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Moral
Chaos at the
University of Notre Dame
During the week of October 10-14,
2005, students at the prominent Catholic University of Notre
Dame faced another assault against traditional Catholic morality
on campus: "National Coming Out Day." The week-long
event included shocking pro-homosexual activities with titles
such as:
- Speak Out! Sex and Gender at Notre Dame Rally
- Come Out of Your Closet!
- Library Exhibit: Famous LGBT [Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgender] Individuals
- The Process of Coming Out: A Panel Discussion
- Gay? Fine by Me T-shirt Day
An email alert circulated by a Notre
Dame graduate student on October 7 advertised pro-homosexual
activities stating: "All campus Masses [on Sunday, October
9] will be dedicated to creating a more welcoming environment
for ND GLBTQ [gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer]
students. Homilies at Mass in residence halls and the Basilica
will reflect this message, and prayer cards and rainbow ribbons
will be distributed during all campus Masses."
The same email also invites students
to watch a film called Ma Vie En Rose [My Life in Pink].
A description of the movie talks about one of the characters:
"Ludovic is a young boy who can't wait to grow up to
be a woman."
According to The Observer,
Notre Dame's Graduate Student Union and Sociology Department
sponsored a "coming out" experience:.A life-size
orange closet draped with a rainbow curtain was placed on
the quad in front of the South Dining Hall. Students on their
way to lunch were given pink flyers and urged to support the
homosexual agenda by literally coming out of this large closet.1
More Symptoms of Moral Decay
This week's outrage comes on the heels
of other troubling pro-homosexual events. On February 10,
2005 Notre Dame hosted its second annual "Queer Film
Festival," where notorious dissident Catholic speakers
freely voiced their scandalous opinions. At one session, pro-homosexual
Sister Jeannine Grammick is reported to have told students:
"I'm beginning to believe that the greatest sin for lesbian
and gay people is to want to be straight."2In
1999, Pope John Paul II permanently prohibited Sister Grammick
from all and any pastoral work involving homosexuals. Causing
grave scandal, she ignored the order from Rome and continues
to contradict Church teaching.
To
sign a petition to stop moral chaos at Notre Dame, click
here.
Another featured guest speaker at the
2005 "Queer Film Festival" was Terrence McNally,
author of "Corpus Christi," a blasphemous play that
portrays Our Lord Jesus Christ and His Apostles as homosexuals,
and which the American TFP protested in 1998.3
Unfortunately, that is not all. A few days after the "Queer
Film Festival," amid widespread opposition, the lewd
feminist play "V***** Monologues" was performed
on campus with the support of three university departments.
Before this appalling scenario, Notre
Dame's Catholic administrators are virtually silent, if not
complacent. In fact, despite the protests, 2006's "Queer
Film Festival" is apparently still scheduled, although
there is talk that it will undergo a name change.
The Ploy of Academic Freedom
The Most Reverend John M. D'Arcy,
bishop of the diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana,
opposed the deplorable "Queer Film Festival" in
a statement:
This presentation is an abuse
of academic freedom. Pope John Paul II makes clear the
place of academic freedom when he says it must always
be linked to certain values central to a Catholic university.
Freedom is always linked to
truth. In this seminar, held at a Catholic university, there
is no place given to the presentation of Catholic teaching
on the matter of homosexuality. The rights of others are
violated. What about the rights of the church to have its
teachings properly presented? What about the rights of parents
of those students at Notre Dame who find the content of
this seminar offensive?4
Launching a prayerful protest
The mission of a Catholic University
includes counseling students away from sin, providing them
with insights to the necessity and beauty of the virtue
of chastity that some may have never known. As Blessed Jacinta
warned: "The sins which lead most souls to hell are
sins of the flesh!"
That is why TFP Student Action is
launching a peaceful and prayerful protest, asking the recently
elected president of the University of Notre Dame, Fr. John
I. Jenkins, C.S.C., to uphold Catholic morality. The success
of this protest depends largely on your prayers. Please
pray for the end of homosexual sin and for the perseverance
of Catholic students.
The more letters we generate, the
better. Join the e-petition.
Click here to sign your protest message.
Then forward this article to your
friends. Call Fr. Jenkins to complain (always politely and
respectfully). Personal letters are effective. Send them
to:
Rev. Fr. John I. Jenkins, CSC, President
University of Notre Dame
317 Main Building
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Phone: 574-631-5000
Email: Jenkins.1@nd.edu
Dr. Thomas G. Burish, Provost
University of Notre Dame
300 Main Building
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Email: tburish@nd.edu
or provost@nd.edu
Phone: 574-631-6631, Fax: 574-631-6897
Other numbers to call:
Alumni Association
Phone: 574-631-6000
Email: alumni-support-l@lists.alumni.nd.edu
Vice President for Public Affairs
and Communication
Ms Hilary Crnkovich
Phone: 574-631-6798
Email: crnkovich.1@nd.edu
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