Posted on 03/14/2002 2:57:54 PM PST by pax_et_bonum
Reassignment of Fr. Fessio, S.J., Editor of Ignatius Press
Dear Friends of Ignatius Press,
I have been assigned by my Jesuit superiors to become associate chaplain at Santa Teresita Hospital in Duarte, California, beginning May 1, 2002. At the same time they confirmed my ongoing mission as director of Ignatius Press. I am to have no role, public or private, in the latest initiative of Ignatius Press, Campion College of San Francisco, which is a wholly owned subsidiary.
The Board of Directors of Guadalupe Associates, Inc. (which does business as Ignatius Press) has elected as President and Chief Operating Officer, Mark Brumley, the Director of the Magazine Division of Ignatius Press. Mark will assist me in the ongoing work of Ignatius Press and he will take over my role in the establishment and operation of Campion College. He will work closely with John Galten, the President of Campion College.
I am confident that the Lord will continue to bless the work of Ignatius Press and will bestow abundant graces on Campion College, which is so full of promise for the Church. I am grateful for your past support and ask that you continue to support both Ignatius Press and Campion College.
Sincerely in the Lord, Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J. Editor, Ignatius Press
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Ignatius Press Reaffirms its Commitment to Continue Campion College
The Board of Directors of Guadalupe Associates (Ignatius Press) has unanimously voted to continue its support for Campion College of San Francisco, a two-year college with an integrated Catholic liberal arts and great books curriculum, which offers a degree in Catholic Humanities.
Hailed by Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, editor of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, as "a beautiful enrichment for the vast field of Catholic education" that "will provide an excellent formation in the best tradition of Christian humanism", the college is slated to begin classes in the Fall of 2002 with campuses in San Francisco and Washington, DC.
The reaffirmation of Ignatius Press's commitment to Campion College followed the appointment of Jesuit Father Joseph Fessio as associate chaplain at Santa Teresita Hospital in Duarte, California. Father Fessio is the director of Ignatius Press and one of the founders of Campion College. In a letter from his Jesuit provincial Father Thomas Smolich, Father Fessio was forbidden to have a role in Campion College.
Father Fessio will begin his hospital ministry in early May, as directed.
According to Mark Brumley, President of the Board of Directors for Guadalupe Associates, the Jesuit ban on Father Fessio's involvement will not prevent Campion College from going forward.
"Father Fessio will have no role in Campion College, although his superior has confirmed his ongoing mission as director of Ignatius Press and therefore Father will continue to be involved in other aspects of Ignatius Press' work," said Brumley.
"It's unfortunate that Father Fessio has been prohibited by his order from working with Campion, but that's not going to stop it from proceeding. John Galten, the former director of the St. Ignatius Institute at the University of San Francisco, is the President of Campion College. John certainly possesses the faith, vision, leadership skills, professional experience, and administrative abilities needed for the college's success," he added.
In 2002, a group of administrators—including Galten—as well as some former faculty members and alumni of the St. Ignatius Institute of the University of San Francisco decided to found the independent Campion College, in part because of their dissatisfaction with changes to the Institute made by a new university administration. Campion College embodies both the spirit and the curriculum of the original St. Ignatius Institute, free from the constraints of a larger university that does not share its goals.
Support for the college has poured in since Ignatius Press announced the new school two weeks ago. In fact, the day Campion College's website went up, an anonymous donor pledged $500,000 in scholarships. Other scholarships are available, as well. Henry Howard, the president of the U.S. Education Finance Corporation, said that on the basis of Campion College's impressive curriculum, his confidence in the profiles of Campion's students, and the integrity of Ignatius Press, his bank would extend loans to all Campion students up to the total amount needed to cover their room and board expenses.
Campion College continues to receive inquiries from parents, potential students, and donors from around the country. For more information, go to www.ignatius.com/campion, or call 1-415-387-2324.
:)
A tad peeved this evening?
A duck walks into a bar.
"Got any grapes?" he asks the bartender.
"Nope."
So the duck leaves.
The next day, the duck comes back.
"Got any grapes?" he asks.
"Nope," says the bartender.
The next day....the duck comes back again.
"Got any grapes?"
"Look, duck," says the bartender, "I didn't have any grapes yesterday, I don't have any today, and I'm not going to have any tomorrow. And if you come back here asking for grapes again, I'm gonna nail your feet to the bar."
The duck leaves....
The next day, the duck comes back.
He walks up to the bartender.
"Got any nails?"
"Nope."
"Got any grapes?"
:)
Think Siberia.
They think he can do less 'damage' to their liberal causes there. They want to hurt him and by extension all who support the conservative causes he heads.
Yes, I am a Secular Franciscan. For 9 years. Are you Franciscan?
Don't strain that single brain cell there, pardner.
I got my answer by reading some other threads.
These Jesuit superiors seem to be like the ones that forbade Fr. Hardon from ever teaching in another university. Fools.
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