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Indianapolis archbishop revokes Jesuit prep school's Catholic identity
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The Jesuits want to expand the boundaries of what constitutes a “Catholic school”… but only in their direction. But if the Church stretches the boundaries for one, it will for others, if they are elastic now. There are schools identifying as Catholic that reject Vatican 2, reject racial equality, endorse fundamentalism, promote Bayside apparitions, or snake handling, whatever.
The Jesuits would not support elasticity in other directions, nor would most of us. Furthermore, if you he Church’s definition of Catholic School becomes strictly by self report, the definition of Jesuit School could be a anyone who wants to call themselves such, the same criteria could be used for"Jesuit School".
Any school can identify itself as “Jesuit” based on their interpretation of St Ignatius.
The Jesuits would not support elasticity in other directions, nor would most of us. Furthermore, if you he Church’s definition of Catholic School becomes strictly by self report, the definition of Jesuit School could be a anyone who wants to call themselves such, the same criteria could be used for"Jesuit School".
Any school can identify itself as “Jesuit” based on their interpretation of St Ignatius.
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What will happen is that the school will be dropped from the diocesan directory, it will go on as it has for years, a little more secularized each year.
At our local “Jesuit” high school and college they reportedly tell the students that they are Jesuit but not Catholic. But they don’t put that in writing for the general public. For the donors, parents and alumni, the schools present themselves as Jesuit and Catholic.
The word “Jesuit” is really a marketing term. The schools take advantage of the fact that people think Jesuit means Catholic. In 2019 this is often far from true.
At our local “Jesuit” high school and college they reportedly tell the students that they are Jesuit but not Catholic. But they don’t put that in writing for the general public. For the donors, parents and alumni, the schools present themselves as Jesuit and Catholic.
The word “Jesuit” is really a marketing term. The schools take advantage of the fact that people think Jesuit means Catholic. In 2019 this is often far from true.
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The most rabid anti-Catholics are also anti-Jesuit. I agree they believe Jesuit means Catholic. It was really smart for the Catholic institutions suing for relief from the contraception mandate to be led by Little Sisters of the Poor. Having Jesuits in the headline would have gotten less sympathy from observant Catholics and those on the fence. In at least this instance someone on our side knew something about marketing.The word “Jesuit” is really a marketing term. The schools take advantage of the fact that people think Jesuit means Catholic. In 2019 this is often far from true.
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Our local Jesuit college has about one tenth as many Jesuits as when I attended there several decades ago. Yet their press releases, recruitment, and communications use the word “Jesuit” more now than then.
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From Inside Higher Education:
"Nearly two weeks after West Virginia’s Wheeling Jesuit Universitylaid off most of its core liberal arts faculty and said it planned to focus on health care, business, exercise science and a handful of other majors this fall, the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus said it will strip the university of its Jesuit affiliation." (Bold added)
Note the last few words. Note the Jesuits are not asking permission from the University, the diocese or the media. They are stripping the affiliation. Period. No Listening Sessions, no dialogues, no nothing.
Ironically the university president says the university will continue Ignatian emphasis. Who is to say they or the diocese or the media can’t continue to claim Jesuit affiliation?
"Nearly two weeks after West Virginia’s Wheeling Jesuit Universitylaid off most of its core liberal arts faculty and said it planned to focus on health care, business, exercise science and a handful of other majors this fall, the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus said it will strip the university of its Jesuit affiliation." (Bold added)
Note the last few words. Note the Jesuits are not asking permission from the University, the diocese or the media. They are stripping the affiliation. Period. No Listening Sessions, no dialogues, no nothing.
Ironically the university president says the university will continue Ignatian emphasis. Who is to say they or the diocese or the media can’t continue to claim Jesuit affiliation?
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I am not sure how canon law would cover this. The role of the bishop is pretty well defined, but I don’t think religious orders get the same powers. They may have to fight it out in civil court. I would like to bring a large bucket of popcorn to that one."Nearly two weeks after West Virginia’s Wheeling Jesuit Universitylaid off most of its core liberal arts faculty and said it planned to focus on health care, business, exercise science and a handful of other majors this fall, the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus said it will strip the university of its Jesuit affiliation." (Bold added)
Do we have any canon lawyers here?
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Consider the woman “caught” in adultery, who is admonished to go and sin no more. I don’t think she ever said adultery was ok.
She is in a very different position from the administrators who resisted their bishop for a couple years, refusing to change.
Suppose the woman caught in adultery had gone on to publicly maintain the right of Christians to adultery, even if she herself no longer practice it. After a couple years of trying to dissuade her, I think Christ would have said she was no longer a Christian. But keep the door open. She might change later.
That’s what the archbishop is doing with this school. The archbishop has a responsibility to the eighth commandment.
She is in a very different position from the administrators who resisted their bishop for a couple years, refusing to change.
Suppose the woman caught in adultery had gone on to publicly maintain the right of Christians to adultery, even if she herself no longer practice it. After a couple years of trying to dissuade her, I think Christ would have said she was no longer a Christian. But keep the door open. She might change later.
That’s what the archbishop is doing with this school. The archbishop has a responsibility to the eighth commandment.
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