2006 Announced Performances of "V-Monologues"
(according to D-Day, www.vday.org)
UPDATES:
1/16/06: Carlow University, Marquette University off list; added St. Mary's College of California; corrected University of San Francisco e-mail address
1/20/06: Providence College off list
Assumption College Assumption College informed CNS that the announced campus performance will not occur, although the college has not said it banned the event.
Boston College
Rev. William Leahy, S.J., President
18 Old Colony Rd., Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Phone: (617) 552-8000
E-Mail: William.leahy.1@bc.edu
Carlow University
Dr. Mary Hines, president, has informed CNS that the announced campus performance will not occur, although it is not clear whether the college banned the event.
Catholic University of America
Very Rev. David O'COnnell, CM, president of CUA, assured us that the V-Monologues would not be performed on their campus.
College of the Holy Cross
Rev. Michael McFarland, S.J., President
1 College St., Worcester, MA 01610
Phone: (508) 793-2011
E-Mail: mmcfarla@holycross.edu
College of Mount Saint Vincent
Dr. Charles Flynn, Jr., President
6301 Riverdale Ave., Riverdale, NY 10471
Phone: (718) 405-3233
E-Mail: charles.flynn@mountsaintvincent.edu
College of Saint Benedict
Dr. MaryAnn Baenninger, President
37 S. College Ave., St. Joseph, MN 46374
Phone: (320) 363-5505
E-Mail: mbaenninger@csbsju.edu
College of Saint Catherine
Sr. Andrea J. Lee, IHM, President
1st Floor Derham, 2004 Randolph Ave. #F23, St. Paul, MN 55105
Phone: (651) 690-6525
E-Mail: ajlee@stkate.edu
College of Saint Rose
Dr. R. Mark Sullivan, President
432 Western Ave., Albany, NY 12203
Phone: (518) 454-5121
E-Mail: sullivam@mail.strose.edu
DePaul University
Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., President
55 E. Jackson Blvd., 22nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60604
Phone: (312) 362-8890
E-Mail: dholtsch@depaul.edu
Fordham University
Lincoln Center & Rose Hill campuses
Rev. Joseph M. McShane, S.J., President
441 E. Fordham Rd., Bronx, NY 10458
Phone: (718) 817-3000
E-Mail: president@fordham.edu
Georgetown University
Dr. John DeGioia, President
37th & O Sts. NW, Washington, DC 20057
Phone: (202) 687-4134
E-Mail: president@georgetown.edu
John Carroll University
Rev. Robert L. Niehoff, S.J., President
20700 N. Park Blvd., University Heights, OH 44118
Phone: (216) 397-4281
E-Mail: president@jcu.edu
Loyola University of Chicago
Chicago campus & Rome campus
Rev. Michael Garanzini, S.J., President
820 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611-2196
Phone: (312) 915-6700
E-Mail: mgaranz@luc.edu
Loyola University of New Orleans
Rev. Kevin W. Wildes, S.J., President
6363 St. Charles Ave., Campus Box 009, New
Orleans, LA 70118
Phone: (504) 865-3847
E-Mail wildesk@loyno.edu
Marquette University
Steven Frieder, assistant to the president, has assured CNS that Marquette will not allow students to present the V-Monologues on campus.
New York Medical College
Msgr. Harry Barrett, president of New York Medical College, assured us that the V-Monologues would not be performed on their campus.
Providence College
Rev. Brian Shanley, O.P., president of Providence College, has banned the V-Monologues on campus. In a statement to the college community, which was released to the public on January 19 (www.providence.edu/Administration/Presidents+Office/Vagina+Monologues.htm), Shanley explains that he read the play and found it “not appropriate for a school with our mission. ...First, far from celebrating the complexity and mystery of female sexuality, ‘The Vagina Monologues’ simplifies and demystifies it by reducing it to the vagina. …Second, the description of the play as a ‘new bible’ is an indication that its depiction of female sexuality is meant to displace the traditional Biblical view that inspires the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church.” Answering critics who claim such productions on Catholic campuses are protected by academic or artistic freedom, Shanley argues, “But artistic freedom on a Catholic campus cannot mean the complete license to perform or display any work of art regardless of its intellectual or moral content. Any institution which sanctioned works of art that undermined its deepest values would be inauthentic, irresponsible and ultimately self-destructive.”
Regis College
Dr. Mary Jane England, President
235 Wellesley St., Weston, MA 02493
Phone: (781) 768-7122
E-Mail: England@regiscollege.edu
Sacred Heart University
The president's office informed CNS that the announced campus performance will not occur, although the college has not said it banned the event.
Saint Louis University
Rev. Lawrence Biondi, S.J., President
221 North Grand Blvd., Saint Louis, MO 63103
Phone: (314) 977-7777
E-Mail: biondi@slu.edu
Saint Joseph College
Dr. Evelyn Lynch, President
1678 Asylum Avenue, West Hartford, CT 06117
Phone: (860) 231-5221
E-Mail: elynch@sjc.edu
Saint Mary's College of California
Br. Ronald Gallagher, F.S.C., President
P.O. Box 3005, Moraga, CA 94575-3005
Phone: (925) 631-4203
E-Mail: rgallagh@stmarys-ca.edu
Saint Xavier University
Dr. Judith Dwyer, President
Warde Academic Center, Rm A225
3700 West 103rd St., Chicago, IL 60655
Phone: (773) 298-3309
E-Mail: jadwyer@sxu.edu
Seattle University
Rev. Stephen V. Sundborg, S.J., President
900 Broadway, Seattle, WA 98122
Phone: (206) 296-1891
E-Mail: sundborg@seattleu.edu
Seton Hall University
Rev. Anthony Figueiredo, Executive Director of Mission and Ministry at Seton Hall University, assured us that the V-Monologues would not be performed on their campus.
University of Detroit Mercy
Gerard L. Stockhausen, S.J., President
4001 W. McNichols Rd., P.O. Box 19900, Detroit,
MI 48219
Phone: (313) 993-1455
E-mail: gstock@udmercy.edu
University of Notre Dame
Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., President
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Phone: (574) 631-3903
E-mail: john.i.jenkins.1@nd.edu
University of San Francisco
Rev. Stephen A. Privett, S.J., President
2130 Fulton St., San Francisco, CA 94117
Phone: (415) 422-6762
E-mail: president@usfca.edu
Excellent... And I'm glad to read of some good news. Thank you muchly :^D.
By the way, several of the schools listed (e.g., Notre Dame and Georgetown) appear to be going through a "sheep and goats" phenomenon. That is, the students are becoming very aware of which professors and student organizations represent "The world" and which represent Catholicism. I'm not sure that's not a positive environment; young adults witness the truth about the secular world, and are prepared to confront it by being exposed to it while they also have very strong resources to oppose it. But that doesn't mean good Christians shouldn't fight against such liberalism; quite the contrary, it should be where they learn to oppose it.
On the other hand, I can't actually condone leaving it to such young people to fight the culture wars, and I believe it is truly scandalous -- in the most literal sense of the world -- that such colleges may appear to parents as being places of safe, Christian refuge. So dn't get me wrong; I'm not condoning the culture of experimentation; only allowing that God can make good even in the presence of evil.