Catholic Charities Awards Dissident Father Hesburgh

Just how many  "Centennial Medals" is Catholic Charities going to bestow (at great waste of money)?  Last September they held a "Centennial Gatherings" in Washington DC.  As I said in August, their personage of honor was none other than Sister Carol Keehan; she received one of those baubles.  She had also been awarded the Pen of Perfidy by the Messiah Most Miserable for her pivotal role in forcing the "Obamanation" of Obamacare down our throats.  There were other unsavory people there who were wined and dined, as that post makes clear.

Well, in Alexandria Virginia they gave another "Centennial Medal" away - this time to Fr. Theodore Hesburgh, President Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame.  Father Larry Snyder said of Fr. Hesburgh, "few are of his caliber."  To that we reply, "we wish that were true."

What are some of the not-so-stellar accomplishments of Father Hesburgh?

• He gave Msgr Jack Egan a place and resources with which to originate the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.  Recall that Msgr Egan was a follower of Saul Alinsky
• He was a major driving force behind the creation and promulgation of the destructive Land O'Lakes Statement.  This statement explicitly claimed that Catholic institutions of higher learning owed no allegiance nor submission to the Teaching Majesterium of the Church.

Right there you have two ways in which Father Hesburgh helped to introduce progressive poison into the Church.  No doubt he is a darling to many of the thinly-disguised socialists running amok in high places - probably to Obama himself.  Now given the not-so-secret dependence that Catholic Charities has on federal largesse, it's not all that difficult to see why Catholic Charities is kissing up to Hesburgh.

Perhaps we need to promote a boycott of the in-pew Catholic Charities collection, as well as the CCHD collection.

Catholic Charities Centennial Gathering - Dissent Fest Par Excellance!

On the back page of the August 19th issue of the Catholic Standard is a full-page advertisement for the Catholic Charities Centennial Gathering.

On the Board of Trustees of Catholic Charities is - wait for it! - Sister Carol Keehan.  Yes - the same who used her position as President of the Catholic Health Association to help shove through the Obama Hell Bill.  We know what that will do to the unborn babies, the elderly and infirm, and that is the very antithesis of true Catholic charity.  So why, oh why, is she retained on that board?

During the event, they will award something called the Centennial Medal to several recipients.  Some of these are:

• Catholic Health Association - in other words, Sister Carol Keehan
• Sister Maureen Joyce - I hope they plan a posthumous award, as the lady died three months ago.  The blurb in the CC webpage doesn't mention this. 
• Cardinal McCarrick - Many of us have said this before, but it obviously needs more repetition.  The bestowal of Holy Communion upon flagrant pro-abortion politicians is the opposite of true charity.  Not only does the politician incur the guilt of yet another mortal sin, that of sacriligeous Holy Communion, but by formally and materially cooperating in that sin, the minister of that Holy Communion may incur guilt of mortal sin himself.

Let's look at some speakers and guests.  We have:

• Norah O'Donnell, MSMBC correspondent - Those of us who oppose the Ground Zero mosque are charmed to hear her compare us to the 9/11 terrorists.
• Diana Aviv, President, Independent Sector - Read this about Independent Sector.  I'm not surprised.  She gave, in total, $3,000.00 to Obama's presidental campaign.
• Sister Carol Keehan - What more needs be said?
• Andrea Levere - She donated $500 in 2004 to Americans Coming Together (ACT), a PAC organized to elect Democratic (thus pro-abortion) candidates to office
• Janet Lawson - donated $1,000.00 to elect Obama

The political donation data was found on newsmeat.com.  While the great majority of people associated with the gala had no recorded donations, I did not see one donation to Republicans.

This meeting will occur at the Hilton Washington, located at 1919 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington DC  20009.  This is in the Dupont Circle neighborhood.  It's from Saturday September 25th till Tuesday September 28th.  Here is a detailed schedule.

This is typical fare for organizations such as this.  As we just learned of this, we don't know yet how we'll make our voices heard.  I did want to advise all of this event, and the problems incumbent with it.  Stay tuned.