Posted on 04/13/2009 1:47:55 PM PDT by grace522
By JOHN P. CONNOLLY, The Bulletin Monday, April 13, 2009 The University of Notre Dame, which has been criticized in recent weeks for inviting President Barack Obama to this year’s commencement, announced a series of events during Easter week to promote inclusivity of homosexuality.
StaND Against Hate Week, announced on Holy Thursday, includes a showing of the film “Prayers for Bobby,” which reportedly blames a mother’s Christian beliefs for her gay son’s suicide. The event will take place from tomorrow through Friday, which is during the Christian celebration of Easter week.
The week is co-sponsored by Notre Dame’s Gender Relations Center, student government and University Counseling Center.
“Christianity is under attack from within our own Catholic universities,” said Patrick J. Reilly, President of The Cardinal Newman Society, an organization that works to preserve the identity of Catholic colleges. “The bad news continues, perhaps appropriately on the day when we recall Christ’s terrible agony in the Garden of Gethsemane. We need Catholics worldwide to draw the line, here and now, by joining more than 255,000 witnesses for the Faith at NotreDameScandal.com.”
The week includes a screening of the film “Prayers for Bobby,” which portrays Mary Griffith, a faithful Christian mother who seeks spiritual healing for her homosexual son, as the cause of her son’s suicide. According to a review at ReligionDispatches.org, the film biography ignores the real-life Bobby’s drug use and “stint as a gay prostitute.” The real Mary Griffith has renounced her faith and champions homosexual rights, including same-sex marriage.
The announced agenda for the week indicates no effort to teach students about Catholic teaching on homosexual activity as gravely sinful.
April 17 is the one-year anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI’s address to Catholic educators in Washington, D.C., during which he called Catholic colleges and universities to a stronger Catholic identity.
John P. Connolly can be reached at jconnolly@thebulletin.us
Notre Dame is a harlot.
Ought to rename it to Notre Pervert
Ping
is the school actually doing this and is it true that there are hardly any catholic professors there and I mean professors who are catholic in name only
If Mary is really watching over this place, she and her Son are both very, very angry.
Notre Damned....
LOL
It is the best paper well beyond the border of Pennsylvania.
Notre Lame gets even lamer.
A ping-worthy thing?
is this an event the university is putting on or is it an event a club at notre dame is putting on?
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No joke. I wish it was.
Anyone heard any homilies lately about the sin of homosexuality that young people might have heard? Not me.
Pelosi and Kennedy are fine examples fo so-called catholic/liberal/democrats. The Catholic church has to make the Catholic teachings quite clear to these people or kick them out of the faith.
It certainly gets preached in fundie evangelical churches.
This is absolutely NOT a joke. I only wish it was. The left destroys everything!!
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