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Protest Corpus Christi in Nebraska!
When Terrence McNally’s
work Corpus Christi shows at the University of Nebraska’s
Studio Theatre on December 1-3, it will generate plenty
of controversy and negative publicity. Wherever it is staged,
the blasphemous play, which portrays Our Lord Jesus Christ
and the apostles as homosexuals, always triggers protests
from deeply offended Catholics who have come to Our Lord’s
defense with vibrant and moving acts of reparation.
On the last night of
the showing, the American Society for the Defense of Tradition,
Family and Property (TFP) and its America Needs Fatima campaign
will be holding a protest at the university’s Studio
Theatre. It will be a peaceful and legal act of reparation
and candlelight prayer vigil featuring the rosary, hymns,
the Divine Praises and other prayers.
Local Catholics and
students are encouraged to attend as a way of showing their
special love for the Incarnate Word. The play, which the
university newspaper The Scarlet says has “adult content,”
is especially offensive since it will show during the Advent
season.
In addition to the act of reparation, the American TFP web
site is promoting a nationwide campaign in which readers
can send protest post cards to the Studio Theatre, expressing
a complete rejection for the play. Similar emails are being
sent to the university’s chancellor asking him to
reconsider the showing given the offense it is causing to
so many Catholics.
Click
here to protest now!
TFP Student Action
is also planning to get involved with its own campaigns.
“Many of our
students find it so unbelievable that such a show is being
staged,” claims TFP Student Action director John Ritchie.
“They are readying and willing to protest.”
Because of dogged protests,
the staging of Corpus Christi has been rare and
restricted. One of the objects of the Nebraska effort is
to keep it that way.
To protest see below!
Date:
Saturday, December 3
Time:
6:45-8:45 p.m. (Assembly at 6:30 P.M.)
Place:
On the sidewalk in front of
The Temple Building
301 N. 12th St.
Lincoln, NE 68588
Click
here to download a printable invitation to this protest
that you can distribute.
Get
involved now! Here is what you can do.
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