Protesting Extreme Pro-Poped Abortion President Obama
At Our Lady's University, Notre Dame (Indiana)
Dr. Monica Miller & Co. are doing something about it
Compass News Announcement: Feel Invited to Attend!
Published
in The Compass, April 13, 2009, vol. 4, issue 7
(The Following is a re-print of the newsletter [you can subscribe here] which the Editor of the Trailblazers received from Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, on 4/11/2009.)
From Monica Miglirino Miller, Ph.D.
Director of Citizens for a Pro-life
Society
REMINDER: PLAN TO ATTEND A VERY IMPORTANT PLANNING SESSION
REGARDING THE CITIZENS FOR A PRO-LIFE SOCIETY PROTEST OF THE OBAMA COMMENCEMENT
SPEECH AT NOTRE DAME AND THIS SUMMER'S FACE THE TRUTH TOUR--SEE DETAILS
BELOW)
(PLEASE ALSO SEE BELOW A WONDERFUL LETTER PRINTED APRIL 8TH IN THE
NOTRE DAME OBSERVER SIGNED BY 10 HOLY CROSS FATHERS and the letter too from
Archbishop Buechlein of Indianapolis)
COME TO THE PLANNING SESSION:
Thursday, April 16th
St. Gerald's Parish on Farmington Road, just north
of Eight Mile Road in Farmington-- go to the parish hall
7:00pm to
10:00pm Come with your ideas and be prepared for a lively and fruitful
discussion regarding pro-life action.
UPDATE: Citizens for a Pro-life
Society is already planning the following action items:
1) Our group,
together with the Pro-life Action League, will sponsor two billboards just
outside of South Bend, Indiana with a strong message opposing Notre Dame's
invitation to Pres. Obama delivering this year's commencment address. These
billboards are very visible, in high-volume traffic areas and illuminated at
night! They will be up for at least a month. Cost to CPLS
$1000.00
2) We will be taking out a full-page ad (measuring 9.53" X
16") in the Notre Dame student newspaper--the Notre Dame Observer. This ad will
run on April 22nd.
Cost to our group $1200.00
We will send out to
you the exact files of these items as soon as they are ready.
We need to
raise money to off-set the cost of these action items. Please send your donation
to Citizens for a Pro-life Society
67919 Eight Mile Road
South Lyon, MI
48178 SEE YOU AT THE APRIL 16TH MEETING
Archbishop Buechlein
responds to Notre Dame invitation to President Obama
(Editor's note:
Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein<http://www.archindy.org/archbishop> sent
the following letter to Holy Cross Father John I. Jenkins, president of the
University of Notre Dame, to express his disappointment and concern about the
school's invitation to President Barack Obama to speak at the university's
commencement on May 17.)
Dear Father Jenkins:
I join my voice to
the chorus of thousands of faithful Catholics around the United States, and
those of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis in particular, who are appalled and
embarrassed by your recent invitation to President Obama to address the 2009
graduates of Notre Dame.
I was stunned and angered upon hearing the news
of the invitation; in the end, I am among the thousands of good people who are
profoundly saddened by it.
There isn't a single reason that would
justify Catholic sponsorship of the president of our country, who is blatantly
opposed to the Catholic Church's doctrine on abortion and embryonic stem-cell
research.
You dishonor the reputation of the University of Notre Dame
and, in effect, abdicate your prestigious reputation among Catholic universities
everywhere.
Like other people of good faith, I await some action that
indicates your regret concerning a truly wrong decision.
Sincerely in
Christ,
Most Rev. Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B.
Archbishop of
Indianapolis
Work to maintain Catholic traditions
By: Letter to
the Editor [of the Notre Dame Observer]
Posted: 4/8/09
We write as
priests of the Congregation of Holy Cross and as proud graduates of the
University of Notre Dame to voice our objection to the University's decision to
honor President Barack Obama by inviting him to deliver this year's Commencement
address and by conferring on him an honorary Doctor of Laws degree.
We
wish to associate ourselves with and encourage those courageous students and
treasured alumni who, while deeply loving Notre Dame, vigorously oppose this sad
and regrettable decision of the University administration.
It is our
deep conviction that Notre Dame should lead by word and deed in upholding the
Church's fundamental teaching that human life must be respected and protected
from the moment of conception. In so doing the University must take seriously
the 2004 instruction of the U.S. Catholic Bishops that "Catholic institutions
should not honor those who act in defiance of our fundamental moral principles.
They should not be given awards, honors, or platforms which would suggest
support for their actions."
We especially regret the fissure that the
invitation to President Obama has opened between Notre Dame and its local
ordinary and many of his fellow bishops. We express our deep gratitude to Bishop
John D'Arcy for his leadership and moral clarity. We ask that the University
give renewed consideration to Bishop D'Arcy's thoughtful counsel which always
has Notre Dame's best interests at heart.
The University pursues a
dangerous course when it allows itself to decide for and by itself what part of
being a Catholic institution it will choose to embrace. Although undoubtedly
unintended, the University administration's decision portends a distancing of
Notre Dame from the Church which is its lifeblood and the source of its identity
and real strength. Such a distancing puts at risk the true soul of Notre Dame.
We regret that our position on this issue puts us at odds with our
brother priest in Holy Cross, Fr. John Jenkins, C.S.C. Yet, in this instance,
for the good of Notre Dame and the Congregation of Holy Cross, we cannot remain
silent. Notre Dame's decision has caused moral confusion and given many reason
to believe that the University's stance against the terrible evil of abortion is
weak and easily trumped by other considerations.
We prayerfully request
that Fr. Jenkins and the Fellows of the University, who are entrusted with
responsibility for maintaining its essential character as a Catholic institution
of higher learning, revisit this matter immediately. Failure to do so will
damage the integrity of the institution and detract from all the good work that
occurs at Notre Dame and from the impressive labors of its many faithful
students and professors.
We offer these views as we enter Holy Week,
recalling the triumph of Christ's holy cross. As "men with hope to bring" we are
confident that Notre Dame may yet give true honor to its patroness, and witness
to Her Son, through its commitment to the sanctity of life.
Wilson D. Miscamble, C.S.C.
Stephen M. Koeth, C.S.C.
Gregory P. Haake, C.S.C.
Daniel J. Parrish, C.S.C.
Michael B. Wurtz, C.S.C.
Mark R. Ghyselink, C.S.C.
Terrence P. Ehrman, C.S.C.
John A. Herman, C.S.C.
Ronald
J. Wasowski, C.S.C.
Vincent A. Kuna, C.S.C.
Holy Cross Priests
Please pray for an end to abortion.
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