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  • College of The Holy Cross “Statement of Position on Abortion” - 12/11/91 *
    (says Holy Cross “has a right and responsibility to profess that, in the light of revelation, abortion is morally wrong. The College, therefore, will not grant official recognitioin to any organization that seeks to or is perceived to advance a right to abortion, nor will it allow College funds to be used to such purpose.”)
  • Student Survey distributed to alumni by the Director of the Chaplain's Office - Spring 1999 *
  • Holy Cross Press Release Stating its Opposition to Ex Corde Ecclesiae Though Overwhelmingly Approved by US Bishops 223 to 31 - 11/17/99
  • Spiritual Malpractice at Holy Cross - Documentation on Holy Cross & the Worcester Diocese from a non-Holy Cross graduate! - Updated Frequently
  • Introduction & Presentation to "The Catholic Identity of Holy Cross" Seminar at HC by Vic Melfa '57 - 6/7/02
  • Presentation "Wholly Cross at Holy Cross" by Prof. Michael Pakaluk at HC Seminar - 6/7/02
  • Holy Moley, Holy Cross - How political domination of Holy Cross by the far Left deprives students of hearing both sides of crucial issues - by Alumnus Ryan Anderson O’Donnell - Front Page Magazine - 11/19/02
  • STANDING FOR THE UNBORN: A Statement of The Society of Jesus in the United States on Abortion - 3/25/03 *
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    The Jesuits, Gay Priests, Etc
    1.The Gay Priest Problem - What Needs to Be Done, and Why it Won't Be by Paul J. Shaughnessy, S.J. - CWR - 11/00
    2.Jesuits Implode By George Neumayr - 3/13/02
    3.Jesuits in Disarray by Garry Wills - The New York Review of Books - "Passionate Uncertainty: Inside the American Jesuits" - 3/28/02
    4.The Jesuit Enigma by Avery Cardinal Dulles S.J. - A Review of "Passionate Uncertainty - Inside the American Jesuits" - 4/02
    5.AMDG.not!!! In Good Hands: Jesuit Superiors & the Renewal (sic) of Jesuit Life - 4/02
    6.AP News Article - Catholic Campuses Head For Showdown Over Obedience To Church, Academic Freedom - 5/28/02
    7.Are the Jesuits Catholic? by Paul Shaughnessy S.J. - A Review of "Passionate Uncertainty - Inside the American Jesuits" - 6/3/02 *
    8.Jesuits Press for Homosexuality & Gay Priests - 3 Articles per their March Theological Journal - First Things - 5/03 *
    9."Jesuit v. Catholic" - the collapse of the Catholic identity of Catholic colleges by John Dunlap, Santa Clara University Professor - 5/7/03
    10.What's He Talking About? - Rev. James F. Keenan, S.J., professor at Weston Jesuit School of Theology, for Same Sex Marriages!- Crisis Magazine - 5/16/03
    Catholic Higher Education, Ex corde Ecclesiae, etc.
    1.Cardinal Newman Society Statement of Purpose, Staff & Board
    2.Ex Corde Ecclesiae - Apostolic Constitution of The Supreme Pontiff John Paul II On Catholic Universities - 8/15/90
    3.THE BATTLE FOR THE CATHOLIC CAMPUS - John Paul II vs. The American Catholic College System by Msgr. George A. Kelly - The Catholic World Report - 1/95 ***
    4.The Catholicity of A Catholic University by Prof. Michael Pakaluk delivered to Assumption College Trustees - 1995*
    5.United States Conference of Catholic Bishops - Ex Corde Ecclesiae - The Application to the United States - 1999
    6.Article on Proposals to Counter Continuing Resistance to The Implementation of Ex Corde Ecclesiae by Profs. David Gregory & Charles Russo, St. John's Law Review - 7/00 (File very large, may take a while to load) *
    7.Article - The Application of Ex Corde in the US by Prof. Rice '53 - 8/22/00
    8.Government Funding for Catholic Higher Education
    9.Newman's Idea of a University and its Relevance to Catholic Higher Education by Cardinal Avery Dulles, S.J. - 11/10/01
    10.Cardinal Avery Dulles S.J. to Catholic Colleges: "Be Truly Catholic" - National Catholic Register -12/02/01 ***
    11.Newman's Idea of A University --- Amongst other statements, Newman says theology "is not only a portion, but a condition of general knowledge." Homiletic & Pastoral Review - 3/02 *
    12.How To Make Sure "Catholic" Colleges Are REALLY Catholic - CRISIS Magazine - 7/18/02
    13.Shopping for a Catholic College with John Paul II - A Guide Using Ex Corde Ecclesiae
    14.But are They Offering a Catholic Education? - Our Sunday Vistor - 9/22/02 *
    15.Theological Malpractice - The roots of scandal by a Theologian at a Jesuit Catholic College - 10/3/02
