tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31095961.post1256213242744042390..comments2023-08-28T04:26:24.513-05:00Comments on Catholic Journey: Notre DameDave Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00133029135050672490noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31095961.post-28718360791080329922009-04-05T11:51:00.000-05:002009-04-05T11:51:00.000-05:00First of all, you and I both know at you ae not a ...First of all, you and I both know at you ae not a simpleton so don't go there. <BR/><BR/>The sanctity of Human life shouldn't be a very complex issue,but it is made complex by the very many Catholic individuals and insitutions who profess to be Catholc but then publicly and openly take actions which are in direct coflict with Church teaching. This can confuse people.<BR/><BR/>In selecting a speaker for their graduation they should be looking for someone who has a good message to send these students off into the real world on the right foot. Since it is a Catholic school it should also have a Catholic message. There are many other people who would be more qualified to speak. To ask the President to speak just because he holds the office seems rather empty to me. Is it more important to the school to have the high profile speaker than to support Catholic teaching?<BR/><BR/>The school has now also put those Caholic students who do care about this issue in a position where they might have to choose to skip their own ceremony. That is sad.Dave Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00133029135050672490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31095961.post-25412922146807992602009-04-03T23:54:00.000-05:002009-04-03T23:54:00.000-05:00How nice to be an influential friend :)1. I agree2...How nice to be an influential friend :)<BR/><BR/>1. I agree<BR/>2. I certainly agree with not giving him an honorary degree; I waver on having the sitting president give the commencement address. He is the President of the United States and as such, has 'position power,' and deserves respect. As long as he doesn't speak on the issues with which he is in conflict with the Church, I think he should be allowed to speak. <BR/>3. I agree with your first sentence. It's sort of splitting hairs, but I think that giving him the honorary degree is what sacrifices a portion of their Catholic identity (as long has he doesn't preach on life or moral issues).<BR/>4. I agree.<BR/>I also agree with your conclusion. One of the 'benefits' of being Catholic is having the Magisterium help us work through complex issues of faith and morality. (However, to a simpleton like me, the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death isn't all that complex.)Sweet Mary Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16888086634085326405noreply@blogger.com