Judie has been a stalwart in the prolife movement for decades. Her insights are invaluable.
http://www.all.org/newsroom_judieblog_response.php?id=2547
Also, I spoke with a prolifer in Indianna today and he mentioned the sense that this is the prolife SELMA.
Of course Selma wasn't "Selma" until the civil rights movement managed to get massive numbers of people there- people who put "flesh" on the "issue" of civil rights.
Had Dr. Martin Luther King and his fellow civil rights activists not thought BIG, Selma would be just another town in Alabama. God rewarded their faithfulness with an amazing victory. May we choose to be as faithful and BOLD.
If even a hundred thousand Catholics show up on that campus the weekend of May 16-17th it will be a watershed moment in the history of this country. Our country needs such a watershed moment as it grows more and more accoustomed to the holocaust of abortion.
WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO DO? Will you sacrifice one weekend out of your life to give "flesh" to the "issue" of abortion in a massive display of atonement for the evil of abortion?
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
3/30/2009 update
Plans are going ahead for a massive Catholic presence in South Bend.
That needs to be top priority for everyone.
Here's some additional contacts who have authority over the University and Fr. Jenkins, the source is Cardinal George's reply to one of our parishioners:
I am writing in reply to the e-mail you sent me about the University of Notre Dame’s decision to invite President Barack Obama to deliver its commencement address this May and to award him an honorary degree on this occasion. Your comments, while appreciated, are misdirected; the University of Notre Dame is not located within the Archdiocese of Chicago and I have no authority over it, either as Archbishop of Chicago or as President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
I suggest that you might direct your correspondence to the following bodies and individuals that, in different degrees, do have jurisdiction over Notre Dame University:
Board of Trustees
c/o Mr. Richard C. Notebaert, Chairman
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
Rev. David T. Tyson, C.S.C.
Provincial Superior
Priests of the Holy Cross
Indiana Provincial Administration Center
PO Box 1064
Notre Dame, IN 46556-1064
Fax: 574-289-0487
E-Mail: sfocht@nd.edu
Congregation for Catholic Education
Palazzo della Congregazioni, Piazza Pio XII, 3
00193 Roma
ITALY
Fax: 011.39.06.69.88.41.72
Thank you for writing. May God bless you and those you love.
Sincerely yours,
Francis Cardinal George, OMI Archbishop of Chicago
That needs to be top priority for everyone.
Here's some additional contacts who have authority over the University and Fr. Jenkins, the source is Cardinal George's reply to one of our parishioners:
I am writing in reply to the e-mail you sent me about the University of Notre Dame’s decision to invite President Barack Obama to deliver its commencement address this May and to award him an honorary degree on this occasion. Your comments, while appreciated, are misdirected; the University of Notre Dame is not located within the Archdiocese of Chicago and I have no authority over it, either as Archbishop of Chicago or as President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
I suggest that you might direct your correspondence to the following bodies and individuals that, in different degrees, do have jurisdiction over Notre Dame University:
Board of Trustees
c/o Mr. Richard C. Notebaert, Chairman
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
Rev. David T. Tyson, C.S.C.
Provincial Superior
Priests of the Holy Cross
Indiana Provincial Administration Center
PO Box 1064
Notre Dame, IN 46556-1064
Fax: 574-289-0487
E-Mail: sfocht@nd.edu
Congregation for Catholic Education
Palazzo della Congregazioni, Piazza Pio XII, 3
00193 Roma
ITALY
Fax: 011.39.06.69.88.41.72
Thank you for writing. May God bless you and those you love.
Sincerely yours,
Francis Cardinal George, OMI Archbishop of Chicago
Saturday, March 28, 2009
E-mail the Pope about the University
BenedictXVI@Vatican.va
Here's another option. e-mail THE POPE
BUT WHATEVER YOU DO, EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE IN SOUTH BEND MAY 16/17.
WITH PLENTY OF COMPANY.
