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
Ave Maria in Flordia.
Notre Dame du Lac is not a 'pimple on the city of South Bend' It is purported to be a CATHOLIC University advocating CATHOLIC principles. Since Hegsberg (sp?) It has gone so PC so as to lose its way for the sake of a few Federal dollars and a free ride thru the law courts. If you want steadfastness see Hillsdale College a few miles to the north. Their principles matter.
Nietzche says "Out of Chaos Comes Order."
My undergrad alma mater, "The Jesuit University of New York" had a large "Friend of Dorothy" contingent. Our team wasn't called the Fordham "Rams" for nothing.
LOL, I wouldn't mind. I wonder if anyone would come? At least here where I am. I did help with a Confirmation group 2 years in a row and I can tell you, it ran about 50-50 and I had a good group. We discussed, and I stressed, different 'opinions' on things such as gay marriage, married priests, abortion. It was clear to see that the liberal, leftie, liberation theology AmChurch fueled Catholic HS education had an effect. Yet it was better than the alternatives. But conservatives were maybe half. At most.
I would enjoy visiting Notre Dame, with my son, and experiencing something other than the stereotypes we've come to hear about. The Catholic University I attended has fallen far and fast.
LOL. I actually took it the way you meant it! No problem. It did make me laugh, and I needed a laugh today. ;-)
SOrry, Don, I found your response confusing. I have some questions, which are all rhetorical:
How many times have you been to the campus?
How many students, current or former, do you know?
How many professors, current or former, do you know?
And a hundred or so more. But like I said, don't bother.
I talked to the executive director of alumni relations at Notre Dame today, Tuesday, October 18, and he said they are getting loads of letters and phone calls. If you didn't sign yours yet, the time is now because the protest is having a good effect. It was suggested that Fr. Jenkins is preparing a statement and may cancel "Queer Film Festival." Go to:
http://tfp.org/student_action/activities/protests/nd_protest.htm
Did you know Nietzche was a lunatic? Seriously, his strange philosophy led him insane. If you don't believe me, read his life story, or rather, don't bother. It's not worth it unless you would like to help others understand how evil his work was.
Actually, Nietzche was driven insane by Syphilis, which eventually killed him. Wonder what would have happenned if they had penicillin back in his day.
The notice about the Masses did not come from the Campus Ministry Dept. or the school itself. The article reads like the idea came from a Graduate Student pushing the notion. I have no idea if any idiot priests went along with it; knowing Notre Dame, I wouldn't be surprised. The only place that has any semblance of orthodoxy left, apparently, is the Law School.
"The only place that has any semblance of orthodoxy left, apparently, is the Law School."
Irony is so delicious.
Hey, that's fantastic. I am very impressed with Weis. Your kid looks like a smart, upstanding young man. Congrats, come what may.
Ave Maria is one of several new Catholic colleges that are opening in response to the pleas of Catholic families for colleges at which they don't have to worry about their kids losing their faith. These colleges intend to be faithful to the teachings of Jesus and to the Magesterium of the Church. There is are two opening in CA, one in Sacramento and one in San Diego, but they'll be too late for our daughter, but might be just in time for yours! There is one planned for Phoenix, as well.
Check out the website of the Cardinal Newman Society for the website addys of the new colleges as well as for most Catholic colleges in the country.
The state of MOST of the Catholic Church is just fine, thank you very much. There are some priests and nuns and lay people who think they know better than the Pope and the Bishops how to run things. They are passing on their errors to the unfortunate kids who attend their universities, or families in their Parishes Thankfully there are alternatives for faithful Catholic families looking for schools now, and there will be even more in the next few years. And the newest crop of Bishops is making positive orthodox changes at the Parish level all over the country.
I received an email from Matt Storin, Associate Vice-President of News and Information and Concurrent Prof. of American Studies of the University of Notre Dame. He said in reply to my concern regarding the Masses you feel were just an isolated project of one single student:
"The fact of the matter is, Campus Ministry supports "Solidarity Sunday" and Student Affairs has established a support committee for gay and lesbian students..."
Pretty clear, no?
Solidarity Sunday was what the name given to say that homosexuality is "ok" -- you should feel comfortable with it, etc. I don't care how you cook this one, it's just not acceptable!!!
At the beginning of the program, by his words, I sensed that the young man who sat in with my group was having a hard time with the idea that he was 'worthy' to be loved by God. He said he was still in depression from his mother's death, though that had been 10 years earlier. I suspected his choice of lifestyle had much more to do with it, but that he didn't want to admit that. I hope that what I said made him start thinking about how he could change his life. It wouldn't take away the AIDS, but it would lead him to a better life on Earth and after death.
Let me know when the ranks of catholic clergy have been cleansed of all the pedophiles.
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