Posted on 06/16/2009 10:32:28 AM PDT by NYer
Parents wondering what their hard-earned money is supporting at Catholic colleges and universities might be interested in the latest findings from the Cardinal Newman Society.
The organization has discovered 10 Catholic colleges and universities that are promoting student internships with organizations whose missions or activities are directly opposed to the Church’s moral teachings on issues related to abortion and marriage.
“Under what definition of ‘Catholic education’ do students receive academic credit to work for leading pro-abortion organizations?” asked Patrick Reilly, president of The Cardinal Newman Society.
The “Dirty Deca” includes the following schools:
Boston College - recommends opportunities for students to work ‘pro bono’ for the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts.
College of St. Benedict & St. John’s University - the school’s Gender and Women’s Studies program promotes internship opportunities with the pro-abortion Feminist Majority Foundation and organizations supporting same-sex marriage.
DePaul University - the institution’s Women’s and Gender Studies program offers credit for internships, noting that students have interned with abortion provider Planned Parenthood and the Chicago Women’s Health Center, which offers emergency contraceptive services and alternative insemination for “lesbians, bisexual, and queer couples, single women of any sexual orientation, and trans people.”
Georgetown University - permits students to receive universityfunding for interning at abortion advocacy organizations.
Loyola University of Chicago - their website lists opportunities for internships and volunteer opportunities at Chicago’s National Organization for Women, the Feminist Majority Foundation, Planned Parenthood, and the Chicago Abortion Fund.
St. Edward’s University - has allowed students to work at NARAL Pro-Choice Texas to fulfill a “Community Service in Women’s Studies” credit requirement.
St. Norbert College - - the college’s Women’s and Gender Studies program recommends internships at several pro-abortion and same-sex marriage promoting organizations, including NOW, Legal Momentum, Planned Parenthood, the National Women’s Health Network, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and PFLAG.
University of Notre Dame - the university’s Gender Studies program offers internships for academic credit at places such as the National Organization for Women.
University of San Francisco - the school’s Media Studies program has promoted internships with the California Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League and Girlfriends Magazine.
There are plenty of quality Catholic colleges and universities where your money would be better spent.
The very existence of a “Women’s Studies” or “Gender Studies” program ought to be a major red flag.
I consider the above list of 10 universities fix-er-upers. The bishops of those universities under their charge better fix them or resign.
God’s time is infinite but the bishops’ time are not.
Well said...
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I’m surprised that Notre Dame is not on this list after Obortion Obama’s sppech there.
John Paul II: Ex Corde Ecclesiae (From the Heart of the Church)
Bingo.
My sister’s two daughters went to secular universities, because none of the orthodox Catholic colleges offers anything in the sciences. She estimates that Cultural Marxist/Diversity/Gender courses, required by Federal law, cost them about $15K per daughter, in worthless credit hours.
So sorry my dear.
If you meant to allow the bishops to “talk” more, I decline. They have done plenty of that, over the past 50 years.
I’m surprised you don’t want to ask for action then.
Well, let’s see.
We have, collectively, been asking them for actions, or rather, simply maintain the “minimum requirement” for so long I can’t remember exactly.
This is not particular to ex-cordie or humanae vitae or bunch of other stuff. We have asked them to help safeguard us as catholics by way of appropriate actions. Next to nothing.
There is no need to beat the dead horse, let them wake up on their own.
My action for them? Prayers and pity.
I agree with the prayer. Over 100 spoke out against Obama and his stand on abortion during the elction.
Over 75 spoke out about the Notre Dame debacle.
I think the prayer does help. A lot of bishops are getting a lot more backbone.
We also need to keep praying for Pope Benedict who is replacing the bad bishops — I call them Bernardin boys — with his choices of staunch, standing for the truth bishops. Thank you Pope Benedict.
Yes, unfortunately we have a big crew of handicapped handymen pretending to take care of those fix-er-uper universities. Well, let's just call them companymen to be polite :-D
It is. Second from the bottom.
All they could find was 10? What? Did they decide to not look very hard?
If it were my child wanting a degree in a science field (I have one looking at biology, currently), I would rather send him to the state university than to a “Catholic” university that’s no different.
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