest speaker at the film festival was Terrence McNally, author of "Corpus Christi," a blasphemous play that portrays Our Lord Jesus Christ and His Apostles as homosexuals, and which the American TFP protested in 1998. Unfortunately, that is not all. A few days after the "Queer Film Festival," amid widespread opposition, the lewd feminist play "V***** Monologues" was performed on campus with the support of three university departments.
Before this appalling scenario, Notre Dame's Catholic administrators are virtually silent, if not complacent. In fact, next year's "Queer Film Festival" was already approved by Notre Dame's board of directors: "Such films should be shown and discussions on them should be held on a university campus."
Faithful Catholics at Notre Dame are extremely frustrated. As student Christian Hoeffel put it: "One of the primary reasons I chose to attend Notre Dame was because of its deep Catholic roots. Seeing the university sponsor, and often promote, events like the "Queer Film Festival," "V***** Monologues," as well as a number of pro-gay speakers really shocks me, and makes me question whether or not the University of Notre Dame is in line with the Church's teachings as it claims to be."
The Ploy of Academic Freedom
The Most Reverend John M. D'Arcy, bishop of the diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, opposed the deplorable "Queer Film Festival" in a statement:
This presentation is an abuse of academic freedom. Pope John Paul II makes clear the place of academic freedom when he says it must always be linked to certain values central to a Catholic university.
Freedom is always linked to truth. In this seminar, held at a Catholic university, there is no place given to the presentation of Catholic teaching on the matter of homosexuality. The rights of others are violated. What about the rights of the church to have its teachings properly presented? What about the rights of parents of those students at Notre Dame who find the content of this seminar offensive?
Launching a prayerful protest
The mission of a Catholic University includes counseling students away from sin, providing them with insights to the necessity and beauty of the virtue of chastity that some may have never known. As Blessed Jacinta warned: "The sins which lead most souls to hell are sins of the flesh!"
That is why TFP Student Action is launching a peaceful and prayerful protest, asking the recently elected president of the University of Notre Dame, Fr. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., to uphold Catholic morality. The success of this protest depends largely on your prayers. Please pray for the end of homosexual sin and for the perseverance of Catholic students.
The more letters we generate, the better. Join the e-petition.
Then forward this article to your friends. Call Fr. Jenkins to complain (always politely and respectfully). Personal letters are effective. Send them to:
Rev. Fr. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., President University of Notre Dame 317 Main Building Notre Dame, IN 46556 Phone: 574-631-5000 Email: Jenkins.1@nd.edu
Dr. Thomas G. Burish, Provost University of Notre Dame 300 Main Building Notre Dame, IN 46556 Email: tburish@nd.edu or provost@nd.edu Phone: 574-631-6631, Fax: 574-631-6897
Other numbers to call:
Alumni Association Phone: 574-631-6000 Email: alumni-support-l@lists.alumni.nd.edu
Vice President for Public Affairs and Communication Ms Hilary Crnkovich Phone: 574-631-6798 Email: crnkovich.1@nd.edu
i'd like to be a fly on the wall the next Alumni get together...
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what the heck?
The University of Notre Dame du Lac has for a long time been a collecting ground for 'Gays'. It dates back at leas as far as the early 70's. Sad!
Sadly, welcome to the party.
This kind of crap has been going on at my Alma Mater, Marquette, for some time as well. Celebrations of homosexuality, support for socialist/communist political ideology, tenured faculty members openly speaking out against Church teachings on abortion, gay marriage, etc.
I had hoped that only the Jesuits were infected so badly with this decay.
When people would rather come out of the closet than clean it, you know you have a real problem!
There is no interest at Notre Dame in being "fair and balanced," as it seems. Just make sure you don't promote Catholic teaching on sodomy and they might leave you alone.
Well that explains the ending of the game on Saturday.
Well that explains the ending of the game on Saturday.
Hit 'Em Where It Hurts...In the Pocketbook!
No more Bingo money.
ND alums who find all this distressing should make this known to the Administration (better still,the Dean) the next time they receive a fundraising letter from the school. An envelope containing a letter expressing concern but lacking a check would send a very powerful message.
If you know any Notre Dame alumni, urge them to protest, to inform ND that no contributions will be forthcoming until they clear up campus and start promoting purity, not sodomy.
your right! If they feel less money will flow into the bank account, they might reconsider, just maybe...
The Pope should demand that this cease, or expel Notre Dame from the Catholic Church and revoke its Catholic credentials. If ND wants to persist as a private, independent, secular college, so be it.
But already it's not Catholic anymore.
The most disturbing part was that the MASSES were dedicated to celebrating diversity. If a Roman Catholic Mass is used to celebrate homosexual sodomy, it's not the Catholic Church anymore. Anyone care to argue that point?
There was a guy whose parents promised that when he graduated college, they would buy him a Lexus. His parents told him this several years ago but never mentioned it again. The guy thought about this every time that it seemed like college was too much. It was his driving force, so to speak.
Time for graduation was getting ever so close and still no word from the parents. The guy was getting worried and he sought some spiritual help. .
He went to a Franciscan priest friend and said, "Father I have a special request. My parents promised to buy a Lexus for me when I graduate. My time is close and I am afraid they might not come through. Can you pray a Novena for that intention?"
The Franciscan priest said, "Son, before I agree to this request please explain to me what a Lexus is." "Oh I'm sorry father" explained the guy, "its a big, fancy, expensive automobile." "I will pray this novena for you." said the Franciscan..
The guy was still unsure so he went to a Benedictine priest. He asked, "Father I have a special request. My parents promised to buy a Lexus for me when I graduate. My time is close and I am afraid they might not come through. Can you pray a Novena for that intention?" The Benedictine priest said, "Son, before I agree to this request please explain to me what a Lexus is." "Oh I'm sorry father" explained the guy, "its a big, fancy, expensive automobile." "I will pray this novena for you." said the Benedictine..
Still this guy was unsure so he went to a Jesuit priest. He said, "Father I have a special request. My parents promised to buy a Lexus for me when I graduate. My time is close and I am afraid they might not come through. Can you pray a Novena for that intention?".
The Jesuit priest said, "Son, before I agree to this request please explain something to me.".
"Oh I'm sorry father" explained the guy, "its a big, fancy, expensive automobile.".
"No I understand that," said the Jesuit priest, "What's a Novena?".
I totally agree with you Vicomte13. Those Masses are a sacrilege.
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