The Notre Dame Scandal – 9
In pursuit of the truth – wwwcinopsbegone.com –
This is the ninth letter in a series. Today’s purpose is to understand the mind and heart of some of those who supported and approved the invitation of President Obama to Notre Dame. How were they brainwashed?
The following are excerpts from the President Bill Donohue’s desk in the May 09, “Catalyts” Journal of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights.
“The religious left has lost its moorings…. The establishment has long hated the Catholic Church. We know this because the Foundation world has been awash with cash flowing to causes that specifically undermine Catholicism. The population control movement – which has long screened so-called undesirables like blacks and Catholics – has been funded by the Rockefeller Foundation since its reception. The Ford Foundation, the John D. and Catherine MacArthur Foundation, … the Hewlett Foundation, the Packard Foundation and the Buffet Foundation … have all contributed to “Catholics for Choice.”… WHICH MEANS THAT THEY UNDERWRITE ABORTION AND ANTI-CATHOLICISM?
There is another foundation that gives to “Catholics for Choice,” and that is the OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE. Sounds professional. It is. It is professional anti-Catholic. The guy who runs it is GEORGE SOROS, the billionaire left-wing activist who has his teeth in every radical cause. Lately, Soros has expanded his reach by funding dummy Catholic groups like CATHOLICS IN ALLIANCE FOR THE COMMON GOOD AND CATHOLICS UNITED. …
Catholics in Alliance, Catholics United and Catholic Democrats are all pro-abortion…. When Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius was nominated by President Obama to be secretary of health and human services, she was roundly criticized by the Catholic League and others for her unyielding pro-abortion positions. Her local bishop, Archbishop Joseph Naumann, asked her specifically what laws she had ever supported restricting abortion rights in her 30 years of public service. She couldn’t come up with any. But this didn’t matter to Catholics United - they praised her “deep Catholic faith” and opposition to abortion. …
When the Obama administration took a position against conscience rights for healthcare workers, the “Catholic League” and other Catholic groups weighed in heavily against the administration. CATHOLIC IN ALLIANCE, CATHOLIC UNITED, AND CATHOLIC DEMOCRATS SAID NOTHING….
VOICE OF THE FAITHFUL IS ANOTHER FRAUD. … It is one thing for the ACLU to work against you. We expect that. It is something else altogether when those who purport to be on our side do.”
Personal Comments:
Why would anyone listen to the so-called Catholic Trojan Horses? They influenced the Catholic vote in 2008. The Notre Dame Scandal is a positive education to change the Catholic vote in 2010. But money still buys a lot of lies.
George H. Kubeck
Monday, May 11, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Life and Motherhood on Judgment Day
Life and Motherhood on Judgment Day
In pursuit of the truth – www.cinopsbegone.com – Mother’s Day, Sun. May 10/09
Does it matter? Is it that important? On the first Thursday of May, we celebrated National Day of Public Prayer for our country. {In Cypress, California, we had eleven participants outside their City Hall.} On the second Sunday of May we honor our mothers. Today, not only in America but throughout the world, there is a war against the life of the unborn, mothers, fathers, and their born children.
I believe that the Presidential Medal of Honor recipient, Henry Hyde and the Crusade of Blessed Margaret of Castello, O.P. have messages for us.
“When the time comes as it surely will, when we face the awesome moment, the final judgment. I’ve often thought, as Fulton Sheen wrote, that it is a terrible moment of loneliness. You have no advocates, you are there alone standing before God – and a terror will rip through your soul like nothing you can imagine.
But I really think that those in the pro-life movement will not be alone. I think there will be a chorus of voices that have never been heard in this world but are heard beautifully and clearly in the next world – and they will plead for everyone who has been in this movement. They will say to God, ‘Spare him because he loved us.’” Henry Hyde
Blessed Margaret of Castello O.P.
Had she been conceived today, Margaret surely would have been a victim of abortion or left to die at birth … and what a tragedy that would have been!!! A tragedy for Margaret … who would been deprived of the opportunity to suffer for Christ and thereby achieve the heights of sanctity; a tragedy for the Church … who would have deprived of such an extraordinary daughter; for each one of us … who handicapped as we are by prejudice, by greed, by indifference, by cold-heartedness, or by whatever form it may take, would have been deprived of one with whom we can identify … of one who could truly show us that the only deformity abhorrent to God is the deformity of sin.
As an unwanted deformed child would she not be the ‘saint’ for our time … a special patron of the unborn, the handicapped, the disabled, the social outcasts the patron of the UNWANTED? Will you not join in crusade for her canonization?
She will never fail to help those who invoke her.