THIS IS A GRASS ROOTS MOVEMENT. WHICH MEANS THIS WILL ONLY HAPPEN IF EACH ONE OF US SPREADS THE WORD.
IF WE DO NOT SHOW UP WE WILL SURRENDER TO YET ANOTHER SCANDAL ON A CATHOLIC CAMPUS- A UNIVERSITY WHICH CLAIMS OUR BLESSED MOTHER'S NAME.
IF A SCANDAL OF THIS PROPORTION ON THE MOST RECOGNIZED CATHOLIC CAMPUS IN THE UNITED STATES DOESN'T SPUR US TO ACTION- NOTHING WILL.
NO MORE HAND WRINGING OR DARKNESS-CURSING.
ENCOURAGE AND CHALLENGE FAMILY, CHURCH, AND PERSONAL CONTACTS TO JOIN US THAT WEEKEND AND SPREAD THE WORD.
REMEMBER THIS IS A GRASS ROOTS MOVEMENT WHICH MEANS IT IS UP TO EACH OF US TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
THE WORLD CANNOT POSSIBLY TAKES US SERIOUSLY IF WE LET THIS PASS.
THIS PARTICULARLY SCANDAL IS HAPPENING AT A PARTICULAR PLACE AT A PARTICULAR TIME.
THAT IS WHY WE NEED TO BE THERE
IT WILL BE BROADCAST AROUND THE WORLD.
IF WE ARE NOT THERE, OUR ABSENCE WILL BE THE STORY.
IF WE ARE THERE OUR PRESENCE WILL CHALLENGE THE SCANDAL AND BE THE STORY.
OUR PRESENCE WILL HELP TELL THE PRESIDENT THAT WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT ABORTION IS MURDER.
THAT WE HONOR OUR BLESSED MOTHER AFTER WHOM THIS UNIVERSITY IS NAMED.
OUR ABSENCE WILL SPEAK TO THE PRESIDENT AS WELL
IF YOU CANNOT BE THERE YOU CAN STILL HELP RECRUIT OTHERS TO BE THERE IN YOUR PLACE.
MOST SACRED HEART IN EUREKA HAS DECIDED TO START BY FILLING A BUS.
LETS MAKE SURE EVERY PARISH DOES THE SAME.
IT'S VERY AFFORDABLE, ONLY $1450.00 FOR A MID-AMERICA 50-55 PASSENGER COACH FOR THE ENTIRE WEEKEND (INCLUDES A HOTEL FOR THE DRIVER).
THERE SHOULD BE NO HOUSING COSTS, WE WILL WORK WITH PARISHES IN SOUTH BEND TO FIND GYM/CAFETERIA FLOORS TO CALL HOME FOR SATURDAY NIGHT
CONTACT YOUR CHURCH/YOUTH GROUP/MEN'S GROUPS/KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS/WOMEN'S GROUPS/CHRIP GROUPS/FRIENDS/ PARISHIONERS AND INVITE AND CHALLENGE THEM TO FORM A PILGRIMAGE TO SOUTH BEND.
ASK YOUR PASTOR FOR 3 MINUTES AFTER COMMUNION AT ALL ALL OF NEXT SUNDAY'S MASSES TO EXPLAIN THIS GRASS ROOTS MOVEMENT AND MOTIVATE THEM TO JOIN US.
WE OWE IT TO PREBORN CHILDREN.
WE OWE IT TO THE PROLIFE STUDENTS OF THAT UNIVERSITY.
WE OWE IT TO THE STUDENTS OF THAT UNIVERSITY WHO ARE APATHETIC ABOUT OR SUPPORTIVE OF ABORTION.
WE OWE IT TO OUR PRESIDENT- WHO IS BEING MISLED ABOUT WHAT CATHOLICS REALLY BELIEVE BY THE UNIVERSITY'S INVITATION.
