A Letter to the President of Notre Dame,

To Father John Jenkins, CSC (Email - president@nd.edu)

 

Purpose of Letter: To request the removal of President Obama as the speaker at Commencement. There is no reason to give President Obama an honorary law degree when he does not defend the most defenseless being in society, the child in the mother's womb. To have human rights, you need to be alive first.

 

Question: Who decided to invite President Obama? Why was President Obama invited?

President Obama does not represent Catholic values or beliefs. As Catholic, we either stand for something or we will fall for nothing. A ship of fools leads no where, it will sink due to its own weight.  Wisdom is not perceived by those whose hearts do not follow the love of the Lord Jesus Christ. Proverbs 1:7 says that "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction."

Are you a Catholic University? Are you lacking wisdom? If we allow academia to overtakes common sense, we are no longer Catholics, we have lost our identity and are like a broken wooden stick drifing in the torrents of the river of life.

What choice does a child have in the mother's womb?

Child from the moment of conception. The choice is made before conception, and at the moment of conception there is a Child, a life to be protected and respected.

In the Notre Dame news (ND Newswire) it is reported that by Dennis Brown on March 20, 2009 that:

President Barack Obama will be the principal speaker and the recipient of an honorary doctor of laws degree at the University of Notre Dame’s 164th University Commencement Ceremony at 2 p.m. May 17 (Sunday) in the Joyce Center on campus.

Mr. Obama will be the ninth U.S. president to be awarded an honorary degree by the University and the sixth to be the Commencement speaker.

 

Father John Jenkins where is your alliance to the Catholic Church  You wrote in the webpage of Faith and Service the following statement about the university:

 

"We have a much more challenging mission than most universities. Most universities strive simply to be excellent educational institutions by the accepted standards of the profession. We do this at Notre Dame, and we have had great success. But we also foster and celebrate a distinctive mission to be a Catholic university, inspired and guided by a great spiritual tradition." Reverend John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., President

 In the Statement by the Catholic Bishops on Catholics in Political Life (http://www.usccb.org/bishops/catholicsinpoliticallife.shtml), it is clearly stated that:

"The Catholic community and Catholic institutions should not honor those who act in defiance of our fundamental moral principles. They should not be given awards, honors or platforms which would suggest support for their actions."

The Bishop of the diocese of Notre Dame, Bishop D'Arcy wrote in the Fort Wayne- South Bend Diocesan website on Tuesday, March 24, 2009. (www.diocesefwsb.org/COMMUNICATIONS/faithfulcitizenship.htm) "Concerning President Barack Obama speaking at Notre Dame graduation, receiving honorary law degree"

 

 

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