Posted on 06/13/2011 6:25:02 AM PDT by marcbold
I believe that Roxanne Martino, the University of Notre Dame Trustee who just resigned over her support of virulently pro-abortion groups, was just a mere symptom of a much greater disease.
Something has been sticking in my craw these last few days. It is this line used by Martino in her resignation statement and is similar to the defense mounted for her by Fr. Jenkins and his minions on the Notre Dame Board.
“In the best interests of the University, I regretfully have decided to step down from the Notre Dame Board of Trustees,” Martino said in the statement. “I dearly love my alma mater and remain fully committed to all aspects of Catholic teaching and to the mission of Notre Dame. I had looked forward to contributing in this new role, but the current controversy just doesn’t allow me to be effective.”
I remain fully committed to all aspects of Catholic teaching. Aspects? If my wife quizzed me on whether I am a faithful husband and I responded by saying, “Honey, I remain fully committed to all aspects of our marriage vows,” she would slap my face and run off crying.
The only people who say I remain fully committed to all aspects of something are people who are not fully committed to some aspects. Truth be told, when it comes to Catholic teaching, this phraseology is as close as you can to saying “seamless garment” without getting invited to Father Fr. Pfleger’s house for dinner and some light meditation.
Father Jenkins, President of Notre Dame, and Richard Notebaert, chairman of the University’s board of trustees, used similar language in their defense of Martino...
(Excerpt) Read more at ncregister.com ...
Great article Pat. On the heels of the 2009 0bama commencement speech debacle, it is time to call Fr. Jenkins out for what is accurately defined as “lying”. It is quite obvious that Fr. Jenkins is blind to his transgressions and is no more “fully committed to all aspects of Catholic teaching” than is deposed Board member Martino.
. . .I have no doubt that Notre Dame would never bestow an honorary doctorate in science to an astronomer who vigorously advances the agenda of geocentricity or a chemist who refuses to teach his students the periodic table, or award an honorary doctorate in divinity to a theologian who is an unrepentant apologist for racial apartheid and white supremacy, regardless of what these three individuals may have accomplished or how well their celebrity may be received by the wider culture and its influential institutions.
Why then would the University of Notre Dame bestow an honorary doctorate of laws on someone who for his entire public life has enthusiastically fought for a segment of the human population, the unborn, to remain permanently outside the protections of the law? Not only that, he has also demanded that our legal regime require that his fellow citizens, including Catholics, underwrite the destruction of these prenatal human beings. And not only that, he is right now preparing to remove by executive order protections that were put in place so that pro-life physicians, nurses, medical students, and others in the health care field may not be forced to participate in abortions or be discriminated against for refusing to do so or even harboring such beliefs.
Unless the university does not believe that the Church's understanding of the moral law is true and knowable, it can no more in good conscience award an honorary doctorate of laws to a lawyer who rejects the humanity of the proper subjects of law than it could in good conscience award an honorary doctorate in science to a geocentric astronomer who rejects the deliverances of the discipline he claims to practice.
Either Jenkins knew about Martino’s contributions and chose to ignore them (and lied), or he should have known before appointing her. In either case, there’s proof that he’s not fit for the job.
Either Martino knew about what Emily’s List was all about (and lied), or she should have known before giving them many thousands of dollars. In either case, there’s proof that she’s not fit for the job.
Sometimes it really is that simple.
I believe Fr. Jenkins to be a man with an ability to study and learn things but not to be a leader.
Father Michael Pfleger and Father John Jenkins, CSC, are a couple of priests who are in dire need of help. Perhaps scandal by priests should be a subject of prayer.
Matthew 18:6 comes to mind...
Matt 18:6But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. (NIV)
There is too much bad influence on our youth without bad priests in places where they receive attention tend to make this worse.
Maybe the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame are more interested in football, money, and power than in the Teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. Woe to such people on:
Judgement Day!
May God have mercy on their souls! The Just Judge may render a very harsh verdict on such people/priests!
SHE’S GONE??!! THAT’S GREAT NEWS!!!
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