WE OWE IT TO OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, THE AUTHOR OF ALL LIFE.
WE OWE IT TO OUR LADY WHOSE NAME THAT UNIVERSITY CLAIMS AS HER OWN.
WE OWE IT TO OURSELVES AND OUR CHILDREN, LEST WE BECOME EVEN MORE DISCOURAGED.
ASK THOSE YOU RECRUIT REGARDING THIS SCANDAL:
IF NOT THIS--- WHAT?
IF NOT NOW-- WHEN?
IF NOT US -- WHO?
WHAT MESSAGE WILL WE SEND BY BEING THERE?
WHAT MESSAGE WILL WE SEND BY OUR ABSENCE?
THOSE WHO CANNOT BE THERE CAN FORM PRAYERS GROUPS.
24 HR ADORATION WOULD BE AWESOME!
BEGINNING AT 3PM ON THE 16TH AND ENDING WITH THE MERCY HOUR ON THE 17TH- PRAYING THAT WE WILL BE FAITHFUL.
BUT OUR FIRST PRIORITY MUST BE TO GET EVERYONE THERE WE POSSIBLY CAN.
AND TO START NOW.
I
Here's another option. e-mail THE POPE
BUT WHATEVER YOU DO, EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE IN SOUTH BEND MAY 16/17.
WITH PLENTY OF COMPANY.
THIS IS A GRASS ROOTS MOVEMENT. WHICH MEANS THIS WILL ONLY HAPPEN IF EACH ONE OF US SPREADS THE WORD.
IF WE DO NOT SHOW UP WE WILL SURRENDER TO YET ANOTHER SCANDAL ON A CATHOLIC CAMPUS- A UNIVERSITY WHICH CLAIMS OUR BLESSED MOTHER'S NAME.
IF A SCANDAL OF THIS PROPORTION ON THE MOST RECOGNIZED CATHOLIC CAMPUS IN THE UNITED STATES DOESN'T SPUR US TO ACTION- NOTHING WILL.
NO MORE HAND WRINGING OR DARKNESS-CURSING.
ENCOURAGE AND CHALLENGE FAMILY, CHURCH, AND PERSONAL CONTACTS TO JOIN US THAT WEEKEND AND SPREAD THE WORD.
REMEMBER THIS IS A GRASS ROOTS MOVEMENT WHICH MEANS IT IS UP TO EACH OF US TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
THE WORLD CANNOT POSSIBLY TAKES US SERIOUSLY IF WE LET THIS PASS.
THIS PARTICULARLY SCANDAL IS HAPPENING AT A PARTICULAR PLACE AT A PARTICULAR TIME.
THAT IS WHY WE NEED TO BE THERE
IT WILL BE BROADCAST AROUND THE WORLD.
IF WE ARE NOT THERE, OUR ABSENCE WILL BE THE STORY.
IF WE ARE THERE OUR PRESENCE WILL CHALLENGE THE SCANDAL AND BE THE STORY.
OUR PRESENCE WILL HELP TELL THE PRESIDENT THAT WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT ABORTION IS MURDER.
THAT WE HONOR OUR BLESSED MOTHER AFTER WHOM THIS UNIVERSITY IS NAMED.
OUR ABSENCE WILL SPEAK TO THE PRESIDENT AS WELL
IF YOU CANNOT BE THERE YOU CAN STILL HELP RECRUIT OTHERS TO BE THERE IN YOUR PLACE.
MOST SACRED HEART IN EUREKA HAS DECIDED TO START BY FILLING A BUS.
LETS MAKE SURE EVERY PARISH DOES THE SAME.
IT'S VERY AFFORDABLE, ONLY $1450.00 FOR A MID-AMERICA 50-55 PASSENGER COACH FOR THE ENTIRE WEEKEND (INCLUDES A HOTEL FOR THE DRIVER).