{Maybe, we can find the time in the mornings; in our neighborhoods like the Counties of Orange and Los Angeles to participate in a short prayer vigil either alone or with others. This country needs all the public prayer in the world. These two facilities (Family Planning Associates) are already covered by counselors who would love to see you there.}
1.) Long Beach Abortion Mill – 2777 Long Beach Blvd. (across from L.B. Memorial)
2.) Orange City Abortion Mill - 2445 W. Chapman, Orange, Ca. (at the 57 freeway)
George H. Kubeck OPL
In pursuit of the truth – www.cinopsbegone.com – Mother’s Day, Sun. May 10/09
Does it matter? Is it that important? On the first Thursday of May, we celebrated National Day of Public Prayer for our country. {In Cypress, California, we had eleven participants outside their City Hall.} On the second Sunday of May we honor our mothers. Today, not only in America but throughout the world, there is a war against the life of the unborn, mothers, fathers, and their born children.
I believe that the Presidential Medal of Honor recipient, Henry Hyde and the Crusade of Blessed Margaret of Castello, O.P. have messages for us.
“When the time comes as it surely will, when we face the awesome moment, the final judgment. I’ve often thought, as Fulton Sheen wrote, that it is a terrible moment of loneliness. You have no advocates, you are there alone standing before God – and a terror will rip through your soul like nothing you can imagine.
But I really think that those in the pro-life movement will not be alone. I think there will be a chorus of voices that have never been heard in this world but are heard beautifully and clearly in the next world – and they will plead for everyone who has been in this movement. They will say to God, ‘Spare him because he loved us.’” Henry Hyde
Blessed Margaret of Castello O.P.
Had she been conceived today, Margaret surely would have been a victim of abortion or left to die at birth … and what a tragedy that would have been!!! A tragedy for Margaret … who would been deprived of the opportunity to suffer for Christ and thereby achieve the heights of sanctity; a tragedy for the Church … who would have deprived of such an extraordinary daughter; for each one of us … who handicapped as we are by prejudice, by greed, by indifference, by cold-heartedness, or by whatever form it may take, would have been deprived of one with whom we can identify … of one who could truly show us that the only deformity abhorrent to God is the deformity of sin.
As an unwanted deformed child would she not be the ‘saint’ for our time … a special patron of the unborn, the handicapped, the disabled, the social outcasts the patron of the UNWANTED? Will you not join in crusade for her canonization?
She will never fail to help those who invoke her.
{Maybe, we can find the time in the mornings; in our neighborhoods like the Counties of Orange and Los Angeles to participate in a short prayer vigil either alone or with others. This country needs all the public prayer in the world. These two facilities (Family Planning Associates) are already covered by counselors who would love to see you there.}
1.) Long Beach Abortion Mill – 2777 Long Beach Blvd. (across from L.B. Memorial)
2.) Orange City Abortion Mill - 2445 W. Chapman, Orange, Ca. (at the 57 freeway)
George H. Kubeck OPL
Friday, May 8, 2009
The Notre Dame Scandal - 8
The Notre Dame Scandal - 8
In pursuit of the truth – www.cinopsbegone.com – Friday, May 8, 2009
This is the eight letter in a series. What’s going on here? Didn’t 54% of the Catholic Americans vote for Obama? Yes, they did! But many of them were sold a false bill of goods by Obama supporters - Catholic-in-name-only politicians (CINOPS) & their surrogates like Catholics United, and Catholics for the Common Good, etc. that Obama was a better pro-life presidential candidate than McCain.
Now the important thing is that Catholic voters helped break the color barrier for the Presidency. They did the same for Gore in 2000 with 52% of the vote to break the religious barrier for Vice-Presidential candidate Senator Lieberman.
Mr. President, you are lightning rod for Catholics in America. It is the best thing that has occurred to American Catholics in decades. You see the CINOPS are an albatross around the neck of the Catholic Church and they are also for your presidency. What we want in America are authentic Catholic colleges and universities. There are about 250 in America. For over a hundred years these colleges were built and financed by orthodox Catholics like Bishop Fulton Sheen. Many are Catholic-in-name-only educational facilities. THAT’S FRAUD & DECEIT!
