[Apologetics] It's official: Archdiocese scolds Georgetown

[Art Kelly]

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Subject: It's official: Archdiocese scolds Georgetown
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Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012, 4:16 PM








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>From the CNS President, Patrick J. Reilly:  NOW is the time to sign the petition at GeorgetownScandal.com, and help swell our ranks to send a clear message to Georgetown!  The heat is on Georgetown to cancel its invitation to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.  Thanks to YOU, we discovered this scandal and raised the alarm, thousands have signed our petition, and other groups have joined in the effort.  Thank you!

CNS Sends 26,000 Signatures to Georgetown
The Cardinal Newman Society is sending to Georgetown University President John DeGioia the names of more than 26,000 people who joined an open letter urging Georgetown to cancel an invitation to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to speak at a diploma ceremony this Friday.  The results are also being shared with Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C., and Pope Benedict XVI's ambassador to the United States, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano.  Read more...

Statement from Archdiocese: Georgetown Shows 'Disregard to Bishops'  |  The Archdiocese of Washington has issued a statement calling Georgetown University's invitation to "pro-choice" HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to speak at the Jesuit university on commencement day "unfortunate" and revealing an "apparent lack of unity with and disregard for the bishops."

Also read: Archdiocese Editors, Blog Critical of Georgetown

CNS President on FOX News: 'Catholics Are Fed Up With This'  |  Patrick Reilly, president of The Cardinal Newman Society, was featured on "FOX and Friends" recently on the FOX News Channel, discussing Georgetown University's invitation to Kathleen Sebelius and our petition.  Read more...

Stakes Are High with More than 200 Catholic Colleges in U.S.
When Catholic colleges betray the faith, The Cardinal Newman Society is right there to expose scandal and call for reform. With more than 200 Catholic colleges and universities in the U.S., the stakes are high and Catholic families can't afford for CNS to let down the guard. Help us continue this vital work. Please, make a contribution today.

Analysis: Why Sebelius Needs Georgetown
"There is a reason 'pro-choice' Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius hasn't quietly bowed out of delivering a commencement-day address at Georgetown University May 18," suggests The Cardinal Newman Society's Charlotte Hays in The National Catholic Register.  Read more...

Cardinal Dolan's Homerun Commencement Speech on Catholic Identity and Traditional Marriage  |  Timothy Cardinal Dolan gave a rousing commencement speech at The Catholic University of America, tying in the Pope's recent words on the importance of Catholic identity in our Catholic colleges and universities and making a strong defense of traditional marriage.  Read more...

Register Editorial: Georgetown Can't Play Dumb on Significance of Sebelius Invitation  |  The National Catholic Register isn't buying what it describes as a Georgetown University administrator's effort to "downplay the significance" of hosting "pro-choice" HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius as a commencement day speaker at the Jesuit institution.  The editors write: "In truth, it is impossible to assume Georgetown's ignorance about the high stakes involved."  Read more...

Boston College Law School: Standing by Victoria Kennedy
While one Catholic college has rescinded an invitation to "pro-choice" Catholic Victoria Reggie Kennedy, widow of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, to deliver a commencement address, another reportedly publicly reaffirmed that it is standing by its decision to host Kennedy on commencement day.    Read more...

Students, Faculty Don Rainbow Ribbon for Homosexual Rights as Cardinal George Speaks  |  Many graduating seniors and faculty at St. Norbert College's commencement ceremonies donned rainbow ribbons in what can only be seen as a silent statement for homosexual rights as Chicago's Francis Cardinal George delivered his commencement address, according to the Green Bay Press Gazette.  Read more...

Last Weekend's Controversial Commencement Speakers
Over the weekend, many Catholic college and universities held their commencement ceremonies. Sadly, as The Cardinal Newman Society previously reported, too many of them hosted controversial and scandalous speakers.  Read more...