THERE SHOULD BE NO HOUSING COSTS, WE WILL WORK WITH PARISHES IN SOUTH BEND TO FIND GYM/CAFETERIA FLOORS TO CALL HOME FOR SATURDAY NIGHT
CONTACT YOUR CHURCH/YOUTH GROUP/MEN'S GROUPS/KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS/WOMEN'S GROUPS/CHRIP GROUPS/FRIENDS/ PARISHIONERS AND INVITE AND CHALLENGE THEM TO FORM A PILGRIMAGE TO SOUTH BEND.
ASK YOUR PASTOR FOR 3 MINUTES AFTER COMMUNION AT ALL ALL OF NEXT SUNDAY'S MASSES TO EXPLAIN THIS GRASS ROOTS MOVEMENT AND MOTIVATE THEM TO JOIN US.
WE OWE IT TO PREBORN CHILDREN.
WE OWE IT TO THE PROLIFE STUDENTS OF THAT UNIVERSITY.
WE OWE IT TO THE STUDENTS OF THAT UNIVERSITY WHO ARE APATHETIC ABOUT OR SUPPORTIVE OF ABORTION.
WE OWE IT TO OUR PRESIDENT- WHO IS BEING MISLED ABOUT WHAT CATHOLICS REALLY BELIEVE BY THE UNIVERSITY'S INVITATION.
WE OWE IT TO OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, THE AUTHOR OF ALL LIFE.
WE OWE IT TO OUR LADY WHOSE NAME THAT UNIVERSITY CLAIMS AS HER OWN.
WE OWE IT TO OURSELVES AND OUR CHILDREN, LEST WE BECOME EVEN MORE DISCOURAGED.
ASK THOSE YOU RECRUIT REGARDING THIS SCANDAL:
IF NOT THIS--- WHAT?
IF NOT NOW-- WHEN?
IF NOT US -- WHO?
WHAT MESSAGE WILL WE SEND BY BEING THERE?
WHAT MESSAGE WILL WE SEND BY OUR ABSENCE?
THOSE WHO CANNOT BE THERE CAN FORM PRAYERS GROUPS.
24 HR ADORATION WOULD BE AWESOME!
BEGINNING AT 3PM ON THE 16TH AND ENDING WITH THE MERCY HOUR ON THE 17TH- PRAYING THAT WE WILL BE FAITHFUL.
BUT OUR FIRST PRIORITY MUST BE TO GET EVERYONE THERE WE POSSIBLY CAN.
AND TO START NOW.
I
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Pilgrimage to the University- Joe Scheidler
Today is the solemnity of the Annunciation, when Mary said YES to life.
The University which bears Our Lady's name is saying NO to life.
We owe it to Our Father in Heaven who chose Mary as His mother to do the honorable thing and defend her good name.
I just had the privlege of speaking with Joe Schiedler of the ProLife Action League in Chicago.
There will definitely be activities in South Bend the weekend of April 16-17th. Plans are in the works.
I see this as the ProLife Selma- time to put our bodies where our mouths are; to speak with our actions as well as our words: NOT IN HIS HOUSE.
E-mails/letters/phone calls are necessary and good but not SUFFICIENT.
It is time we, en masse, confront the culture of death which has invaded our Church
There is no doubt, from Fr. Jenkins interview in the student paper, that the University intends to go through with this abomination.
WE MUST ALL plan to be in South Bend that weekend. No excuses.
WE MUST ALL spread the word (particularly by e-mail) to everyone we know and have them do likewise.
THIS is a GRASSROOTS effort. It will not succeed unless each of us does our part.
We do not need to wait until FOCA comes up in D.C.---
FOCA IS COMING TO US- thanks to the University.
Also, if you know anyone who has children who will be graduating that day, I have a dream of how that evil can be confronted from the inside:
As the President begins to speak, the graduates
I see God's hand in that dream. May the students and family members of the University make that dream a reality.
Please pass this "DREAM" to everyone you know so eventually it will get to those who have children at Notre Dame so they can make it happen.
