Tuesday, May 04, 2004
I have heard it said for awhile that going to a Catholic university or college was a great place to lose your faith. It has become more than a joke in the last few years. Just last year there was the scandal of the Vagina Monologues at several colleges and the Gay Film festival at Notre Dame. The Newman Society has recently released a study about this issue.
Quoting from their site:
Cardinal Newman Society has issued a shocking new report on scandals at U.S. Catholic colleges and universities that is certain to reignite concerns about the colleges’ religious character.
The 56-page report, “The Culture of Death on Catholic Campuses: A Five-Year Review,” documents inroads made by advocates of abortion, contraception, premarital sexual activity and physician-assisted suicide onto Catholic college campuses since 1999. It is the most extensive evidence of problems in Catholic higher education ever compiled in a single source—and yet it only scratches the surface, relying primarily on media reports and college websites.
One of the conclusions from the report that should make us really want to take whatever action possible is this: "Pro-life freshmen are graduating pro-abortion, having come to the wrong position during four years of a Catholic education." There is something horribly wrong with that reality.
The Cardinal Newman Society homepage is here
Three page summary on PDF
Full Report in PDF Format
Quoting from their site:
Cardinal Newman Society has issued a shocking new report on scandals at U.S. Catholic colleges and universities that is certain to reignite concerns about the colleges’ religious character.
The 56-page report, “The Culture of Death on Catholic Campuses: A Five-Year Review,” documents inroads made by advocates of abortion, contraception, premarital sexual activity and physician-assisted suicide onto Catholic college campuses since 1999. It is the most extensive evidence of problems in Catholic higher education ever compiled in a single source—and yet it only scratches the surface, relying primarily on media reports and college websites.
One of the conclusions from the report that should make us really want to take whatever action possible is this: "Pro-life freshmen are graduating pro-abortion, having come to the wrong position during four years of a Catholic education." There is something horribly wrong with that reality.
The Cardinal Newman Society homepage is here
Three page summary on PDF
Full Report in PDF Format
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