What does it even mean to be a ‘Catholic’ university, anymore? --When it condones abortion and LGBT activism? this article asks

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I have no idea. I am a Marquette graduate and stopped supporting them due to their anti-Catholic activities. If they go back to orthodoxy (which does not preclude admission and tolerance of non-Catholics) I will go back to supporting the institution.
 
I’ve never supported my Catholic university due to the things I saw being done on campus and things I’ve seen in the alumni news ever since. Thanks for the education, but I’m not supporting you past paying my proper fees for that piece of paper after 4 years.
 
It doesn’t really mean anything anymore, sadly. Didn’t William Peter Blatty try to sue Georgetown because it ‘falsely’ advertised itself as Catholic?
 
The secularists try to use the credibility of the Church without being obedient to the Church or the Faith. The faux Catholic colleges locally use the terms Jesuit or Franciscan constantly. Some parents and older alumni assume that means Catholic, but today that is not necessarily true.

At the “Jesuit” college, I am told that it is communicated to students often, but not in writing, that the college is Jesuit, not Catholic. We had to reroute a major prolife Mass and March away from that college, as too controversial, yet any other political cause causes them no discomfort.

I think one reason bishops hesitate to revoke the Catholic status from compromised colleges is that it gives the diocese a little influence, whereas they might have none at all.

The Archbishop of Boston refused to appear at a Boston College commencement, alongside a pro abortion speaker. But he has spoken at other commencements.

I think there is, for now, a value having the Church connection at shaky places that still have a lot of Catholic activity, perhaps Notre Dame. But other places such as Georgetown are so far gone the Archdiocese should drop any identification.
 
This movie is a drama based on a memoir. I’d not use it as “evidence”.
 
In my opinion, Catholic universities and colleges should be subject to the bishop of the diocese where they are located and the bishop should not allow colleges and universities to call themselves “Catholic” if they are going to go against the teachings of the Faith by endorsing things such as abortion and LGBT activism.
 
Holly3278 said:
In my opinion, Catholic universities and colleges should be subject to the bishop of the diocese where they are located and the bishop should not allow colleges and universities to call themselves “Catholic” if they are going to go against the teachings of the Faith by endorsing things such as abortion and LGBT activism.
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I agree with you but how exactly would that be carried out? The Archbishop of Indianapolis is getting little or no public support from his brother bishops in taking on the faux Catholic high school there. They are busy with Immigration reform, etc.

The bishop has the authority, but ninety percent of colleges don’t recognize that authority. About the only area they do have authority and power over on campus is the sacraments.

In theory the bishop could ban Mass and Confession at St Rogue Faux Catholic College. But why would he want to do that? Students wouldn’t leave for that reason.

The college would still call themselves Catholic if they wanted to. Or else use terms like Jesuit. Franciscan. Mercy, etc to keep alumni happy.

So the situation is much harder than it appears. A case by case process is needed. In dealing with the Jesuits the bishop has to be supported by brother bishops.
 
In addition to that, there seems to even be a chance that the Vatican is going to stop Indianapolis’ archbishop from doing anything to that Jesuit school. This could effectively set a precedent where bishops not only have virtually no authority to reign in dissident schools/colleges, but officially as well.
 
It means in the majority of cases that they are receiving government funding and thus pressured to move more and more away from religious moorings. I’m at such a college professionally and it is one of the most anti-Catholic places I know. I can’t wait to get out. I would prefer a college declare itself one way or another, but I despise hypocrisy. They want to be everything to everybody so as to never “discriminate.”
 
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I’m not sure how it would work out in real life. However, perhaps the bishop could issue a public statement saying that such and such college is not a Catholic college in good standing with the Catholic Church and the bishop should advise prospective students to choose a different college?
 
They are almost solely a business now. When I was associated with Loyola University in Md. there were no Crucifixes in the science labs…until the Baltimore Freddie Gray riots…until student recuitment was down. Suddenly, Crucifixes reappear and the Catholic identity was pushed…not out of belief but much more as a sales pitch. Truth is, there’s no there, there! Christ is a tool for recruitment and nothing more. Sad!!
 
Exactly what’s going on at my school. To Catholic recruits they will stress campus ministry, the chapel, etc. etc. To students and parents who don’t care about Catholicism, they will stress how liberal and religion-neutral the school is. Meanwhile, for 30 years there’s been a push to hire non-Catholic faculty. Guess what the result is now?
 
Holly3278 said:
I’m not sure how it would work out in real life. However, perhaps the bishop could issue a public statement saying that such and such college is not a Catholic college in good standing with the Catholic Church and the bishop should advise prospective students to choose a different college?
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A bishop can play that card…but only once. In my diocese the media, secular media and Church Militant too, brings up sex abuse scandal even if the bishop announces Lenten fast regulations. In Indianapolis I don’t know how many, if any, reduction in enrollment occurred at that high school, colleges draw most students from out of town anyway.

In extreme cases, like Georgetown, the bishop should do that. In most cases, the bishop would rather put up with a kind of bad college he has limited influence on, than to cut that connection and have no influence.

Why are the Laity so passive?

Discontinue support for any ministry or parish connected to the Jesuits, (or other order sponsoring these colleges), and write a letter telling them you are outraged at their Order. The silence of most orthodox Jesuits is one of the tragedies of the Church.

As an alumnus, write a letter to the province of the order identified with the college. Tell them you won’t support any collections or causes they promote, even causes that you agree with, until they either bring about specific changes or pull their Franciscan or whatever name off the college.
 
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