The University which bears Our Lady's name is saying NO to life.
We owe it to Our Father in Heaven who chose Mary as His mother to do the honorable thing and defend her good name.
I just had the privlege of speaking with Joe Schiedler of the ProLife Action League in Chicago.
There will definitely be activities in South Bend the weekend of April 16-17th. Plans are in the works.
I see this as the ProLife Selma- time to put our bodies where our mouths are; to speak with our actions as well as our words: NOT IN HIS HOUSE.
E-mails/letters/phone calls are necessary and good but not SUFFICIENT.
It is time we, en masse, confront the culture of death which has invaded our Church
There is no doubt, from Fr. Jenkins interview in the student paper, that the University intends to go through with this abomination.
WE MUST ALL plan to be in South Bend that weekend. No excuses.
WE MUST ALL spread the word (particularly by e-mail) to everyone we know and have them do likewise.
THIS is a GRASSROOTS effort. It will not succeed unless each of us does our part.
We do not need to wait until FOCA comes up in D.C.---
FOCA IS COMING TO US- thanks to the University.
I HAVE A DREAM
As the President begins to speak, the graduates
- one by one
- from the first row to the back
- stand up and proclaim "I AM AN UNBORN CHILD",
- with each new person joining in the chorus it gradually builds to a creshendo.
- They will say nothing more.
- They will not respond to anything that's said to them.
- As long as the President speaks they will continue to chant
"I AM AN UNBORN CHILD"
If only 30% of those in attendance join in, they will represent the 30% of their generation who did not survive the abortion holocaust.
I see God's hand in that dream. May the students and family members of the University make that dream a reality.
Please pass this "DREAM" to everyone you know so eventually it will get to those who have children at Notre Dame so they can make it happen.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Bishop D'Arcy announces he will boycott the University's graduation. Read his letter, he says a lot in a short statement. God bless him.
http://catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=15467
This is the direct number to Fr. Jenkins' office: 574-631-3903.
As of 2:30 pm today, the operator said they're in the process of clearing the voicemails as his box is full. Keep those "cards and letters" coming.
Also, in St. Louis we're already organizing a pilgrimage to South Bend for the weekend of April 16/17. I pray that others will join us.
If we are to overcome the Culture of Death we need to clean our own house first. As Catholics, I can't think of a better place to start.
http://catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=15467
This is the direct number to Fr. Jenkins' office: 574-631-3903.
As of 2:30 pm today, the operator said they're in the process of clearing the voicemails as his box is full. Keep those "cards and letters" coming.
Also, in St. Louis we're already organizing a pilgrimage to South Bend for the weekend of April 16/17. I pray that others will join us.
If we are to overcome the Culture of Death we need to clean our own house first. As Catholics, I can't think of a better place to start.
South Bend Paper poll
Go to: southbendtribune.com. This newspaper has a poll: Do you agree with Notre Dame's selection of President Obama as a commencement speaker?
Monday, March 23, 2009
Scandal.com Petition and MY comments
The Cardinal Newman Society and Catholic Vote.org haveposted the following recomendations--
1) Go to www.NotreDameScandal.com. Together our aim is to collect thousands of signatures and present them to University officials. Sign the petition now.
2) Contact Notre Dame (we're already doing that)
3) Join your fellow CatholicVote.org members in a prayer of reparation on May 17 from 2-4 PM. We encourage you to organize local groups to pray for mercy for the decision by Notre Dame, but also for our nation for continuing to permit the tragedy of abortion.
***If you live in the Midwest, or near Notre Dame University, we invite you to personally join us in prayer at the Grotto on the campus of Notre Dame from 2-4 PM on May 17, where we will be joined by several Notre Dame professors, alumni, and current students. The gathering will be a peaceful and prayerful.