Sexual Orientation Activists to Notre Dame President: 'Listen Up!'  |  The University of Notre Dame's Progressive Student Alliance has posted a video entitled "It Needs to Get Better" that features unidentified speakers urging that the university recognize a gay-straight alliance on campus and that a sexual orientation be added to the Notre Dame's nondiscrimination clause.  Read more...

"Catholic" Theologians Blast Bishops for Opposing Gay "Marriage"  |  A group of "Catholic" theologians are quoted in the online magazine The Daily Beast excoriating the bishops for upholding the Catholic Church's teaching on same-sex "marriage."  Read more...

Catholic U. Prof in the NY Times: Religious Liberty Benefits All  |  "Even in dire national emergencies, our early governments recognized that the state generally should not force a religious individual to violate sincerely held beliefs."  Read more...

Must-See Video on Georgetown Graduation Scandal  |  In only a week, thousands upon thousands of people joined The Cardinal Newman Society in urging Georgetown University to rescind its invitation to HHS Sec. Kathleen Sebelius to speak at a graduation ceremony.  Read more...

Georgetown Student Calls Sebelius Invitation "A Knife in the Gut" for Church Doctrine Defenders on Campus  |  Georgetown University student Kieran Raval sees an unpleasant irony in the Jesuit institution's invitation to "pro-choice" HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to deliver a May 18 commencement day speech at the university.  Read more...

Feminist Organization Celebrates Anniversary at Chicago's Loyola University  |  An organization called "Mary's Pence" reportedly celebrated its 25th anniversary on the campus of Loyola University in Chicago April 28.  Read more...

Georgetown Professors Oppose Sebelius, Others Support Contraception  |  Georgetown Associate Professor of Government Patrick Deneen told The Cardinal Newman Society that he "hit the send" button on his joint faculty letter asking Georgetown President John J. DeGioia to rescind an invitation to "pro-choice" HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to speak at the Jesuit university on commencement day.  Read more...

Population Control Guru Is Commencement Speaker at DePaul University  |  E.O. Wilson, a Harvard professor and two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize who once called humans "an environmental abnormality," is scheduled to speak at DePaul University's commencement on June 10th.  Read more...

Georgetown Students Blog about Sebelius
"In Catholic teaching, there are certain moral principles that are non-negotiable, and Mrs. Sebelius is on the wrong side of many of them."  Read more...

Villanova Prof: Sebelius Invite a "Slap in the Face" of the Bishops  |  He writes at The Mirror of Justice blog: "When will the hierarchy in the U.S. wake up and call universities such as Georgetown to do what the Holy Father instructs them to do?"  Read more...

College Disinvites Bishop: You Would Be "a Distraction" at Graduation Ceremonies  |  Worcester Bishop Robert J. McManus won't be attending graduation exercises at Anna Maria College this year at the behest of college officials, who met with the bishop and asked him to stay home this year.  Read more...

Catholic Professor: Bishops "Un-Christian" on Coverage for Contraception  |  A sociology professor at Fordham University has blasted U.S. bishops and Catholic universities that uphold the Church's teaching on contraception as "un-[C]hristian."  Read more...

Georgetown Edits Sebelius Announcement, Backtracks on 'Commencement Speaker'  |  Rather than rescind its invitation to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to speak at a graduation ceremony for its Public Policy Institute (GPPI) on May 18, Georgetown University quietly edited its website announcement of the event and is  attempting to deny that she is a "commencement speaker."  Read more...

Georgetown Professor: Sebelius Is a "Great Inspiration" for Georgetown Students  |  A former dean of the Georgetown University institute that will host Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius as a graduation day speaker on May 18 calls the "pro-choice" Cabinet member "an inspiration for our students" at the Jesuit university.  Read more...

Pope Urges Catholic Colleges to Embrace Catholic Identity
Addressing bishops from the U.S., Pope Benedict XVI issued a clarion call for the renewal of Catholic identity at America's Catholic colleges and universities, according to Vatican Radio.  Read more...

DePaul Hosts Pro-Abortion Rights Senator
DePaul University allowed pro-abortion rights and pro-gay marriage Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois to hold a press conference on campus.  Read more...

