Category Archives: Faculty

Patrick Deneen: Why Georgetown Got It Wrong

May 21, 2012 – 11:50 am

The Washington Post lectured those supposedly benighted souls who opposed Georgetown University’s commencement day invitation to pro-abortion rights HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in an editorial headlined “Georgetown Gets It Right.” Patrick J. Deneen, who recently announced his resignation from his post as Associate Professor of Government at Georgetown, citing a lack of Catholic identity at [...]

By Matthew Archbold | Also posted in Catholic Identity Abuse, Ex corde Ecclesiae, Religious Liberty, Catholic Identity Policy, Media, Contraception, Abortion | Comments Off

New York Times on Sebelius at Georgetown and Cardinal Newman Society Petition

May 18, 2012 – 10:54 am

The New York Times reports this morning on the controversy surrounding “pro-choice” HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’ speech today at a Georgetown University commencement ceremony and takes note of The Cardinal Newman Society’s efforts to have the invitation rescinded. Looking for the political angle, right off the bat the Times article mischaracterizes the opposition to Sebelius’ being [...]

By Charlotte Hays | Also posted in Catholic Identity Abuse, Catholic Identity Policy, Contraception, Ex corde Ecclesiae, Religious Liberty | 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 Alumni, Catholic Identity Abuse, Pope Benedict XVI, Religious Liberty, The Bishops | Comments Off

Dr. Scott Hahn Appointed to New Endowed Chair at Franciscan University

May 15, 2012 – 4:03 pm

During Franciscan University of Steubenville’s commencement exercises on May 12, Franciscan University President Fr. Terrence Henry, TOR, announced that theology professor Dr. Scott Hahn will receive a new endowed chair named in honor of retired University chancellor Fr. Michael Scanlan, TOR. Officially named the Father Michael Scanlan, TOR, Chair of Biblical Theology and the New Evangelization, the new [...]

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

EWTN Devotes Entire Radio Show to Georgetown Commencement Day Scandal

May 11, 2012 – 1:20 pm

You won’t want to miss EWTN Radio at 2 p.m. EASTERN this afternoon for a special segment of “Register Radio” devoted to examining Georgetown University’s decision to give HHS Sec. Kathleen Sebelius a graduation platform. [Tell Georgetown to withdraw the invite to Sebelius - sign the petition at GeorgetownScandal.com] In a roundtable discussion, National Catholic Register [...]

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

Georgetown Professors Oppose Sebelius, Others Support Contraception

May 10, 2012 – 11:31 am

Georgetown Associate Professor of Government Patrick Deneen told The Cardinal Newman Society this morning that he “just hit the send” button on his joint faculty 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 Georgetown to withdraw the [...]

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

Catholic Professor: Bishops “Un-Christian” on Coverage for Contraception

May 8, 2012 – 1:25 pm

A sociology professor at Fordham University has blasted U.S. bishops and Catholic universities that uphold the Church’s teaching on contraception as “un-[C]hristian.”  Writing in the Huffington Post, Associate Professor of Sociology Jeanne Flavin accused the bishops of showing a “staggering disregard for young women’s everyday lived reality, and their futures” for their stance against providing [...]

By Matthew Archbold | Also posted in Contraception, Religious Liberty, The Bishops | Comments Off

Georgetown Professor: Sebelius Is a “Great Inspiration” for Georgetown Students

May 7, 2012 – 2:27 pm

A former dean of the Georgetown University institute that will host Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius as a graduation day speaker on May 18 calls the “pro-choice” Cabinet member “an inspiration for our students” at the Jesuit university. [Tell Georgetown to withdraw the invite to Sebelius - sign the petition at GeorgetownScandal.com] “She will be an excellent [...]

By Charlotte Hays | Also posted in Catholic Identity Abuse | Comments Off

Prof Wants Notre Dame Response to Article Claiming ‘Discrimination Against Non-Heterosexual Employees’

May 1, 2012 – 11:42 am

In a column for the student newspaper The Observer, a University of Notre Dame professor argued that workplace discrimination “against non-heterosexual employees is a fact of life” at Notre Dame. Julia Marvin, an associate professor in the Liberal Studies Program at Notre Dame, discusses providing benefits to employees in same-sex relationships and suggests the University is [...]

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Fr. Miscamble on Notre Dame Profs Who ‘Disgracefully Misused Bishop Jenky’s Words’

April 27, 2012 – 12:59 pm

In an interview with The National Catholic Register‘s John Burger, Notre Dame professor and Holy Cross priest Fr. Wilson Miscamble argued that the recent criticism of Peoria Bishop Daniel Jenky from 49 Notre Dame professors has been unfair and disgraceful. During Sunday Mass last week, Bishop Jenky said: Hitler and Stalin, at their better moments, would just [...]

By Adam Wilson | Also posted in Catholic Identity Abuse, Notre Dame, Religious Liberty, The Bishops | Comments Off

Georgetown Faculty at Odds with Rep. Paul Ryan over Catholic Teaching

April 26, 2012 – 10:48 am

Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., is hosting Rep. Paul Ryan, Chairman of the House Budget Committee, on campus this morning for a lecture, but a group of nearly 90 Georgetown professors and staff, Fox News reports, have chided Ryan for what they call “misuse of Catholic teaching”. Rep. Ryan is delivering a lecture titled “America’s [...]

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‘Mission and Vision’ of Aquinas College in Nashville Attracts New Director

April 24, 2012 – 11:54 am

Dan Donnelly was drawn to Aquinas College in Nashville, Tennessee, because of the College’s “potential to become a model for Catholic higher education.” The Nashville Business Journal recently conducted an interview with Dr. Daniel K. Donnelly for its “New to Nashville” section.   Previously an associate academic vice president at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Donnelly started with Aquinas [...]

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

Report: Notre Dame Refers Problem Professors as Experts on Church Teaching to Media

April 20, 2012 – 4:18 pm

Yesterday, The Irish Rover reported that the University of Notre Dame is promoting two problematic Catholic professors as experts to the mainstream media on issues related to Church teaching. And Notre Dame reportedly didn’t have a dilemma with that.  When the Rover asked University spokesman Dennis Brown why Notre Dame refers problematic professors to the media, he [...]

By Adam Wilson | Also posted in Catholic Identity Abuse, Notre Dame | Comments Off

Fordham Theologian Knocks Vatican Findings of Doctrinal Problems with Nuns

April 20, 2012 – 1:28 pm

While criticizing the Vatican’s move to reform the U.S. Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) in light of doctrinal problems, a Fordham University theology professor proclaimed on PBS Newshour: “Let me just say, as a scholar — as a scholar of religion and a theologian, Church teaching does change.” The news broke on Wednesday, April 18, that the [...]

By Adam Wilson | Also posted in Catholic Identity Abuse, Leadership and Governance, Newman Guide, Strong Catholic Identity | Comments Off
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