4) Please forward this message to your family and friends. Let them know about Notre Dame's decision to honor the most pro-abortion President in American history. We must not remain silent over this scandal
MY COMMENTS:
Catholic vote and the Cardinal Newman society have done wonderful things and my hats off to them for responding to this scandal. I am not however in agreement with all their comments.
I definitely like the prayer idea but am convinced that the Grotto will not hold the massive numbers that BETTER make it to South Bend that weekend.
I couldn't disagree with them more that a protest "will give "the wrong impression". The only wrong impression has been the relative silence of the masses in the pews over such scandals.
I suspect a few too many lawyers who by nature tend to be overly cautious, were consulted before the recomendations were made.
Why let the University control things, up to and including limiting our even to the time the President is there?
There should be a massive rally on the Saturday before, followed by an even more massive, prayerful picket of the University whereever we are able to manage it.
All the better if we are able to do it on the campus, so we can prayerfully reconsecrate those hallowed grounds that have been scandalized by this decision. To reclaim them for Our Lady, whose name the University claims as it's own.
I resent the inference that if you have too many prolifers, or we are actually protesting while we pray, we might be violent, or give a bad impression. Here we have prolifers, before the fact, limiting themselves by saying the campus is off limits. The only BAD IMPRESSION is that it's taken us this long to publically and in massive numbers confront this particular EVIL.
We do not have a gentlemen's disagreement with the University. They are directly advancing the cause of EVIL, we are there to claim the cross of Jesus. Not "Touchdown jesus", but the Jesus who suffered and died on a real cross, far less concerned about impressions than He was about being faithful to His Father's will.
We can walk and chew gum at the same time. Our massive protest will involve plenty of singing and praying. We know that it is only with God's help that our efforts have any meaning. But when the boat is sinking, we can pray while we grab life vests and put the lifeboat overboard.
The University brags about divresity and encouraging dialogue, we should approach them EXPECTING a place for our rally. After all as faithful Catholics we have far more right to be on that campus than the man who repeatedly opposed the Infants Born Alive Act, and is waiting in the wings for the opportunity to sign FOCA.
And those prolifers who feel led to pray at the Grotto can and will pray for the thousands and thousands who will be protesting/praying elsewhere.
I'll admit my Irish is up, but I know I'm thinking clear on this one. If we can't even reclaim the Catholic identity of our Universities how in the world do we expect to effect change in our culture at large.
1) Go to www.NotreDameScandal.com. Together our aim is to collect thousands of signatures and present them to University officials. Sign the petition now.
2) Contact Notre Dame (we're already doing that)
3) Join your fellow CatholicVote.org members in a prayer of reparation on May 17 from 2-4 PM. We encourage you to organize local groups to pray for mercy for the decision by Notre Dame, but also for our nation for continuing to permit the tragedy of abortion.
***If you live in the Midwest, or near Notre Dame University, we invite you to personally join us in prayer at the Grotto on the campus of Notre Dame from 2-4 PM on May 17, where we will be joined by several Notre Dame professors, alumni, and current students. The gathering will be a peaceful and prayerful.
4) Please forward this message to your family and friends. Let them know about Notre Dame's decision to honor the most pro-abortion President in American history. We must not remain silent over this scandal
MY COMMENTS:
Catholic vote and the Cardinal Newman society have done wonderful things and my hats off to them for responding to this scandal. I am not however in agreement with all their comments.
I definitely like the prayer idea but am convinced that the Grotto will not hold the massive numbers that BETTER make it to South Bend that weekend.
I couldn't disagree with them more that a protest "will give "the wrong impression". The only wrong impression has been the relative silence of the masses in the pews over such scandals.
I suspect a few too many lawyers who by nature tend to be overly cautious, were consulted before the recomendations were made.
Why let the University control things, up to and including limiting our even to the time the President is there?
There should be a massive rally on the Saturday before, followed by an even more massive, prayerful picket of the University whereever we are able to manage it.
