Friday, April 29, 2011

ALERT: Truth Shunned at two Catholic universities with pro-homosexual "More than a Monologue" series


ALERT: Attempt to Change the Truth at two Catholic Universities

In a new effort to adulterate Catholic moral teaching, a group of dissident Catholic intellectuals, activists and students plan to gather this Fall for a four-part lecture series themed: “More than a monologue: Sexual diversity and the Catholic Church.”

Two Catholic universities, Fordham University and Fairfield University, together with Yale Divinity School and Union Theological Seminary are sponsoring the event, which will feature speakers who oppose basic Catholic moral values. According to the invitation, “post-Catholics” will be in attendance.

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Details on the four events:

Fordham University, New York (Sept. 16)
Learning to Listen: Voices of Sexual Diversity and the Catholic Church
Union Theological Seminary, New York (Oct. 1)
Pro-Queer Life: Youth Suicide Crisis, Catholic Education, and the Souls of LGBTQ People
Yale Divinity School, Connecticut (Oct. 22)
Same-Sex Marriage and the Catholic Church: Voices from Law, Religion, and the Pews
Fairfield University, Connecticut (Oct. 29)
The Care of Souls: Sexual Diversity, Celibacy, and Ministry

Who are some of the speakers?

Sr. Jeannine Gramick, co-founder of New Ways Ministry, is scheduled to lecture at Catholic Fairfield University. As early as 1999, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a formal condemnation of Sr. Gramick, permanently prohibiting her from all ministry involving homosexuality. This dissident nun went so far as to blaspheme, stating that the holy friendship between Our Lord and Saint John is “for lesbian and gay people a hope for a blessing for same-sex relationships…”

Fr. Donald Cozzens, a Catholic priest whose published writings and interviews undermine priestly celibacy is another speaker. Celibacy is “burdensome and unnecessary,” his writings affirm. In a CNN commentary, Fr. Cozzens further states: “…it should be left to the individual priest and seminarian to determine whether or not he is blessed with the gift of celibacy.” He also received the “Priest of Integrity” award from Voice of the Faithful, a radical dissident group pushing for the destruction of the Church’s hierarchical structure.

Dr. Paul Lakeland is also listed to speak. Although he openly defies Catholic teaching, he runs the Center for Catholic Studies at Fairfield University. A former Jesuit priest, Dr. Lakeland supports abortion, contraception, women’s ordination and same-sex “marriage.”

More dissident speakers are on the roster, but the point is sufficiently clear: the event is a brazen attempt to undermine God’s law and turn the truth upside down.

Who’s funding the event?

The Arcus Foundation, which works to “advance LGBT equality, as well as to conserve and protect the great apes” is bankrolling the endeavor. This foundation pours millions of dollars into programs that, according to its web site, promote the “moral equality” of “LGBT rights” and the protection of monkeys.

Call it sin, not diversity

The homosexual movement would like to “change” the Church because Its holy doctrine is a roadblock to their radical goal: same-sex “marriage,” adoption privileges, and eventually, complete and unrestricted sexual anarchy. “There’s an alarming effort to force teenagers and college students to accept homosexual behavior as normal, even on many Catholic campuses,” observed TFP Student Action Director John Ritchie. “Never has so much sin been promoted in the name of diversity.”

According to TFP research, 41% of Catholic universities and colleges allow pro-homosexual clubs to freely operate on their campuses. (See research report)

“It’s so basic, but worth repeating. God created male and female: Adam and Eve. Tampering with that reality – which is rooted in nature itself – only favors moral confusion and sinful activity,” said Ritchie. “Behavior against nature has a name. It’s called sin, not diversity.”

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Bishops’ decision on gay clubs spells ‘end of the Catholic school system in Ontario’: priest | LifeSiteNews.com

Bishops’ decision on gay clubs spells ‘end of the Catholic school system in Ontario’: priest | LifeSiteNews.com

TORONTO, April 26, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Ontario bishops’ decision to encourage the province’s publicly-funded Catholic schools to set up a network of clubs ostensibly directed at combating bullying related to sexual orientation “spells the end of the Catholic school system in Ontario,” says a leading priest-commentator in the province.

Fr. Alphonse de Valk, editor of Catholic Insight magazine, says that an April 15th memo from the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Ontario (ACBO) is effectively a “green light” to start gay clubs in the Catholic schools.

In that memo and an accompanying ‘messaging’ document sent to the province’s Catholic educational organizations, ACBO President Archbishop Thomas Collins of Toronto said they “encourage” the Catholic high schools to set up groups whose “primary goal ... is to combat bullying related to sexual orientation.”

“It would seem that Archbishop Collins has been under tremendous pressure from the Ministry. He seems to have given in to their demands,” said Fr. de Valk. “I certainly hope that the Archbishop will reconsider this because, if in fact it is an agreement to have gay clubs, it spells the end of the Catholic school system in Ontario.”

The priest explained that the only remaining right Catholic trustees hold in the province is to set policy, because the government has taken over the right to tax Catholics, and school board administration has assumed the right to hire and fire personnel.

