Michael Hichborn of Lepanto Institute did some research into this foundation and discovered its advocacy of contraception and sterilization. Hichborn ended his piece by stating that no faithful Catholic can provide funds or praise for an organization that promotes contraception under the guise of "helping children". That would apply to the Mount as well.
A petition is being circulated to ask Dr. Trainor to rescind this invitation to Shriver and to get another who honors Catholic moral teachings. I urge you to sign it and circulate it. However, let me be clear - this petition by itself will not suffice to discharge our duties to stop this Shriver outrage. Your phone calls and emails to both Dr. Trainor and Archbishop Lori are needed as well.
Some students and staff may recognize this flyer, as it was distributed on campus today. If not, here it is. Please feel free to reproduce it and to pass it around. Please also call Dr Trainor and Archbishop Lori now. Pray too that decency and common sense prevail. If not, a picket may have to occur. Thanks.
Janet, they should invite YOU to give the commencement address!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the compliment. Truth be told, any Catholic who adheres to his/her Faith would be preferable to a pro-abort.
DeleteThey can't even come up with a fresh excuse. I heard this one--"We didn't invite him because he is pro-choice"--40 years ago.
ReplyDeleteIn 1986, Cardinal Hickey was scheduled to confer the Cardinal Gibbons Medal on Charles W. Gilchrist, the pro-abortion Montgomery County Executive. In the course of a phone conversation, Hickey's secretary, Msgr. William Lori, exclaimed to me, "I'm so sick of you people!" (Pro-lifers.)
ReplyDeleteI wonder if he was related to Wayne Gilcrest who was a Congressional representative from Maryland's eastern shore. He was finally defeated by Andy Harris.
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