All the better if we are able to do it on the campus, so we can prayerfully reconsecrate those hallowed grounds that have been scandalized by this decision. To reclaim them for Our Lady, whose name the University claims as it's own.
I resent the inference that if you have too many prolifers, or we are actually protesting while we pray, we might be violent, or give a bad impression. Here we have prolifers, before the fact, limiting themselves by saying the campus is off limits. The only BAD IMPRESSION is that it's taken us this long to publically and in massive numbers confront this particular EVIL.
We do not have a gentlemen's disagreement with the University. They are directly advancing the cause of EVIL, we are there to claim the cross of Jesus. Not "Touchdown jesus", but the Jesus who suffered and died on a real cross, far less concerned about impressions than He was about being faithful to His Father's will.
We can walk and chew gum at the same time. Our massive protest will involve plenty of singing and praying. We know that it is only with God's help that our efforts have any meaning. But when the boat is sinking, we can pray while we grab life vests and put the lifeboat overboard.
The University brags about divresity and encouraging dialogue, we should approach them EXPECTING a place for our rally. After all as faithful Catholics we have far more right to be on that campus than the man who repeatedly opposed the Infants Born Alive Act, and is waiting in the wings for the opportunity to sign FOCA.
And those prolifers who feel led to pray at the Grotto can and will pray for the thousands and thousands who will be protesting/praying elsewhere.
I'll admit my Irish is up, but I know I'm thinking clear on this one. If we can't even reclaim the Catholic identity of our Universities how in the world do we expect to effect change in our culture at large.
More numbers/e-mail contacts
I called the diocese of South Bend (260) 422-4611 and was given the following contact numbers:
The University President Fr. Jenkins' Holy Cross superior: 574-631-6196
Vince in the Diocensan Communications office- 574-422-4611 X 3666
The most direct e-mail address I found for Fr. Jenkins is: http://president.nd.edu/contact-us
Keep those cards and letters going.
MAY 17th is not far off so make plans to head north.
************************The commencement is MAY 17th ******************************
The University President Fr. Jenkins' Holy Cross superior: 574-631-6196
Vince in the Diocensan Communications office- 574-422-4611 X 3666
The most direct e-mail address I found for Fr. Jenkins is: http://president.nd.edu/contact-us
Keep those cards and letters going.
MAY 17th is not far off so make plans to head north.
************************The commencement is MAY 17th ******************************
NOT IN OUR HOUSE
Notre Dame University announced on Friday that they have invited President O'Bamma to be the commencement speaker at their LAW school on MAY 17.
I will include a copy of my e-mail to the university below, but first here's what needs to be done:
1. Call the University and express your outrage: 574-631-7367
2. E-mail them and do likewise: newsinfo@nd.edu
3. Spread the word far and wide.
3. Set aside your calender for the weekend of MAY 16/17th for a trip to South Bend. Do that now as a University that thinks it's bigger than the Church itself is not likely to bow to the pressure. As Catholics WE MUST draw a line in the sand over this.
Ask everyone to work on putting together a caravan (ideally a bus) from their parish.
I'll be checking on parishes in South Bend where we can spend the night to keep the costs down.
I plan to get a bus from our parish to make the trip- it's only a 5 1/2 hour drive- chump change compared to the March For Life trip.
NOT IN OUR HOUSE is a famous saying of the University. As a Catholic College they are OUR HOUSE. I think our motto should be "NOT IN OUR HOUSE"
MY e-mail to the University is below.
I am shocked and appalled at the University's decision to invite the most pro-abortion president in the history of our country as the law school commencement speaker.
You dishonor Our Blessed Mother who's name you claim as your own.
And as if to rub her face in it, you have the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe (when she appeared as a pregnant woman) just below that of President O'Bamma on your web site (http://www.ask.com/bar?q=notre+dame&page=1&qsrc=0&ab=0&u=http://www.nd.edu/)
You dishonor the tens of millions of preborn children who have died at the hands of abortionists since Roe v Wade/Doe v Bolton.
