Sister Jane Dominic Laurel
Posted on 04/01/2014 5:20:24 AM PDT by NYer
Sister Jane Dominic Laurel
The faithful across America are growing increasingly disturbed after a faction of students and parents of a Catholic High School in Charlotte, North Carolina initiated an online petition condemning a popular speaker for enunciating the Church’s position on homosexuality, divorce and single parenting during a recent assembly.
According to the Catholic News Herald, the incident occurred on March 21 when Sister Jane Dominic Laurel, a Dominican nun based in Nashville, Tennessee addressed a student assembly at the school.
Her talk, entitled “Masculinity and Femininity: Difference and Gift,” is based on the teachings of Blessed John Paul II’s Theology of the Body. The presentation focused on the differences between the genders, the role of the family, importance of real friendships, emotional intimacy and the impacts of contemporary culture on our concepts of sexuality.
Sister Jane, who has a doctorate in sacred theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, said she has given the talk more than 80 times in 25 states without a problem.
School officials claimed that about half of her hour-long presentation involved homosexuality, including the correlation between the decline of fatherhood in America and the rise in homosexuality.
When reached by telephone, Sister Jane said she presents the Catholic viewpoint toward persons with same-sex attraction by saying “homosexual persons do not need our judgment, they need our compassion.”
But that’s not how some students and faculty heard it. After the presentation, Sister Jane was accused of being insensitive and offensive in her remarks. Students told their parents she criticized gays and lesbians and made inflammatory remarks about single and divorced parents.
As a result, a student started a petition listing 10 objections to her remarks, including this one: “We resent the fact that a school-wide assembly became a stage to blast the issue of homosexuality after Pope Francis said in an interview this past fall that ‘we can not insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and the use of contraceptive methods.’ We are angry that someone decided they knew better than our Holy Father and invited (this) speaker.”
In addition, parents called for a letter-writing campaign, sending out emails that listed the addresses of the Diocese of Charlotte, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, even the pope in the Vatican.
More than 2,000 supporters have signed the petition.
However, not everyone at the assembly was upset by the comments. Students in support of Sister Jane launched their own petition drive defending her and the Church: “We the students of Charlotte Catholic High School, acting on our Catholic beliefs, are declaring a formal objection towards all those who do not accept Sister Jane Dominic’s lecture … We are outraged that the topics talked about are being debated within a community where the shared faith teaches us what truly is holy and that anyone would stand up against a nun, who has given her life for the Lord, and blatantly deny God’s teachings.”
The dueling viewpoints will come to a head on April 2 when the school will hold a meeting to address parents who are upset about what happened. Bishop Peter Jugis of the Diocese of Charlotte is planning to attend.
Click here to sign the petition in support of Church teaching!
Why not adopt the policies of Nero?
I mean, he was one of the greatest and most benevolent rulers in history, right?
Oh Lawd—can’t believe it—a nun teaching what the Church teaches. Look she’s Asian—and we know those Asian Catholics are all reactionaries (lol). Why do they want to make Pope Francis the liberal poster boy?
Move over Joan Chittister (I always loved her named —Sister Chittister) Bring on Sr. Jane !!!!!
Silly to enroll in a Catholic school and be “offended” by a Catholic perspective on modern culture. Liberals take any criticism as if someone is dripping acid on their brain.
A little early to be drinking, wouldn't you say?
That was my thought, too. They should just take their kids, and go back to a government school where their beliefs are the norm.
And it begins. The left using Pope Francis to try to endorse their sinful positions. The Pope said the Church needs to share all their teaching and not focus on just two or three themes. He DID NOT SAY that the Church condoned these sins.
Or he was being sarcastic.
School officials claimed that about half of her hour-long presentation involved homosexuality, including the correlation between the decline of fatherhood in America and the rise in homosexuality.
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Wow! Such a hateful thing for her to say! String her up by her thumbs!
Yeah... hard to tell that I was being sarcastic...
This astounds me. People send their kids to a Catholic high school, then get upset when someone teaches things consistent with the teachings of the Catholic church. The kids I get - they’re stupid and need to be educated. The parents protesting? Sheer lunacy.
That requires logical thought on their part(an ability these liberal Catholic parents obviously don’t have).
Leftist code for refusing to give into the homo agenda.
Okay, how do you have a presentation on human sexuality at a Catholic high school without, you know, at least touching on the Church’s teaching on abortion, homosexuality and contraception? As even the petitioners admit, Pope Francis didn’t say not to teach on those subjects. If I recall correctly, he said to teach them in the greater context of the Christian gospel.
Seriously, if you send your kids to any flavor of Christian school, and then get angry when they’re exposed to Christian doctrine, what you want is a public-school education. And you’re paying twice for that. In other words, you’re a sucker.
Perhaps someone ought explain to those who are complaining that that the exit is down the hall, through the double doors. See ya.
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