Posted on 05/14/2009 3:17:05 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Many are questioning why officials at the University of Notre Dame are inviting the most pro-abortion president in our history to receive an honorary doctorate of laws. Doesn’t this make a mockery of Notre Dame’s historic role as the premier Catholic university in America? Doesn’t this create a scandal for the Catholic faithful as well as for the larger community of Americans who are not Catholic? Much of the fierce public debate has centered on why Notre Dame would extend such an honor. The divisions exposed by this invitation are deep and worrisome.
What we need to ask is why the president is going to Notre Dame. There has been too little discussion of that side of the issue. Fr. James Schall is a highly respected professor at Georgetown University, an institution “in the Jesuit tradition.” He offers this deeply insightful judgment on a Catholic Web site.
So when President Obama goes to Notre Dame this week, we should be sure what is at issue. He goes there for one reason, namely, in this symbolic place, to convince the vast majority of Catholics that his operative definition of “human rights,” not that of the Church, is the correct one.
“Rights” mean precisely what the government defines them to mean. The president is the government.
When we define human rights in these terms, we should be clear what we are doing. They are no longer inalienable rights. They become through intellectual sophistry alienable by government edict.
Kathleen Sebelius, the newly confirmed Secretary of HHS, has said as much. Inalienable rights do not apply in utero, this self-described Catholic public official says. If a compliant Congress agrees, Sebelius will soon be in charge of the health care of three hundred million Americans.(continued)
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You know what would be really, really awesome?
If there were about 2000 babies brought in for the ceremony and mom would wake appropriate baby up when BO started talking and just let them howl. (even recordings would be great !)
Frankly, this is a mockery and insult by those at the institution of Notre Dame and knowing how fervently many Cathlolics are speaking out against this travesty shows not only that there will always be a remnant of God’s true children but also that, as well well know, not all those who call themselves Catholic or Christian are. His sheep know His voice and He knows His sheep.
That is probably one of the funniest ideas I have heard in a long, long time. Not only would it work but it would make such a good point.
God bless you Father Schall.
I corresponded with him when I was teaching logic and philosophy to my homeschooled son. He and Peter Kreeft were very kind to answer questions inspired by things we had read in their books and to suggest further resources to my son and me.
God have mercy on us. Please pray for Notre Dame, and all the catholics in name only.
It would be hysterical. And, who’s going to throw them out?
Could we get this idea out in time?
“His sheep know His voice and He knows his sheep.”
Well stated. I fear the day is coming when all we will have is His voice, and the knowledge that we are His sheep. But, as with all things from God, that will be enough. He loves us, and we will not be forsaken in the end.—JM
exactly
Great analysis! Blackwell is right on target!
Ooops, it was Schall...well, he’s right on target, then!
I don’t know and I don’t even know if the “invited” have babies but I’m sure some moms would “loan” them. He he. Oh, just the thought of it tickles my funny bone.
They are all a bunch of dangerous idiots.
This link goes to pix of aborted babies.
This link goes to pix of partial birth pix
These links go to ND administration
President
http://president.nd.edu/about-the-office/staff-directory
Officers
http://nd.edu/leadership/officers/
Provost
http://provost.nd.edu/contact
List of Trustees
http://nd.edu/leadership/board-of-trustees/
Annual Fund
http://supporting.nd.edu/annual-giving/notre-dame-annual-fund/
Law School
http://law.nd.edu/admissions-and-financial-aid/alumni-student-profiles
Alumni Assn Board
https://secure.alumni.nd.edu/site/c.luIZLdMOJpE/b.2660531/k.84BB/Board_Members.htm (lots of phone numbers)
I have liked ND. Until now. Please consider contacting any of these people. Especially the President.
Costs of Undergrad ND education per year (2008):
http://www.myplan.com/education/db/ug/ug_4.php?id=152080
Total per year for in-state students $46,727
Total per year for out-of-state students $46,727
(On campus)
Graduate MBA costs:
Tuition and Fees
The average 2008/2009 Notre Dame Graduate Business Program student expense budget includes:
Tuition for the 2008-2009 academic year is $37,190.
For planning purposes, students should assume an annual tuition adjustment of about 5% at the beginning of each academic year. The estimated comprehensive cost for the 2008-2009 academic year is shown below:
Tuition (Two-Year Program) $37,190 per academic year
Room and Board $8,300 per academic year
Books and Supplies $1,350 per academic year
Personal $2,850 per academic year
Health Insurance $1,500 per academic year
Fees:
Statistics Workshop $100
Accounting Workshop $100
Technology Fee $250
MBA Student Association $150
Travel $2,250
Total:
U.S. Dollars $54,290 per academic year.
Dear Mr Blackwell,Please move down here to Georgia so we can vote you into office.And we need you badly.
That is an awesome idea.
He’s probably right. And he’ll make a few jokes and come off charming and the media will show his applause lines. All it amounts to is that we have to pay for the gas the jet uses to take him there and back to D.C.
I have another idea. Remember that brilliant pro-life commercial which describes a baby born to a poor struggling single mother (obviously alluding to Obama) who eventually grows up to be the first black President, only because he was not aborted? Program a speech on that theme into Hussein’s teleprompter for his Notre Dame appearance.
Cool proposal.
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