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Terrible Scandal Hits 32 22 Catholic Colleges Again

TFP Student Action launches effort to restore modesty on Catholic campuses

Feminist groups on twenty-two American Catholic Universities are planning a new assault against the Church’s traditional moral teaching, by organizing showings of the lewd play, “The V***** Monologues” in the weeks surrounding St. Valentine’s Day. (Asterisks added for modesty).

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Saint Gemma Galgani, an example of angelic purity and a model for Catholic college students in our days.

The choice of St. Valentine’s Day is particularly offensive, since it is a feast day the Church instituted to honor three martyrs who died to defend the Faith.

According to the Cardinal Newman Society¹, the play is a conglomeration of vulgarities, obscenities and explicit discussions of sexuality and sexual encounters including lesbian activity and masturbation.

Their description continues: “In one scene, a woman describes her seduction by a lesbian woman when she was 16 years old, declaring it her "salvation" and an important coming-of-age experience. The older woman leads the girl into sex by serving her alcohol and abusing her authority as an elder."

“I cannot imagine why this immoral play would be shown at a single Catholic university, let alone twenty-one of them,” said TFP Student Action director John Ritchie. “We are asking our affiliate members on 716 campuses to protest. Catholic universities need to be morally correct, not politically correct.”

Together with the Cardinal Newman Society – TFP Student Action has successfully protested these outrageous performances, achieving partial victory. In 2003, thirty-two Catholic institutions planned to allow the play on campus. However, this year, only twenty-one Catholic universities appear to be willing to allow it.

Why don't Catholic universities promote the extraordinary modesty and purity of Saint Thérèse ofLisieux as the solution to the sexual revolution?

In 2004, Bishop John M. D'Arcy issued a statement regarding “The V***** Monologues,” which has sadly been allowed at the University of Notre Dame year after year, despite the protest of faculty and students. "Freedom in the academy is always subject to a particular discipline. It is never an absolute… Freedom in the Catholic tradition is not the right to do this rather than that. That would be an entirely superficial idea of freedom… Freedom is the capacity to choose the good," said Bishop D’Arcy.²

Now, TFP Student Action web site readers can send an instant PROTEST E-MAIL to the presidents of all twenty-one Catholic universities apparently involved in 2006. Everyone needs to be concerned.

After being forced to see the play as part of a class, Christopher, a Catholic student from Massachusetts wrote: “…it was a horrible exhibit of vice, lust, and infidelity. Everything about the play was decidedly opposed to just about everything the Church teaches, whether it be about sexuality, abortion, contraception, holy matrimony, modesty, chastity, vulgarity, humility, reverence, you name it…”

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2006 Performances of "The V***** Monologues"
(according to V-Day³)

Note: We are grateful to Mr. Patrick Reilly, president of the Cardinal Newman Society, for his efforts to stop this play on Catholic campuses. He kindly provided TFP Student Action with a list of campuses where “The V***** Monologues” is scheduled. The list below was compiled by the Cardinal Newman Society and will be updated as the protest develops, using the information CNS places on its web site:

Aquinas College
Dr. Harry Knopke, President
1607 Robinson Rd. S.E., Grand Rapids, MI 49506
Phone: (616) 632-2881
E-Mail: knopkhar@aquinas.edu

*Canceled*
Assumption College
Dr. Thomas R. Plough, President
500 Salisbury St., Worcester, MA 01609
Phone: (508) 767-7321
E-mail: tplough@assumption.edu
Assumption College informed the Cardinal Newman Society that the announced campus performance will not occur, although the college has not said it banned the event.

Bellarmine University
Dr. Joseph McGowan, President
2001 Newburg Rd., Louisville, KY 40205
Phone: (502) 452-8000
E-Mail: jmcgowan@bellarmine.edu

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

*Canceled*
Carlow University
Dr. Mary E. Hines, President
3333 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: (412) 578-6270
E-mail: hinesme@carlow.edu
Dr. Mary Hines, president, has informed the Cardinal Newman Society that the announced campus performance will not occur. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Carlow said it "will no longer allow" the "Monologues" on campus.

*Canceled*
Catholic University of America
Very Rev. David M. O’Connell, C.M.
620 Michigan Ave. N.E., Washington, DC 20064
Phone: (202) 319-5100  
E-mail: cua-president@cua.edu
Very Rev. David O'Connell, CM, president of CUA, announced 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
Main campus & Law Center
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

*Canceled*
Marquette University
Rev. Robert A. Wild, S.J., President
P.O. Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
Phone: (414) 288-7223
E-mail: robert.wild@marquette.edu
Steven Frieder, assistant to the president, has assured CNS that Marquette will not allow students to present the V-Monologues on campus.

*Canceled*
New York Medical College
Rev. Msgr. Harry C. Barrett, D.Min., M.P.H., President
Sunshine Cottage Rd, Hawthorne, NY 10532
Phone: (914) 993-4000
Msgr. Harry Barrett, president of New York Medical College, assured the CNS that the V-Monologues would not be performed on their campus.

*Canceled*
Providence College
Rev. Brian J. Shanley, O.P, President
549 River Avenue, Providence, RI 02918-0001
Phone: (401) 865-2153
E-mail: bshanley@providence.edu
Rev. Brian Shanley, O.P., president of Providence College, has banned the V-Monologues on campus. He released a statement regarding his decision which can be read here.

Regis College
Dr. Mary Jane England, President
235 Wellesley St., Weston, MA 02493
Phone: (781) 768-7122
E-mail: england@regiscollege.edu

*Canceled*
Sacred Heart University
Anthony J. Cernera, Ph.D., President
5151 Park Ave., Fairfield, CT 06825-1000
Phone: (203) 365-4725
E-mail: cerneraa@sacredheart.edu
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

*Canceled*
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
The office of Dr. Judith Dwyer, President, informed the CNS that no performance will occur in 2006. The student organizer reports that the play is postponed until next year, no specific reason given.

Seattle University
Rev. Stephen V. Sundborg, S.J., President
900 Broadway, Seattle, WA 98122
Phone: (206) 296-1891
E-mail: sundborg@seattleu.edu

*Canceled*
Seton Hall University
Msgr. Robert Sheeran, S.T.D., President
400 South Orange Ave., South Orange, NJ 07079
Phone: (973) 761-9620
E-mail: sheeraro@shu.edu
Rev. Anthony Figueiredo, Executive Director of Mission and Ministry at Seton Hall University, has announced 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
Rev. John Jenkins, C.S.S, in a statement to the faculty and students of Notre Dame, announced that this year's performance will still go on but be restricted to a classroom with no ticket sales. He has promised a new policy on the "Monologues" within the next few weeks, signaling that he might ban the play in the future. Although there is reason to be hopeful, Notre Dame remains on our protest list as long as the play is scheduled for this year. Click here to read his statement.

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

*Canceled*
University of Scranton
Rev. Scott R. Pilarz, S.J., President
800 Linden St, Scranton, PA 18510
Phone: (570) 941-7500
E-mail: pilarzs2@scranton.edu
Rev. Scott Pilarz, S.J., president, has informed CNS that the announced campus performance will not occur, although the university has not said it banned the event.

Footnotes:

1. http://www.cardinalnewmansociety.com

2. http://www.diocesefwsb.org/COMMUNICATIONS/monologues.htm

3. http://www.v-day.com