Princeton's Robert George Understands Why Georgetown Invited Sebelius  |  Princeton University Professor Robert George is taken aback by Georgetown University's invitation to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. But he writes at The Mirror of Justice blog that he understands exactly why they did it.  Read more...

Kathleen Sebelius to Speak at Georgetown Commencement Ceremony  |  The Cardinal Newman Society has posted a petition to protest this outrage here: GeorgetownScandal.com.  Read more...

EWTN to Feature Conversion Story of Magdalen President from Anglicanism  |  Dr. George Harne, president of The College of Saint Mary Magdalen in Warner, NH, appeared on EWTN's program The Journey Home on May 7.  Read more...

ND Student Tells How Pre-Class Prayer Aided His Conversion
Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame Law School Professor Rick Garnett wrote at the blog Mirror of Justice that a student of his recently converted to Catholicism.  Read more...

Bill Donohue Asks: "Georgetown University Catholic or Not?"
Bill Donohue, the President of The Catholic League says it's time for Georgetown University to decide whether it's Catholic or not.  Read more...

Wheeling Jesuit Holds Townhall on Obamacare
Wheeling Jesuit University hosted a townhall discussion on the "moral and constitutional aspects" of the Affordable Health Care Act earlier this month.
Read more...

Jesuit University Goes for Trifecta of Scandalous Speakers
The University of San Francisco might just be lining up the most scandalous array of commencement speakers for 2012.  Read more...

Iconography Flourishing at Faithful Catholic College
This summer, The Thomas More College of Liberal Arts is hosting a week-long training seminar in the art of writing icons (i.e., painting).  Read more...

Shocking Vandalism! Chapel Steps Desecrated with Condoms on Georgetown Campus  |  "I couldn't really see what they were doing [but] the one phrase we caught was, 'Whoever gets the most condoms from one end of the Quad to the other wins,'" one student said.  Several students reportedly arrived at the scene around 12:45 a.m. to clean up the mess. One of them summoned a DPS officer, who reported the incident.  Read more...

Bill McGurn: Catholic Church Possibly Only Institution Still Speaking Language of American Declaration  |  McGurn: "In other words, in a day when the foundation of the American founding is itself either obscured or contested, we Catholics hold that there are self-evident truths about man, and that they can be discovered and understood by reason."  Read more...

Medal of Freedom for Georgetown's Madeline Albright
Georgetown University is crowing over the recent announcement that the Obama administration will award the Medal of Freedom to the Mortara Distinguished Professor of Diplomacy Madeline Albright, according to a press release that appears on the Jesuit university's website.  Read more...

Georgetown Will Offer Contraceptive Coverage to Employees, Not Students  |  The president of Georgetown University announced in an email that student plans will not be adjusted to include coverage of birth control this year, but the Jesuit university is going to go right on providing that same coverage to employees, according to the Catholic News Agency.  Read more...

Study: College Age Students Losing Faith
A study from Georgetown University reports that many in the younger generation known as "millenials" are abandoning orthodoxy at an alarming rate.  Read more...

113 Notre Dame Faculty Sign Letter Urging University to Bow to LGBTQ Demands  |  The University of Notre Dame announced it would not add sexual orientation to its nondiscrimination clause. The decision was reportedly a "collective decision" made by top Notre Dame administrators, including Fr. John I. Jenkins, Notre Dame's president.  Read more...

Prof Wants Notre Dame Response to Article Claiming 'Discrimination Against Non-Heterosexual Employees'  |  In a column for the student newspaper The Observer, a University of Notre Dame professor argued that workplace discrimination "against non-heterosexual employees is a fact of life" at Notre Dame.  Read more...

Gay Profs at Notre Dame Speak Out About "Invisible Discrimination."  |  Three homosexual professors at the University of Notre Dame are reportedly saying the Catholic university isn't doing enough to be inclusive to the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) community. Recently, the University announced it would not add sexual orientation to its nondiscrimination clause despite pressure from some student groups and faculty.  Read more...







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