That is why all bishops need to express themselves today on this topic:
ADDRESSES OF CALIFORNIA BISHOPS:
FRESNO: The Most Reverend John T. Steinbock, Bishop of Fresno
1550 North Fresno Street, Fresno, Ca. 93703-3788, Fax: (559) 493-2847
LOS ANGELES: His Eminence Roger M Mahony, Archbishop of Los Angeles,
3424 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, Ca. 90010-2202, Fax: (213) 637 6510
The Most Reverend Oscar A. Solis, Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles,
Director of the Office of Justice and Peace
3424 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, Ca. 90010-2202 Fax (213) 637 6510
MONTEREY: The Most Reverend Richard J. Garcia, Bishop of Monterey
P.O. Box 2048, Monterey, Ca. 93942, Fax 831-373-1175
OAKLAND: The Most Reverend Allen H. Vigneron, Bishop of Oakland
2900 Lakeshore Avenue, Oakland, Ca. 94610-3697, Fax: (519) 893-0945
ORANGE: The Most Reverend Tod D. Brown, Diocese of Orange,
P.O. Box 14195, Orange, Ca. 92863-1595 Fax: (714) 282-3029
SACRAMENTO: The Most Reverend William K. Weigand, Bishop of Sacramento
2110 Broadway, Sacramento, Ca. 95818, Fax: 916-733-0215
The Most Reverend Jaime Soto, Coadjutor Bishop of Sacramento,
2110 Broadway, Sacramento, Ca. 95818 Fax: (916) 733-0215
SAN BERNADINO: The Most Reverend Gerald R. Barnes, Bishop of San Bernardino
1201 E, Highland Ave. San Bernardino, Ca. 92404 0149 Fax 909-475-5155
SAN DIEGO: The Most Reverend Robert H. Brom, Diocese of San Diego,
P.O. Box, 85728 San Diego, Ca. 92186-5728, Fax: (858) 490-8272
The Most Reverend Salvatore J. Cordileone, Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego
P.O. Box 85728, San Diego, Ca. 92186-5728, Fax: (858) 490-8272
SAN FRANCISCO: The Most Reverend George Niederauer, Archbishop of S.F.
One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, Ca. 94109
SAN JOSE: The Most Reverend Patrick J. McGrath, Bishop of San Jose
900 Lafayette Street, Suite 301, Santa Clara, Ca. 95050-4966, Fax: (408) 983-0295
SANTA ROSA: The Most Reverend Daniel F. Walsh, Bishop of Santa Rosa
P.O. Box 1297 Santa Rosa, Ca. 95402 Fax: (707) 566-3310
STOCKTON: The Most Reverend Stephen E. Blair, Bishop of Stockton, President of the California Cath. Conference, 1105 North Lincoln St. Stockton, Ca. 92503
George H. Kubeck
In pursuit of the truth – www.cinopsbegone.com – Friday, May 8, 2009
This is the eight letter in a series. What’s going on here? Didn’t 54% of the Catholic Americans vote for Obama? Yes, they did! But many of them were sold a false bill of goods by Obama supporters - Catholic-in-name-only politicians (CINOPS) & their surrogates like Catholics United, and Catholics for the Common Good, etc. that Obama was a better pro-life presidential candidate than McCain.
Now the important thing is that Catholic voters helped break the color barrier for the Presidency. They did the same for Gore in 2000 with 52% of the vote to break the religious barrier for Vice-Presidential candidate Senator Lieberman.
Mr. President, you are lightning rod for Catholics in America. It is the best thing that has occurred to American Catholics in decades. You see the CINOPS are an albatross around the neck of the Catholic Church and they are also for your presidency. What we want in America are authentic Catholic colleges and universities. There are about 250 in America. For over a hundred years these colleges were built and financed by orthodox Catholics like Bishop Fulton Sheen. Many are Catholic-in-name-only educational facilities. THAT’S FRAUD & DECEIT!
That is why all bishops need to express themselves today on this topic:
ADDRESSES OF CALIFORNIA BISHOPS:
FRESNO: The Most Reverend John T. Steinbock, Bishop of Fresno
1550 North Fresno Street, Fresno, Ca. 93703-3788, Fax: (559) 493-2847
LOS ANGELES: His Eminence Roger M Mahony, Archbishop of Los Angeles,
3424 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, Ca. 90010-2202, Fax: (213) 637 6510
The Most Reverend Oscar A. Solis, Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles,
Director of the Office of Justice and Peace
3424 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, Ca. 90010-2202 Fax (213) 637 6510
MONTEREY: The Most Reverend Richard J. Garcia, Bishop of Monterey
P.O. Box 2048, Monterey, Ca. 93942, Fax 831-373-1175
OAKLAND: The Most Reverend Allen H. Vigneron, Bishop of Oakland
2900 Lakeshore Avenue, Oakland, Ca. 94610-3697, Fax: (519) 893-0945
ORANGE: The Most Reverend Tod D. Brown, Diocese of Orange,
P.O. Box 14195, Orange, Ca. 92863-1595 Fax: (714) 282-3029
SACRAMENTO: The Most Reverend William K. Weigand, Bishop of Sacramento
2110 Broadway, Sacramento, Ca. 95818, Fax: 916-733-0215
The Most Reverend Jaime Soto, Coadjutor Bishop of Sacramento,
2110 Broadway, Sacramento, Ca. 95818 Fax: (916) 733-0215
SAN BERNADINO: The Most Reverend Gerald R. Barnes, Bishop of San Bernardino
1201 E, Highland Ave. San Bernardino, Ca. 92404 0149 Fax 909-475-5155
SAN DIEGO: The Most Reverend Robert H. Brom, Diocese of San Diego,
P.O. Box, 85728 San Diego, Ca. 92186-5728, Fax: (858) 490-8272
The Most Reverend Salvatore J. Cordileone, Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego
P.O. Box 85728, San Diego, Ca. 92186-5728, Fax: (858) 490-8272
SAN FRANCISCO: The Most Reverend George Niederauer, Archbishop of S.F.