“If they surrender the right to set policy and submit to the Department of Education and the Premier of Ontario to set policy for them, it’s the end of the Catholic school system in Ontario,” he said.

“If the Premier insists that he will set the policy, then that’s the end of the Catholic schools. The Premier is openly anti-Catholic and opposed to the teaching of the Church.”

The bishops’ April 15th memo was sent out to trustees by the Ontario Catholic School Trustees Association, which co-wrote it. The documents do not appear to be available online through official channels, but have been published online by LSN.

The bishops’ memo says they are establishing a committee, to begin work by the end of April, that will “establish a framework for these groups, including a common name, to assist Catholic school boards with this anti-bullying initiative.”

The government, however, has expressly forbidden such groups from helping homosexually-inclined students to reform their sexuality – a fact that has some Catholic parents concerned about the bishops’ approach to the issue.

The groups are expected to be ready for launch in the schools by September, though the bishops note that some schools may “have the ability to offer such student-led groups right now.”

Pro-family groups have warned that the Ontario government’s equity and inclusive education strategy, if implemented in the Catholic schools without clear safeguards, would empower board employees sympathetic to the homosexual cause and provide a foothold for homosexual activists in the Catholic system.

Fr. de Valk said the bishops’ approach will ultimately be damaging to students because “the homosexuals will overwhelm them.” “One strong individual who insists on his rights will drive the whole rest of them into a corner,” he explained.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Communist Ernesto Cardenal at Vanderbilt University

They call Fr. Ernesto Cardenal a wonderful poet when, in fact, he should more accurately be described as a radical communist.

Since when has communism helped the poor?
Look at Cuba. Boats loaded with fleeing Cubans still reach US shores to get away from the misery, and yet this man is welcomed into the halls of academia at Vanderbilt to spread his flawed atheist, Marxist, Darwinist views. What a shame.

See this...


http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2011/04/cardenal-reading/

Monday, April 18, 2011

Pro-Homosexual 'Pride Week' (shame) at Georgetown

Once again, "Pride Week" rolled out its pro-homosexual agenda at Georgetown University, America's oldest Catholic university. Maybe it should be more aptly called "Shame Week."

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http://www.thehoya.com/pride-week-works-to-improve-lgbtq-acceptance-on-campus-1.2168643

Teaching "Gay" History in Schools

LOS ANGELES — In California public schools, students are required to learn about black history and women’s history. And if a bill approved by the State Senate this week becomes law, the state will become the first in the country to mandate that schools also teach gay history.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/16/us/16schools.html

Friday, April 15, 2011

Radical Marxist Priest Ernesto Cardenal to Speak at Xavier U: Catholic Students Ask Why


Radical Marxist Priest Ernesto Cardenal to Speak at Xavier U: Catholic Students Ask Why

On April 16th, Xavier University in Cincinnati will welcome Father Ernesto Cardenal, a noted Liberation Theologian, Marxist politician and rebel against Papal authority. Father Cardenal will be reading poetry of his own composition, included a poem inspired by Darwin titled “The Origin of Species,” in the campus Bellarmine Chapel.

Besides his dissident theological opinions, Father Cardenal also worked closely with the avowedly Marxist and patently anti-Catholic Sandinista revolutionary movement in Nicaragua. His exploits, including the founding of a revolutionary commune, which was later converted into a communist guerrilla force,1 garnered the attention of the Sandinista leadership. After the successful revolution, he was appointed to the position of Minister of Culture in the newly-formed Sandinista regime.

The question remains: Why is this man being invited to a Catholic university? What possible reason could there be?

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Youth catechism’s Italian version pulled over contraception error :: EWTN News

Youth catechism’s Italian version pulled over contraception error :: EWTN News

Good thing this bad version was pulled. Imagine.

After 20,000 complaints Jesuit university still promoting Planned Parenthood | LifeSiteNews.com

After 20,000 complaints Jesuit university still promoting Planned Parenthood | LifeSiteNews.com

SEATTLE, Washington, Tue Apr 12, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Seattle University, a Catholic, Jesuit-run university in Seattle, Washington, is still promoting student internships at Planned Parenthood on their website, despite 20,927 complaints having been directed to the school, according to the pro-life organization TFP Student Action.

TFP Student Action began a protest petition in February urging Seattle University President Fr. Stephen Sundborg to remove Planned Parenthood and all other pro-abortion groups from the university’s website, and to stop promoting internships to the nation’s largest abortion provider.

According to the University’s website, public affairs majors are required to participate in an internship with a public or nonprofit organization to fulfill degree requirements. The website provides a list of 29 such organizations with whom public affairs students can intern, among them Planned Parenthood of Western Washington.

