Posted on 05/04/2009 4:13:55 PM PDT by wagglebee
South Bend, IN (LifeNews.com) -- The collection of pro-life student groups at the University of Notre Dame who have led much of the response to the Obama graduation invitation have announced their plans for commencement. Notre Dame Response will hold a peaceful protest when President Barack Obama speaks at the Catholic college.
The invitation from Father John Jenkins to the pro-abortion president to both give the graduation address and receive an honorary degree has prompted national outrage.
An ad hoc coalition of several pro-life students groups has led the official protest from UND students to the decision.
Today, the groups announced their plans for the May 17 event, saying, "ND Response has received official permission to hold a prayerful and constructive demonstration on the South Quad of the University of Notre Dame between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. on the day of Commencement."
"The students of this coalition would like to extend an invitation to all those interested in joining us on campus on May 17th as we respectfully give witness to Notre Dame's Catholic identity and pro-life principles," the group added.
ND Response informed LifeNews.com that a subcommittee it facilitated of 2009 graduates has concluded their discussion of the best way to respond and it appears a large percentage of Notre Dame students will boycott the graduation event.
Other students may also confront Obama over his pro-abortion record during the event.
"It certainly appears obvious from these announced plans that a large or perhaps the sole focus of that response is a boycott," ND Response indicated in a statement. "There also may be other small groups or individuals amongst the 2009 graduates and their guests who have their own ideas about raising the pro-life issue to Mr. Obama inside the Joyce Center."
The students say they want a focus on peaceful and respectful opposition, especially in light of some of the more in-your-face opposition appearing at their campus in recent days along with the arrest of some pro-life advocates.
The schedule includes time with Bishop D'Arcy, who has said he would boycott the official ceremony because of Obama's presence. He will celebrate Mass the evening prior to the graduation event and will pray with families.
ND Response says that it hopes some of the Catholic priests who have objected to Notre Dame's decision will appear on Saturday for a pre-graduation Mass.
The group planned for a Mass at the same time as the graduation ceremony, but, after consulting with Bishop D'Arcy, the group has decided not to turn a Mass into a protest event.
During commencement, Father Frank Pavone of Priests for Life will speak at a rally on the other side of campus.
Related web sites:
Notre Dame response - http://www.ndresponse.com
My guess is that Jenkins will do everything in his power to prevent this.
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Why hasn’t this “Father” Jenkins been 1) fired, and 2) excommunicated? Why is he still employed at the college? I don’t understand it! What the hell is stopping the church from canning his ass and getting him the hell off the campus? Why is this still an issue?
It strikes me that if Obama had any decency, he would simply quietly decline the invitation.
All he can do is use his persuasion to reduce the number of those who attend the protest instead of the commencement. The article says the protesters have permission to conduct their activity.
And he can easily revoke the permission and use something like “security concerns” as an excuse.
He has no decency. After all he is a radical leftist. Enuf said!
This is an AD-HOC action list to (selectively) report and urge specific actions to stop Obama and win the Battle of Notre Dame. This is not just for Catholics. It's for anybody who wants to "put down the mighty from their thrones" (baby-killers in high places) and to "lift up the humble" (tiny infants and their valiant defenders).
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As you can see, some of the graduating students favor holding a prayer vigil concurrent with the graduation and boycotting their own commencement; others have plans to attend the commencement and protest there.
Meanwhile, a number of pro-life organizations are inviting EVERYBODY --- ALL PRO-LIFE PEOPLE, non-Catholics and Catholics alike --- to come to South Bend and join the protest.
The Pro-Life Action League (Illinois) and the Citizens for a Pro-Life Society (Michigan), have joined forces to organize buses and coordinate protest action: their joint website is at NotreDameProtest.com.
Working with them is Randall Terry, at StopObamaNotreDame.com, who has opened an office in South Bend, recruited full-time volunteers, and was just arrested at Notre Dame for walking onto the property.
Much of the press coverage--- local, national and international --- can be found HERE.
Call Bp. D'Arcy right now. His number in Fort Wayne is: (260) 422-4611; in South Bend, (574) 234-0687
These are the action recommendations as summarized by Randall Terry, and as far as I can see, they represent a true consensus of what the faithful prolife students themselves want us to do.
Please send this email to your friends; ask them to join us in contacting Bishop D'Arcy to THANK him for boycotting the commencement, and urge him to take the next critically necessary steps.
And pray. Pray hard.
God gives us all plenty of rope to hang ourselves with but hopes that one might exercise free will, see the error of their ways and repent, e.g. the good thief at Golgotha, prior to one's particular judgment; that includes Jenkins' superiors. Until Obowma actually opens his pie hole at South Bend, Jenkins may allow himself to be influenced by the Paraclete and stop this heresy. If he had any brains he'd seize that opportunity sooner rather than later but the time for that is running out. If he fails to do so then the consequences for him will not be pleasant, either in this world or the next.
BTTT
“The short answer is that the Church neither owns nor runs Notre Dame. Notre Dame and several other “Catholic” universities effectively gave God and Rome the finger in 1967 at the Land O’ Lakes conference”
Isn’t that about the time that they allowed non-catholics and black non-Catholic athletes on their campus . . . and thus became another training camp for the NFL??????
Thank you for the ping. I have not followed this story in depth but it looks like standing up to this Obama outrage is really making a difference. I will call in the AM.
Who knows, someone might get lucky!
Obama administration policies, ideology, actions and his CHARACTER (or lack of, a lying conniving fraud) have to be attacked.
ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK. Keep racheting it up. Bring on more Tea-Parties, bring on disobedience, bring on dissention and especially focus and expose Zero as ineligible, incompetent, hypocritical, racist, etc. same thing goes for the tranny Michele.
Aww, too insensitive? The evidence of their improprieties, associations, warped ideologies is to be exposed and taken advantage of and try to incite a response.
Zeros a lightweight. He does not have the mental fortitude or experience necessary. He CANNOT HANDLE CRITICISM. Nor can his incompetent band of merry fools. Peaceful tea parties around the country and these clowns go overboard; they have ALREADY crossed the line.
So lets get the usurper and affirmative action candidate riled up to the point he ACTS ON EMOTION. HE WILL OVERSTEP HIS BOUNDS. HE WILL MAKE A MAJOR BLUNDER. Let Zero destroy himself. His own vanity and arrogance will do the job for us.
Thats the plan Stan, and Im sticking with it.
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Never. This is part of Obama’s strategy - well, actually, the strategy of the people behind him, because there’s nothing between Bambi’s ears but meanness - to make it appear as if the Church has had to chose between him and the Lord and 2000 years of doctrine - and it’s chosen him.
The Catholic Church has been the only institution that has even tried to resist him, and everything he has done - picking Biden, his various nominations of pro-abortion “Catholics,” etc. - have been challenges to the Church and aimed at proving that he’s stronger. This whole ND thing is part of that, and unless he thinks it’s going to be extremely embarrassing for some reason, he won’t back out.
Jenkins is going to spend a lot of time on the spit for letting Bambi do this to the Church.
2) In his mind going to NDU and doing this makes him bigger than Jesus Christ.
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