Catholic ethical issues at Notredame university USA

[Pete_1]

Could anyone please provide me with ethical concerns surrounding Notredame university (USA) i.e official practices that go against Catholic teaching.

 

[PatienceAndLove]

1. V Monologues are performed there on Ash Wednesday
2. They have a Coming Out Day

 

[Pete_1]

1. They have a Coming Out Day

Hi, do you know if this day officially endorses homosexual acts?

 

[PatienceAndLove]

Hi, do you know if this day officially endorses homosexual acts?

There is a gigantic closet door for students to walk through as a symbol of “coming out”. I would assume, then, that is does endorce such acts. I would also check the site for student groups like Gay Straight Alliance, GLBT, and Identity

 

[Pete_1]

There is a gigantic closet door for students to walk through as a symbol of “coming out”. I would assume, then, that is does endorce such acts.

Thanks for your help, i don’t see how this leads to the assumption that the University endorses such acts, could it not be that it is encoraging students to ‘come out’ so that it can better help them?

just a thought

 

[blessedtoo]

Thanks for your help, i don’t see how this leads to the assumption that the University endorses such acts, could it not be that it is encoraging students to ‘come out’ so that it can better help them?

just a thought

Programs, groups or activites that are associated with the cultural support of homosexual activity (such as “coming out day”) create confusion among the faithful. From the Vatican Website:
vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19861001_homosexual-persons_en.html

1. We encourage the Bishops, then, to provide pastoral care in full accord with the teaching of the Church for homosexual persons of their dioceses. No authentic pastoral programme will include organizations in which homosexual persons associate with each other without clearly stating that homosexual activity is immoral. A truly pastoral approach will appreciate the need for homosexual persons to avoid the near occasions of sin.

All support should be withdrawn from any organizations which seek to undermine the teaching of the Church, which are ambiguous about it, or which neglect it entirely. Such support, or even the semblance of such support, can be gravely misinterpreted. Special attention should be given to the practice of scheduling religious services and to the use of Church buildings by these groups, including the facilities of Catholic schools and colleges. To some, such permission to use Church property may seem only just and charitable; but in reality it is contradictory to the purpose for which these institutions were founded, it is misleading and often scandalous.

From the ND College Newspapaer, one employee who was a panelist in a “Coming Out Day” discussion had this to say:

Porter, who eventually came out after receiving tenure, said that while Saint Mary’s has a non-discrimination policy - which can apply to sexuality - she thinks the College could go even further and offer benefits, such as healthcare, for the life partners of homosexual employees.
media.www.ndsmcobserver.com/media/storage/paper660/news/2007/10/10/News/Saga-Members.Relive.Coming.Out.Experiences-3023692.shtml

 

[Pete_1]

Is their any other information on this? For example the universties policy on homosexuality

 

[blessedtoo]

Is their any other information on this? For example the universties policy on homosexuality

I encourage you to check out the website yourself.
nd.edu/
As a Catholic University, the “policy” should be exactly as that stated in the document I linked to above.

The fact that this University, as well as many other supposed Catholic Colleges, allow groups, activites, events, debates, films, etc., that confuse the Church’s clear teaching on homosexual activity to hold sway on their campuses should be a cause of concern for all Catholics.

 

[Sure]

Notre Dame has recently figured out that a True Catholic Identity is a good thing. They are in the process of rebuilding that. They are actively seeking to increase the percentage of Catholic professors teaching there by giving preference to Catholics applying for open positions. Changes still have to be made but good things are happening.

The have 110 Masses offered on campus each week. There aren’t any other Catholic universities that can make that claim.

 

[Pete_1]

I found this

**The Notre Dame Response **

   The History of the Core Council for Gay and Lesbian Students 
   In the spring of 1995 an Ad Hoc Committee, composed of administrators, faculty, staff and students, was established to recommend  how the University should respond to the needs of gay and lesbian students within the context of Catholic teaching. Discussions continued throughout the academic year 1995-1996 and culminated in a series of recommendations by the committee. Among them was the recommendation that:

here

corecouncil.nd.edu/nd_response/index.shtml

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