    16.Keeping Secrets: Universities Refuse to Reveal Theologians' Status - National Catholic Register - 10/20/02
    17. Mandatum Story asks: "How many of the priests and bishops who have brought such suffering to minors and scandal to the public were encouraged by teachers and theologians to cut corners and dissent from this or that truth of Catholic faith and moral teachings?" National Catholic Register - 10/20/02
    18.What's Wrong with the Mandatum - NC Register - 10/20/02 *
    19.Newman and Escrivá: Two Distinguished Educators, Rev. Juan R. Vélez G. - Faith and Reason/Christendom College - 2002 ***
    20.Are Your Kids Safe In A Catholic College? - CRISIS Magazine - 1/4/03
    21.Are Catholic Colleges Leading Students Astray by Patrick Reilly - A nationwide survey of the declining faith and morals by the Higher Education Research Institute - Catholic World News - 3/1/03
    22.CNS Report Finds Students Losing Faith at Catholic Colleges - Summary of Above Survey
    23.Average Catholic Student learns the Wrong Things at College! - Become more Pro-Abortion & Pro-Pre-Marital Sex, and Go to Mass less! - New York Times - 3/5/03 *
    24.MUST READ!! HOW UNIVERSITIES FOOL THEIR DONORS by Deal Hudson, Editor, Crisis Magazine - 5/2/02
    25.New York Archdiocese says Marist College "No Longer Catholic" - CWN - 5/13/03
    26.New York Archdiocese Says Marist College 'No Longer Catholic' - by the Association of Students at Catholic Colleges - Published by the CNS - 5/13/03
    (The CNS objected to the Archdiocese of New York against Marist College's selection of pro-abortion New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer for this year's commencement address. The archdiocese has responded to the CNS protest by declaring the college "is no longer a Catholic institution," and therefore not under the Church's jurisdiction.)
    27.Commencing Badly: Scandalous Speakers at Catholic Graduations - Patrick Reilly on the Identity of Church-Affiliated Colleges - Zenit News - 5/30/03
    28.Like It or Not, Cardinal Arinze at Jesuit Georgetown by Charles Colson - 6/3/03
    29.Student Life Guidelines for the Catholic Campus - 6/22/03
    30.The Dismal State of Most Catholic Colleges & Universities - New Oxford Review - 7/03 *
    31.The Culture of Death on Catholic Campuses: A Five-Year Review - 4/28/04
    The Cardinal Newman Society 56-page report describes appearances on campus by advocates of abortion and contraception, the distribution of contraceptives to students, and referrals to abortion clinics, as well as links between the Catholic colleges and prominent supporters of legal abortion. It calls attention to professors at Catholic colleges who are advocates of euthanasia, and/or combine their academic work with employment at Planned Parenthood. It also points to the distribution of "emergency contraception," student gay and lesbian groups, sex-advice columns in student newspapers, and advertisements for abortion clinics on campus.
    32.Schools need Catholic identity, Pope tells US bishops - 6/24/04
     
    Pro-Life - Respect For The Unborn
    1.Living the Gospel of Life: A Challenge to American Catholics, U.S. Bishops - 1998
    2.College of The Holy Cross "Statement of Position on Abortion" - 12/11/91 *
    (says Holy Cross "has a right and responsibility to profess that, in the light of revelation, abortion is morally wrong. The College, therefore, will not grant official recognitioin to any organization that seeks to or is perceived to advance a right to abortion, nor will it allow College funds to be used to such purpose.")
    3.STANDING FOR THE UNBORN: A Statement of The Society of Jesus in the United States on Abortion - 3/25/03 *
    4.Abortion Rights is "To Honor Those Who Support the Mystical Destruction of Christ!" - The Seattle Catholic Journal - 5/16/03
     
    Other
    1.Everything is NOT OK! (What responsibility do Catholic Colleges have for the secularization?)
    2."The Courage to Be Catholic: Crisis, Reform, and the Future of the Church" - Interview by George Weigel on his book on the U.S. Church Crisis - 9/02
    3.Vatican Doctrinal Note on some questions regarding the participation of Catholics in Political Life - 11/21/02
    4.College Acknowledges Christian Club's Right To Exist & To Preach On Campus - 3/18/03
    5.What is The Catholic Church?

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