One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, Ca. 94109
SAN JOSE: The Most Reverend Patrick J. McGrath, Bishop of San Jose
900 Lafayette Street, Suite 301, Santa Clara, Ca. 95050-4966, Fax: (408) 983-0295
SANTA ROSA: The Most Reverend Daniel F. Walsh, Bishop of Santa Rosa
P.O. Box 1297 Santa Rosa, Ca. 95402 Fax: (707) 566-3310
STOCKTON: The Most Reverend Stephen E. Blair, Bishop of Stockton, President of the California Cath. Conference, 1105 North Lincoln St. Stockton, Ca. 92503
George H. Kubeck
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Honest Journalism?
Honest Journalism
In pursuit of the truth – www.cinopsbegone.com – Wednesday, May 6, 2009
What’s going on? Miss California is ridiculed, maligned, and denigrated by the left-wing internet and the public airways. Even her parents are threatened. Why? SHE SUPPORTS MARRIAGE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN!
Furthermore, the politically correct news really doesn’t care. Why? They directly and indirectly support same-sex marriage. I believe Miss California’s stand is a badge of honor for normal Americans. I believe that the politically correct news media is destructive to the nation and in particular to the homosexual oriented person for embracing the radical left-wing political and social agenda of the EXTREME leaders of the homosexual agenda.
One would expect CINOP Republican governor Arnold and his wife CINOP Democrat Maria to speak out and say that these insults of Miss California must stop. Why are both of them silent? Is it because both of them shamefully as Catholic-in-name-only politicians support same-sex marriage? Is this what’s going to happen to anyone who publicly supports traditional marriage?
The only public news media that reported the above and criticized this kind of smear tactics of Miss California was Fox News with Bill O’Reilly. It occurred on his Monday news report where he also called the News Media “corrupt.”
Is honest journalism dead in America? There are many exceptions, but overall, honest journalism is dead. Why? Personal analysis and Hannity thinks so. Those of us who lived during the Cold War which ended around 1989 will know what I am talking about much better. We must educate our younger citizens.
Do you remember the useful idiots, the fellow travelers, the Commie party lovers of the Russian or Chinese communists in our midst? I do! They stood out among us; in particular among the anti-war demonstrators. I don’t think they learned anything from the collapse of Communism in Europe and Eastern Europe during the late 1980s. THEIRS IS NOT THE KIND OF AMERICA WE WANT!
Pravda is the Russian word for truth. Pravda was to the rulers of communist Russia what modern political correctness is to the culture of death agenda in America. Ordinary Russians saw through this propaganda and so do regular Americans. Throughout the country, liberal politically correct newspapers are going bankrupt. The Boston Globe is on the verge. The New York Times borrowed 200 million from a Mexican financier. He gets 17% interest on it yearly.
Even stupid corporations are on the road to self-destruction. I am thinking of Pepsi Cola and Campbell Soup promoting this homosexual, non-American, and radical agenda. McDonald sensibly back out of it months ago.
If it wasn’t for talk-radio, news from the internet, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and other truth seeking sources we would all be indoctrinated by ABC- CBS – NBC - MSNBC, and CNN news. We would all be in the twilight zone ready for a different America stripped of its foundations – our Judeo-Christian heritage -
Our Constitution- and the principles of freedom & ideas of our Founding Fathers.
George H. Kubeck
In pursuit of the truth – www.cinopsbegone.com – Wednesday, May 6, 2009
What’s going on? Miss California is ridiculed, maligned, and denigrated by the left-wing internet and the public airways. Even her parents are threatened. Why? SHE SUPPORTS MARRIAGE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN!
