Category Archives: Alumni

Georgetown Alum William Peter Blatty Says Canon Law Suit “Our Only Hope”

May 18, 2012 – 10:38 am

William Peter Blatty’s 1971 novel The Exorcist—which went on to become an Oscar-winning movie—depicts an epic battle of good versus evil waged under the auspices of the Catholic Church.  Reportedly based on a real exorcism Blatty heard about as an undergraduate on a scholarship at Georgetown University, the novel is steeped in Catholicism. Indeed, the “hero” of The [...]

By Charlotte Hays | Also posted in Abortion, Catholic Identity Policy, Curriculum, Ex corde Ecclesiae, Strong Catholic Identity, Student Life | Comments Off

CNS Sends More Than 26,000 Signatures to Georgetown Opposing Invitation to HHS Secretary Sebelius

May 16, 2012 – 10:12 am

The Cardinal Newman Society is sending to Georgetown University President John DeGioia the names of more than 26,000 people who joined an open letter urging Georgetown to cancel an invitation to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to speak at a diploma ceremony this Friday. The results are also being shared with Cardinal Donald [...]

By Charlotte Hays | Also posted in Catholic Identity Abuse, Faculty, Pope Benedict XVI, Religious Liberty, The Bishops | Comments Off

The Georgetown Eight Ask That Sebelius Invitation Be Rescinded

May 9, 2012 – 11:50 am

Patrick J. Deneen, who is soon to leave his post as Associate Professor of Government at Georgetown University, has launched a campaign to obtain Georgetown faculty signatures on a letter asking Georgetown President John J. DeGioia  to rescind an invitation to “pro-choice” HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to speak at the Jesuit university on commencement day. [Tell [...]

By Charlotte Hays | Also posted in Abortion, Catholic Identity Abuse, Contraception, Ex corde Ecclesiae, Faculty, Religious Liberty | Comments (1)

After Fluke Contraception Talk, Students Call on Georgetown for Equal Presentation of Church Teachings

April 19, 2012 – 2:18 pm

As The Cardinal Newman Society reported last week, Jesuit Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., hosted activist Sandra Fluke on April 16 for a talk to fellow Georgetown students about contraception.  Now, a group of Georgetown alumni and students are calling on Georgetown president John DeGioia to provide an equal opportunity for “the virtues of the Church’s teaching s [...]

By Adam Wilson | Also posted in Catholic Identity Abuse, Contraception, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

‘Honor your father’ Alive and Well at Thomas Aquinas College

March 27, 2012 – 11:49 am

There’s no way around it.  Any Catholic college that so clearly honors and reveres its chaplain is worthy of the full attention of Catholic families looking for a rock-solid faithful education. Thomas Aquinas College recently held a celebration in San Francisco in honor of its head chaplain, Rev. Cornelius M. Buckley, S.J., marking his 50th anniversary [...]

By Adam Wilson | Also posted in Newman Guide, Strong Catholic Identity | Comments Off

‘Dear Father Jenkins’ Campaign Launched by Notre Dame Alumni against HHS Mandate

February 29, 2012 – 10:56 am

The past few weeks have witnessed increasing opposition to President Obama’s unjust HHS mandate from a number of faithful Catholic colleges and universities.  Belmont Abbey College and now Ave Maria University even have law suits in motion against this assault on religious liberty.  Many Catholic universities and other institutions have followed the US bishops’ lead in sounding [...]

By CNS Staff | Also posted in Notre Dame, Religious Liberty | Comments (1)

Notre Dame Hiding the Decline?

January 17, 2012 – 10:03 am

An alumni group from the University of Notre Dame is criticizing the university for its “damaging and ominous decision” to no longer make available information on Catholic faculty representation by department that had previously been disclosed. Project Sycamore reports that in recent years, the University has shown that while the law school has shown an [...]

By CNS Staff | Also posted in Notre Dame, Uncategorized | Comments (2)

Notre Dame Alumni Pray for Life

October 6, 2011 – 2:57 pm

The Notre Dame Alumni Association is inviting anyone and everyone to join the Notre Dame family in a 744-hour, continuous prayer during October, Respect Life Month. United, we pray for the reverence and protection of all human life, from conception to natural death. The month of October is also dedicated to the Holy Rosary, so [...]

By CNS Staff | Also posted in Notre Dame, Uncategorized | Comments (1)

Notre Dame Alumni: University Pro-Life Policy Is Severely Compromised by Its Actions

September 27, 2011 – 11:05 am

The alumni group dedicated to protecting Notre Dame’s Catholic identity has posted a summary noting the high and low points of the University’s record on life issues, especially stem cell research, over the past few years. From Sycamore Trust’s report: In short, there is cause for dismay but not despair. The University’s professed pro-life policy [...]

By CNS Staff | Also posted in Catholic Identity Abuse, Strong Catholic Identity | Comments Off

Thomas Aquinas College Most Popular Catholic College with Alumni & Applicants

June 14, 2011 – 1:31 pm

Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, CA, is the only Catholic college in the United States to be ranked in U.S. News & World Report‘s 2011 top-10 lists for yield–the percentage of accepted students who end up enrolling–and popularity among alumni–the percentage of graduates who give money back to their school. In the yield category, TAC [...]

By CNS Staff | Also posted in Newman Guide, Strong Catholic Identity | Comments Off

Notre Dame Grad Makes Our Lord OK with Abortion in Play

April 19, 2011 – 10:48 am

At National Review Online, Kathryn Jean Lopez considers what may have influenced a University of Notre Dame graduate who wrote a play in which a character representing Jesus asserts that he does not “really have an issue with” abortion. Lopez writes: ‘This is a loving, caring Jesus,” is how the director of a play involving abortion [...]

By CNS Staff | Also posted in Catholic Identity Abuse | Comments Off
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