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cuastudent,
You say, “acceptance of all types”. Just not acceptance of our Lord’s unborn.

Bp. Lynch at the recent USCCB meeting: “I have never before this year heard the theory that we enjoy the same primacy of respect for legislative interpretation as we do for interpretation of the moral law.”
Thank you, Bp. Lynch. And the reason you’ve never heard about it until recently is that it was just recently made up to advance the agenda of a part of the Church.
C.S. Lewis was right about theocrats:
“I am a democrat because I believe that no man or group of men is good enough to be trusted with uncontrolled power over others. And the higher the pretensions of such power, the more dangerous I think it both to rulers and to the subjects. Hence Theocracy is the worst of all governments. If we must have a tyrant a robber baron is far better than an inquisitor. The baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity at some point may be sated; and since he dimly knows he is doing wrong he may possibly repent. But the inquisitor who mistakes his own cruelty and lust of power and fear for the voice of Heaven will torment us infinitely more because he torments us with the approval of his own conscience and his better impulses appear to him as temptations.”

I am concerned about the calls from the Right-wing regarding increasing the percentage of students who identify as Catholic. Currently, almost 90% of the students already do. The progam that brings the most non-Catholics to campus is CUA’s efforts to recruit and be of service to the denominationally diverse local community in which it is based. It is really an attack on the mostly Protestant and mostly African-American residents of the Brookland neighborhood of Washington, DC.

cuastudent- Yes, the new chaplain is coming from Wake Forest, and from what I have heard and read, he is probably not the best choice for those who like liturgy the way it is supposed to be done. Basically, saying the black and doing the red. Also, very few students that I know even begin to think that the cuallies group is a positive influence on campus…

Gabe- I can count on one hand the number of times that I have been to a Campus Ministry Mass held someplace other than the Shrine. I plan on keeping it that way, unless we can somehow get a TLM on campus, which I doubt.

Another CUA student,
Yes, it is very disappointing that the Board of Trustees would choose a pro-choice Democrat that donated three times to John Kerry’s campaign in 2004. And we are supposed to believe that he will preserve the Catholic nature of the university? He obviously doesn’t think very highly about the sanctity of life. The Board chose “social justice”/socialism over Catholicism in their choice.

The good thing about having the Basilica, with several reverent daily masses, next to CUA is that you can avoid the liberal “campus ministry” altogether, and many students do.

anothercuastudent,
i also think that this might have been more of an academic and endowment decision than simply of catholic identity, seeing as how father o and father bob did so much to truly bring that identity back to cua. While I see that cua is a much better place than it was several years ago, I still believe that it needs the financial resources and academic connections (which can hopefully be provided by Garvey) in order to grow into the top rate institution that it is so very close to becoming (it already is a great school, but I think that it is so very close to fluorishing at a level that we’ve never seen before). Either way, I’m just hopeful that Garvey can continue to improve upon the incredible foundations that father set down!

Diane,

What I mean to say is that the majority of students at cua are accepting of people of different religions, sexual orientation (there is a growing glbtq group on campus that, even though their actions may at times be a little out of line, is generally thought of in a positive manner) because many of us believe that true catholic teaching is about loving everyone, not just those who are staunchly pro-life or right-wing. While most cua students are pro-life and a large amount are fairly conservative, I believe that the silent majority truly do seek this acceptance of people of all types, and believe that all types of people can succeed at catholic, not only what many would refer to as ‘god squad.’

another cuastudent, I really am not that familiar with the new chaplain other than knowing that he is coming from wake forest, could you maybe explain what you aren’t happy about with him?

cuastudent-
Just so you know, not all of us are ecstatic that Garvey was chosen over Towey. Some of us wanted someone whose past did not show wavering on important Catholic issues. That aside, I have heard from multiple people, whom I trust, that Bishop-elect O’Connell actually hoped that Towey, not Garvey would get nod from the Board of Trustees.

That said, while I may not be happy with Garvey, I do have complete trust in the Board and the Vatican with this choice as President of our great institution. And so, welcome President-elect Garvey! If anything, I am less happy with our new Chaplin then I am with our new President, but that is another story…

Hi, cuastudent!

You said, “Can’t we just try to realize that this school is about the advancement of faith and acceptance, …”

I don’t understand what “acceptance” means here. Acceptance of what?

Thanks!