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Monday, April 11, 2011

Marxist to Visit Catholic Xavier University

You really can't make this stuff up. Fr. Ernesto Cardenal, the Marxist liberation theologian who served in the violent Sandinista regime of Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua during the 1980s, is visiting Xavier University. Cardenal was captured in a now famous photograph asking for Pope John Paul II's blessing as the Holy Father arrived in Managua in 1983 and instead got a stern reprimand. He was later suspended from the priesthood. Details of his visit are available on the always curious Xavier University activities calendar:

"Father Ernesto Cardenal, one of the greatest living poets from Latin America, is a priest from Nicaragua. He was an active member of the Sandinista movement. As minister of culture he was also one of three priests to hold a position in the Sandinista government. The Academic Service Learning Semesters and Voices of Solidarity will be hosting a bilingual poetry reading to introduce Fr. Cardenal's latest book: The Origin of Species and Other Poems. The event will take place in the afternoon."

The event is also promoted on the website of Xavier University's Bellarmine Chapel, home parish of the head of the troubled archdiocesan Social Action office. In 1999, the Miami Herald published a "Where Are They Now?" piece on Cardenal and other Sandinista radicals.

Source: http://richleonardi.blogspot.com/2011/04/active-member.html

Over 150 Catholic colleges connected to Planned Parenthood

150+ Catholic colleges connected to Planned Parenthood: Cardinal Newman Society | LifeSiteNews.com

All abortion needs to advance is for good Catholics to remain silent, complacent or indifferent...

Friday, April 8, 2011

Georgetown alumni event to feature pro-abort Pelosi

Georgetown alumni event to feature pro-abort Nancy Pelosi | LifeSiteNews.com

Can we still call Georgetown U Catholic?

Abortion Groups Still Promoted at Catholic Seattle University Despite 20,927 Complaints

Planned Parenthood Still Promoted at Catholic Seattle University Despite 20,927 Complaints

Over 20,000 students and parents have politely asked Seattle University, a Catholic Jesuit-run university, not to promote student internships for Planned Parenthood. The formal request also calls for the removal of several web site links that channel students to abortion advocacy groups.

Despite the large number of complaints, however, Planned Parenthood is still listed on the university’s web site and the pro-abortion links remain up and running. Abortion advocacy groups currently listed under “get involved” include: Feminist Majority Foundation, Legal Momentum, National Organization for Women (NOW), and National Organization for Women, Seattle Chapter.

More Pro-Life Leaders Speak Out

Since TFP Student Action started its peaceful protest in February, a group of 16 national pro-life leaders, led by The Cardinal Newman Society (CNS) and Students for Life of America (SFLA), sent a letter to the president of Seattle University calling on him to put an end to the institution’s connections to Planned Parenthood and other pro-abortion organizations.

Protest Here...

Bad News: Same-sex 'Romeo and Juliet' at St. Michael's Catholic College

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20110407/ENT/110406022/St-Michael-s-College-puts-same-sex-spin-Romeo-Juliet-

The article in the Burlington Free Press starts out saying, "Christopher Edwards didn’t set out to direct a same-sex version of “Romeo and Juliet” at a Catholic school during Lent. It just worked out that..."

No. I don't think so. Such a twisted version of "Romeo and Juliet" doesn't just work out that way, out of the blue. There is a growing effort to legitimize same-sex sin, sadly, even on many Catholic campuses. Our culture needs prayers, badly.

Catholic College Won't Give Planned Parenthood Internship Credit | LifeNews.com

Catholic College Won't Give Planned Parenthood Internship Credit | LifeNews.com

St. Michael’s College in Vermont is getting kudos from a Catholic group that monitors colleges and universities for occasions on which they promote abortion. In this case, the school would not give credit for a student’s Planned Parenthood internship.

Monday, April 4, 2011

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Catholic Seton Hall to continue gay ‘marriage’ course

Catholic Seton Hall to continue offering gay ‘marriage’ course | LifeSiteNews.com

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, April 1, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A course at the Catholic Seton Hall University on the history of same-sex “marriage” taught by a gay rights supporter will continue in the Fall 2011 semester after being offered on an experimental basis.

The course, entitled Politics of Gay Marriage, is taught by W. K. Mott, who is openly homosexual and has in the past been demoted at Seton Hall for expressing disagreement with the Church’s teaching on sexual morality. Students interviewed by the student newspaper The Setonian praised the class.

Pro-Homosexuals at Brown University Respond to Peaceful TFP Rally with Violence

Pro-Homosexuals at Brown University Respond to Peaceful TFP Rally with Violence

Update -- 03/29/11: YouTube removed our video of this campaign at Brown without any explanation. We will keep you posted on new developments.

What we faced today at Brown University, an Ivy League university, had the flavor of a religious persecution. As we peacefully campaigned, about 250 frenzied pro-homosexual students gathered to scream, spit, taunt, insult, assault, and even attempt to destroy our traditional marriage banner. Only with supernatural protection, and a strong police presence, did TFP volunteers manage to complete the campaign without serious injury.

Seattle University (Jesuit) Keeps Ties with Planned Parenthood

Even after numerous requests to cut ties with Planned Parenthood, and the offering of internships to students, Seattle University makes not public effort to remedy the scandal.

http://www.cardinalnewmansociety.org/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/435/ItemID/856/Default.aspx