Category Archives: Student Life

Catholic Universities to Fight Mandate in Court

May 21, 2012 – 2:13 pm

Four Catholic institutions of higher learning earlier today became plaintiffs in separate, federal lawsuits filed against the Department of Health and Human Services. The lawsuits seek to overturn the HHS contraception that would force Catholic institutions to pay for health insurance coverage that includes both contraception and abortion-inducing drugs, regardless of the moral repugnance. The [...]

By Charlotte Hays | Also posted in Abortion, Catholic Identity Abuse, Contraception, The Bishops, Uncategorized | Comments Off

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, Alumni, Catholic Identity Policy, Curriculum, Ex corde Ecclesiae, Strong Catholic Identity | Comments Off

Fox on Franciscan U: Catholic College Students Become “Victims of Obamacare”

May 16, 2012 – 10:52 am

Fox News reported this morning on the Franciscan University of Steubenville’s announcement that it is dropping student health insurance coverage because of the HHS contraception mandate. The university also cited higher costs related to the Obama administration’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Website headline: “College Kids Become…Victims of Obamacare.” A Franciscan official was quoted [...]

By Charlotte Hays | Also posted in Contraception, Religious Liberty, Strong Catholic Identity, Uncategorized | Comments Off

Washington Post Highlights Sebelius Flap at Georgetown

May 16, 2012 – 9:23 am

The Washington Post reports this morning on yesterday’s developments in what it terms the “already-boiling debate” over Georgetown University’s invitation to “pro-choice” HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to speak on commencement day (May 18). [Tell Georgetown to withdraw the invite to Sebelius - sign the petition at GeorgetownScandal.com] Taking note of statements put out by both the [...]

By Charlotte Hays | Also posted in Catholic Identity Policy, Contraception, Ex corde Ecclesiae, Jesuits, Pro-life, Strong Catholic Identity, The Bishops, Uncategorized | Comments Off

Georgetown Students Blog about Sebelius

May 9, 2012 – 3:57 pm

The website of The Hoya, one of Georgetown University’s student newspapers, announces that “for the first time” the university has “created a blog dedicated to ‘Commencement Shout-Outs’ where students and parents can post their thoughts and well wishes for the Class of 2012.” [Tell Georgetown to withdraw the invite to Sebelius - sign the petition [...]

By Charlotte Hays | Also posted in Abortion, Contraception, Ex corde Ecclesiae, Uncategorized | Comments Off

College Disinvites Bishop: You Would Be “a Distraction” at Graduation Ceremonies

May 8, 2012 – 1:58 pm

Worcester Bishop Robert J. McManus won’t be attending graduation exercises at Anna Maria College this year at the behest of college officials, who met with the bishop and asked him to stay home this year. Because of Bishop McManus’s concerns, Anna Maria previously withdrew an invitation to “pro-choice” Catholic Victoria Reggie Kennedy, the widow of [...]

By Charlotte Hays | Also posted in Abortion, Catholic Identity Policy, Ex corde Ecclesiae, Strong Catholic Identity, The Bishops, Uncategorized | Comments Off

Benedictine College Finds Patron for New Dorm in St. Michael the Archangel

April 13, 2012 – 2:26 pm

The Cardinal Newman Society regularly asks its members to invoke the intercession of St. Michael the Archangel for the renewal of Catholic higher education.  So naturally we were delighted to learn that one of the faithful Catholic colleges we promote in The Newman Guide recently broke ground  on a new men’s dorm named after none other [...]

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

Don’t ‘Make the Mistake of Separating Intellect and Virtue’

April 12, 2012 – 1:16 pm

A popular notion in many universities today is that smart students make for virtuous graduates, but the president of Catholic University of America is arguing that the “arrow between intellect and virtue travels in a different direction”. In an article penned for Our Sunday Visitor, John Garvey draws upon the wisdom and arguments of Blessed John [...]

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

New Breed of FOCUS Missionaries Launching at Benedictine

March 26, 2012 – 4:06 pm

Taking to heart the call of Pope Benedict XVI to “[m]obilize … intellectual and moral resources” in the service of evangelization, Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, is working with the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS) this year to develop a new kind of academic missionary. Dr. Darrin Muggli, the Engineering Department Chair at Benedictine, [...]

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

Catholic Colleges Threatened by State, Federal Mandates

March 3, 2012 – 10:38 am

Reminding Catholics that state mandates for insurance coverage of contraceptives remain a threat to Catholic colleges even if the federal HHS mandate is repealed, the National Catholic Register consulted Cardinal Newman Society President Patrick Reilly and WIlliam Fahey, president of Thomas More College of Liberal Arts: William Fahey, president of Thomas More College, reported that, before his tenure, the college [...]

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

Student Sues Stonehill Over Roommate’s Sexual Exploits

March 3, 2012 – 10:34 am

CBS New York is reporting that a former student of Stonehill College, a Catholic college in Massachusetts, has sued the college for allegedly failing to respond adequately to her concerns about an openly promiscuous roommate. The court complaint alleges that Lindsay Blankmeyer’s roommate was “having online and actual sex right in front of her,” including video [...]

By CNS Staff | Comments (2)

Pro-Abortion Rights Theology Professor Backs Out on Abortion Debate

February 23, 2012 – 9:19 am

Margaret Gervase, a psychology Major at Marquette University, told The Cardinal Newman Society that infamously pro-abortion rights theology Professor Dr. Dan Maguire agreed in September to take part in an abortion debate this coming March. But just last week, two weeks before the debate was scheduled to take place, she says that Dr. Maguire suddenly backed out [...]

By Matthew Archbold | Also posted in Abortion, Uncategorized | Comments (5)

Shockingly High Support for V-Monologues from Boston College Departments

February 20, 2012 – 3:11 pm

The Cardinal Newman Society reported last week that Boston College was again hosting a production of The Vagina Monologues.  In past years, some administrators at Catholic colleges have dismissed complaints against performances of the vile play because it may have only been sponsored by one student group or an academic department.  ”Hardly representative of the school!” [...]

By CNS Staff | Also posted in Catholic Identity Abuse | Comments (6)

Notre Dame Student Senate Urges University Approval of ‘Gay-Straight Alliance’

February 20, 2012 – 1:47 pm

Should the University of Notre Dame approve the application for a “gay-straight alliance” on campus?  It looks like many students on campus would be pleased if the school did so. The Observer recently reported that the Notre Dame Student Senate passed a nearly unanimous resolution requesting that the University approve the application.  Apparently, of the twenty-four [...]

By CNS Staff | Also posted in Notre Dame | Comments (10)

Catholic University Students Embrace the New Missal

February 3, 2012 – 10:18 am

The student newspaper at The Catholic University of America ran an informal poll asking students about their thoughts and feelings about the new missal. The response was overwhelmingly positive. In fact, according to The Tower, those students who attended Mass regularly seemed to support the new translation more than those students who didn’t attend Mass [...]

By Matthew Archbold | Also posted in Strong Catholic Identity, Uncategorized | Comments (5)
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