Notre Dame Alumni Use Donations As Leverage in Effort to Oust University President

CNS News ^ | April 17, 2009 | Susan Jones

[don-o]

I will answer for the Missus and the answer is YES!!

(I’m not Catholic and I did.)

[bgill]

launched an online campaign to withhold donations to the Catholic school until the Rev. John Jenkins is replaced as president.

Yes, money talks but withholding donations will also affect students' scholarships. It's not the students' fault but this action will hurt them.

[little jeremiah]

Thank you, I will sign in that case.

[don-o]

Collateral damage. Perhaps the students need to get busy to stop this travesty.

[kellynla]

Thanks for posting!

[kellynla]

Thanks for the ping.

Fr. Jenkins is gonna wish he never heard of Obama before this whole thing is over. LOL

[ScottinVA]

Done.

[incredulous joe]

Wait to see how hopping mad they are going to be after Barry gets his fake degree.

[GOP Poet]

I will pray the same will happen here as well. I did not know this is how the WM & Mary incident turned out. This is great to hear. Let it happen again and soon.

[Antoninus]

Can non-Catholics sign or should it only be Catholics? I totally support this!

I'm guessing that guys like Fr. Jenkins take non-Catholic signatures more seriously than those of Catholics, actually. They stopped listening to us *years* ago.

[Labyrinthos]

During his first 100 days in office, President Obama has signed an order to allow taxpayer funding for stem cell research that kills human embryos; he resumed the use of taxpayer dollars for international groups that support or perform abortions; and his administration has proposed rescinding conscience protections for pro-life medical professionals. During his campaign, Obama promised the Planned Parenthood Federation of America that “the first thing I’d do as president” would be to sign the Freedom of Choice Act into law. The federal legislation would eliminate state and federal restrictions on abortion, including waiting periods, parental consent, and the ban on partial-birth abortion.

In addition, the 0bama tax plan, if aoproved, will substantially reduce, if not eliminate, tax deductions for charitable contributions to colleges and universities.

[Antoninus]

Yes, money talks but withholding donations will also affect students' scholarships. It's not the students' fault but this action will hurt them.

Good. Then maybe more of them will be able to attend authentically Catholic schools.

If you really want to make a difference, take the money you would have donated to ND and send it to Christendom College, Ave Maria University, Thomas Aquinas College, Magdalen College, or John Paul the Great University. All are institutions much more worthy of donations than ND.

[Mrs. Don-o]

The decent prolife alumni who are withholding donations from Notre Dame due to the Obama stink, have recommended that donors give specifically to this on-campus group instead: these are the students and faculty who are struggling over the long haul to promote prolife values and the ethical integrity of Notre Dame.

Friendlies, high-fives, prayers and encouragement to:

The Notre Dame Fund to Protect Human Life
c/o Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture
1047 Flanner Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Phone: 574-631-9656
Fax: 574-631-6290
Email: ndethics@nd.edu

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[Mrs. Don-o]

Yeah! Ewes! Gnus! Hindus! Jews!

[Dr. Scarpetta]

BTTT!

[gathersnomoss]

See William & Mary...

[RikaStrom]

The president of Williams and Mary was ousted? I saw the initial story, but didn’t see the follow up. Good for them.

[Mrs. Don-o]

For you.

[50mm]

[jmaroneps37]

Send back our Notre Dame gear: if Father Jenkins won’t listen to us maybe he’ll listen to his wallet
April 13, 2009, 6:50 am
By Kevin “Coach” Collins

http://collinsreport.net

If Notre Dame won’t withdraw its invitation to Barack Obama the champion of abortion, Catholics and others of goodwill have to withdraw support for Notre Dame. It’s time to take direct action and let our feelings be known.

Father Corby’s dream of a Catholic college dedicated to Our Lady as a place where young Catholic men and now women could receive a Catholic education is obviously no longer a Catholic school.

I’m tired of phonies masquerading as Catholics and aiding enemies of the Church with backstabbing stunts like this. Since Notre Dame wants to suck up to the secular world, let the secular world support it. Let’s have nothing more to do with them and send Father Jenkins the ND gear we’ll never wear again.

ND gear should be sent to Father John I. Jenkins at 400 Main Building Notre Dame, IN 46556.

We don’t need to show support for a football team. We need a Catholic university to turn out educated Catholics strong in their faith.

Inviting Obama sends a terrible message to the young people sent to Notre Dame for spiritual nourishment and intellectual growth. Without spiritual nourishment what’s left is a secular school unworthy of our support.

To do the most good and make the most impact send your new or laundered ND gear via return receipt requested mail. This will make a big impact as packages pile up. Once you have your package ready write out a short polite note letting Father Jenkins know how disappointed you are at the death of Notre Dame. Wait a few days then phone Father Jenkins at 574 6313903 to make sure your package was received.

If Notre Dame doesn’t want to be Catholic, that’s fine, but let’s have no more pretending it’s more than a secular maze of buildings.

Notre Dame gets a very large portion of its operating budget from the sales of items with the famous ND logo on them. It is possible to buy “Notre Dame” everything from Tee shirts and windbreakers to notebooks and even Bar B Q sauce. Hitting them in their wallet is the only move we have left. They have already had more than 250, 000 protesters register their complaints and nothing has happened.

Catholic colleges are supposed to be the “little black box” of the Church in America. As such they supposed to be places where things are done properly. Instead they have turned secular and become exactly the opposite of what they should be.

I’m sending my old ND Tee shirt this afternoon. I’m sorry it came to this but we can’t let the people who run THE Catholic University of America, our Catholic University throw its reputation away without a fight.

Once this catches on we’ll start getting attention to our cause and maybe more somnambulant Catholics will come to understand what is happening at our un-Catholic Catholic schools.