How dare you disgrace your Catholic heritage with such a decision.
Shame on the University (I will no longer dishonor Our Lady by using her name to describe your institution).
If you have even an ounce of integrity, you will no longer use the term "Catholic" to describe your University.
May God forgive you,
I will include a copy of my e-mail to the university below, but first here's what needs to be done:
1. Call the University and express your outrage: 574-631-7367
2. E-mail them and do likewise: newsinfo@nd.edu
3. Spread the word far and wide.
3. Set aside your calender for the weekend of MAY 16/17th for a trip to South Bend. Do that now as a University that thinks it's bigger than the Church itself is not likely to bow to the pressure. As Catholics WE MUST draw a line in the sand over this.
Ask everyone to work on putting together a caravan (ideally a bus) from their parish.
I'll be checking on parishes in South Bend where we can spend the night to keep the costs down.
I plan to get a bus from our parish to make the trip- it's only a 5 1/2 hour drive- chump change compared to the March For Life trip.
NOT IN OUR HOUSE is a famous saying of the University. As a Catholic College they are OUR HOUSE. I think our motto should be "NOT IN OUR HOUSE"
MY e-mail to the University is below.
I am shocked and appalled at the University's decision to invite the most pro-abortion president in the history of our country as the law school commencement speaker.
You dishonor Our Blessed Mother who's name you claim as your own.
And as if to rub her face in it, you have the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe (when she appeared as a pregnant woman) just below that of President O'Bamma on your web site (http://www.ask.com/bar?q=notre+dame&page=1&qsrc=0&ab=0&u=http://www.nd.edu/)
You dishonor the tens of millions of preborn children who have died at the hands of abortionists since Roe v Wade/Doe v Bolton.
How dare you disgrace your Catholic heritage with such a decision.
Shame on the University (I will no longer dishonor Our Lady by using her name to describe your institution).
If you have even an ounce of integrity, you will no longer use the term "Catholic" to describe your University.
May God forgive you,
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
ProLife talk at Sacred Heart in Eureka
Dr. William Brennan of St. Louis University, will speak at Most Sacred Heart in Eureka on Sunday, March 22 at 7PM in the Pope John Paul II Library.
Dr. Brennan is a nationally recognized author and speaker. He will speak on the subject of his latest book:
John Paul II on Confronting the Language Empowering the Culture of Death in Ideology, Medicine and Law
Dr. Brennan's research uncovers how everyday language is used to support the "culture of death" and sensitizes us to recognize that language when we encounter it.We cannot defeat an enemy we do not understand.
Sacred Heart is on the Southwest corner of I-44 and Hwy 109 (turn East at the traffic light one block South of I-44).
Please join us at the John Paul II library which is accessed through the double doors at the base of the "U" in the parish courtyard.
Copies of Dr. Brennan's book will be available for purchase for 1/2 price. Here's Ignatius Press' information on the book:
http://www.ignatius.com/ViewProduct.aspx?SID=1&Product_ID=3451&AFID=12&
Dr. Brennan is a nationally recognized author and speaker. He will speak on the subject of his latest book:
John Paul II on Confronting the Language Empowering the Culture of Death in Ideology, Medicine and Law
Dr. Brennan's research uncovers how everyday language is used to support the "culture of death" and sensitizes us to recognize that language when we encounter it.We cannot defeat an enemy we do not understand.
Sacred Heart is on the Southwest corner of I-44 and Hwy 109 (turn East at the traffic light one block South of I-44).
Please join us at the John Paul II library which is accessed through the double doors at the base of the "U" in the parish courtyard.
Copies of Dr. Brennan's book will be available for purchase for 1/2 price. Here's Ignatius Press' information on the book:
http://www.ignatius.com/ViewProduct.aspx?SID=1&Product_ID=3451&AFID=12&
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