[Mrs. Don-o]

First, please pray over this in a dispassionate manner. My own judgment is not entirely reliable when my strong feelings are aroused, although my dh says God gave me adrenalin for a good reason.

Then, please write very respectfully, very carefully, and very unambiguously to Bishop John M. D'Arcy.

He is reported to be a Catholic and a vertebrate.

Please considering making prominent use of the word "interdict."

Send two copies to the two chancery offices:

Bishop John D'Arcy
Fort Wayne Chancery
1103 S. Calhoun Street
Fort Wayne, IN 46801
(260) 422-4611

Bishop John D'Arcy
South Bend Chancery
114 W. Wayne Street
South Bend, IN 46601
(574) 234-0687

[Kirkwood]

Didn’t ND try to pull something similar a year or two ago with another speaker and the alumni forced them to retract the offer by withholding donations?

[Natural Law]

Bishop D'Arcy needs to discuss this with Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver. The right course of action can be found here:

http://www.zenit.org/article-25192?l=english

[Cyman]

Too bad Ted Bundy is dead. I don’t believe he ever finished his legal degree. I am sure he would have loved to be engaged in discussions with Notre Dame’s coeds.

[MEGoody]

You don’t “engage” with a person who is embroiled in massive, murderous moral wrong by inviting him onto a floodlit, nationally-televised public platform and giving him an honorary Law Degree.

Bingo. It seems Notre Dame is just trying to become another secular, liberal university.

[Ann Archy]

Fr. Jenkins is a BAD Catholic! He is leading children on a wrong path.

[Cicero]

I agree that Obama’s contempt for life is the fundamental issue here. But also, how on earth can the President of Notre Dame justify an honorary law degree to someone who has never done anything whatever in the fields of law or politics to deserve it?

As President of the Harvard Law Review he broke a long tradition by writing NOTHING for the review he headed.

As instructor of consititutional law in Chicago he argued that the Constitution need to be rewritten, but he never wrote a single scholarly article.

As a lawyer, he forced banks in Chicago to make subprime loans, leading to our current economic crisis.

As a politician, he did practically nothing in either of his two earlier positions, and he has so far done nothing as president, other than shirk his responsibilities, appoint numerous abortionists to top posts in his administration, and party.

Even aside from the basic issue that Obama is a death-dealer, what has he done to earn an honorary law degree? Nothing, zero, nada, zilch.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Oh, by the way, "Interdict" means that no Sacraments, no Mass, no nothing can be celebrated at ND. It becomes sacramental "dead space."

ND actually has a large and active Catholic community, and about 130 Masses every week on campus. Interdict would be a severe mercy. It would be medicinal. It would be tough love. It would be not directed toward any individual, but toward Notre Dame itself as an institution under discipline.

It is a very solemn thing.

And it would blow the place sky high.

[Right Wing Assault]

It’s the University of Notre Dame not Notre Dame University. The latter is in Lebanon.

[Servant of the Cross]

Outstanding. I do hope that the USCCB, Cardinal Levada, Cardinal Burke, or possibly even Pope Benedict XVI himself encourages Bishop D’Arcy to speak in the strongest possible terms with Fr. Jenkins.

[chase19]

Excellent letter and information. Thank you. I’ve begun my own letter.

Giving an honorary law degree to this man, is a symbol of approval, for all the laws he’s already signed and probably will sign against life. When he’s signing FOCA, he can have a photo-op waving this law degree from ND. A sign of approval. It’s beyond the pale.

[A_Former_Democrat]

Will Fr. Jenkins also propose that ND replace Touchdown Jesus with The Messiah?

[STARWISE]

Good .. God bless you. It’s so disgusting
to witness this.

[Joe 6-pack]

"...we hope for this to be the basis of an engagement with him."

I thought the whole Life thing was above his pay grade.

[Diago]

3. Contact Fr. Jenkins: Call him at 574.631.5000, fax him at 574.631.2770, write a personal email president@nd.edu, or mail your letter to 317 Main Building, Notre Dame, IN 46556

[Salvation]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2210995/posts?page=28#28

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2210995/posts?page=87#87

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2210995/posts?page=101#101

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2210995/posts?page=102#102

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2212664/posts?page=29#29

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2212664/posts?page=37#37