Posted on 04/05/2014 1:56:50 PM PDT by NYer
From The Catholic Herald:
The Dominican sister who gave a presentation on sexuality to students at Charlotte Catholic High School that sparked controversy among students and parents last month is taking a sabbatical from teaching and canceling her other speaking engagements.
The presentation March 21 by Dominican Sister Jane Dominic Laurel of Nashville, Tenn., entitled “Masculinity and Femininity: Difference and Gift,” drew the ire of hundreds of students and parents over the past two weeks, and their emotions boiled over during a parents meeting with school and diocesan leaders Wednesday night.
Sister Jane has a doctorate in sacred theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, and her presentation at Charlotte Catholic was based on a series of instructional videos she created for Aquinas College in Nashville where she is an associate professor. She gave similar talks to youths and parents at St. Mark Church in Huntersville on March 23 and gave a related talk at Charlotte Catholic High School last fall.
In an April 4 statement, the president of Aquinas College defended the school’s curriculum and Sister Jane’s credentials as a theologian, but acknowledged that the portion of Sister Jane’s presentation of social science data about the alleged causes of same-sex attraction – which prompted many of the concerns from parents and students – was outside the scope of her academic background.
The statement reads in part:
“We believe it is our privilege to bring the best aspects of our faith tradition to bear on the moral and cultural questions of the present age. In her presentation, Sister Jane Dominic spoke clearly on matters of faith and morals. Her deviation into realms of sociology and anthropology was beyond the scope of her expertise. Sister is a trained theologian from a Pontifical University and has the credentials to contribute to scholarly bodies of work. This she has done in the past with distinction. The unfortunate events at Charlotte Catholic High School are not representative of the quality of Sister’s academic contributions or the positive influence that she has had on her students. The students at Charlotte Catholic were unprepared, as were their parents, for the topic that Sister was asked to deliver. The consequence was a complete misrepresentation of the school’s intention to bring a message that would enlighten and bring freedom and peace.”
Read the rest of the statement.
ONLY after you 'pray' for those who have the POWER to REMOVE him from his position.
I could not tell from reading the article.
I think it gets a BIG discount for using Mozilla browers.
Likewise...
Popes can be imprudent and even heretical. It's been that way since the founding of the Church. But dogmatic Church teaching is inerrant.
I am guessing the kids are prejudiced against Asian Americans.
Almighty Father, please send Your Angels to guard Your servants from all evil, strengthen her heart through Your all-empowering grace, and help us all prevail against evil, I ask this in the Holy Name of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Amen.
Saint Michael the Archangel,
defend us in battle;
be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray:
and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host,
by the power of God,
thrust into hell Satan and all the evil spirits
who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen
Amen.
I have had practicing Catholics tell me to my face that the reason they vote democrat, in spite of the dems pro-abortion stand, is because the "democrats are for the poor". And that's a quote and that was not only a good 30 years ago, but also recently in an entire difference location.
So IOW, being *for the poor* trumps church teaching and doctrine.
Pardon me if I speak as a non-Catholic/non-Christian, but it seems to me that the Catholic Church puts undue emphasis on “the poor” at the expensive of Christ’s other teachings, and at the expense of the whole corpus of Divine wisdom found in both the Old and New Testaments.
I have had practicing Catholics tell me to my face that the reason they vote democrat, in spite of the dems pro-abortion stand, is because the "democrats are for the poor". And that's a quote and that was not only a good 30 years ago, but also recently in an entire difference location.
So IOW, being *for the poor* trumps church teaching and doctrine.
thanks. Yes, she is on Gloria TV too.
And I said a rosary for her yesterday. She need strength against this demonic inspired attack.
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