Furthermore, the politically correct news really doesn’t care. Why? They directly and indirectly support same-sex marriage. I believe Miss California’s stand is a badge of honor for normal Americans. I believe that the politically correct news media is destructive to the nation and in particular to the homosexual oriented person for embracing the radical left-wing political and social agenda of the EXTREME leaders of the homosexual agenda.
One would expect CINOP Republican governor Arnold and his wife CINOP Democrat Maria to speak out and say that these insults of Miss California must stop. Why are both of them silent? Is it because both of them shamefully as Catholic-in-name-only politicians support same-sex marriage? Is this what’s going to happen to anyone who publicly supports traditional marriage?
The only public news media that reported the above and criticized this kind of smear tactics of Miss California was Fox News with Bill O’Reilly. It occurred on his Monday news report where he also called the News Media “corrupt.”
Is honest journalism dead in America? There are many exceptions, but overall, honest journalism is dead. Why? Personal analysis and Hannity thinks so. Those of us who lived during the Cold War which ended around 1989 will know what I am talking about much better. We must educate our younger citizens.
Do you remember the useful idiots, the fellow travelers, the Commie party lovers of the Russian or Chinese communists in our midst? I do! They stood out among us; in particular among the anti-war demonstrators. I don’t think they learned anything from the collapse of Communism in Europe and Eastern Europe during the late 1980s. THEIRS IS NOT THE KIND OF AMERICA WE WANT!
Pravda is the Russian word for truth. Pravda was to the rulers of communist Russia what modern political correctness is to the culture of death agenda in America. Ordinary Russians saw through this propaganda and so do regular Americans. Throughout the country, liberal politically correct newspapers are going bankrupt. The Boston Globe is on the verge. The New York Times borrowed 200 million from a Mexican financier. He gets 17% interest on it yearly.
Even stupid corporations are on the road to self-destruction. I am thinking of Pepsi Cola and Campbell Soup promoting this homosexual, non-American, and radical agenda. McDonald sensibly back out of it months ago.
If it wasn’t for talk-radio, news from the internet, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and other truth seeking sources we would all be indoctrinated by ABC- CBS – NBC - MSNBC, and CNN news. We would all be in the twilight zone ready for a different America stripped of its foundations – our Judeo-Christian heritage -
Our Constitution- and the principles of freedom & ideas of our Founding Fathers.
George H. Kubeck
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
The Notre Dame Scandal - 7
The Notre Dame Scandal – 7
In pursuit of the truth – www.cinopsbegone – Tuesday, May 5, 2009
The Price of Liberty is eternal vigilance!
The Integrity of our Catholic Faith is faithful vigilance to the Catholic Church’s Catechism.
It would be a good idea for both sides of the controversy to contemplate the message of the Holy Father for May 3, 2009, Fourth Sunday of Easter – His Theme: Faith in the divine initiative – the human response.
It expands upon the theme of the Good Shepherd who does not run away (or is silent) when the sheep are to be devoured, but rather lays down his own life for them.
This is the seventh in a series of letters on the Notre Dame Scandal. Let us focus on the shepherds who are the bishops. Today, we need shepherds in the footsteps of Pope John Paul II. About 70 bishops have spoken out. We look forward to all to speak out between today and Saturday, May 17th. That is the day of the President’s commencement address.
Fact # 1 – When Father John Jenkins made the decision to invite President Obama; not one of his 12 advisors questioned it. This is a most disturbing mindset and may be characteristic of other Catholic universities. One can understand why Bishop John D’Arcy was not informed. In the spring of 2004 as reported by the Cardinal Newman Society, the bishop scolded Notre Dame for “Monologues.”
The following are excerpts from his statement concerning the Feb. 14th 2004 performance of “The Vagina Monologues” at the University of Notre Dame.
“At this time of the year, it has been customary for many institutions of higher learning, including, regrettably, Catholic institutions, to present something called, “The Vagina Monologues” is presenting it again, as it has for the past several years, under the official sponsorship of at least two departments.
…
“The Vagina Monologues” is offensive to women; it is antithetical of Catholic teaching on the beautiful gift of human sexuality and also to the teachings of the Church on the human body and the human person, in the tradition of the church, must never be seen as an object…. This play violates the truth about women; the truth about sexuality; the truth about male and female, and the truth about the human body”…
For the above, thank you Cardinal Newman Society. The Society is dedicated to promoting the educational ideal espoused by John Henry Newman and further developed by Pope John Paul II in his Apostolic Constitution, Ex Corde Ecclesiae. To accelerate progress towards our goal of renewing Catholic identity in Catholic Higher Education in the U.S.A., the Cardinal Newman Society needs to expose thousands more college leaders, educators, alumni and students and their parents and grandparents. There is strength in numbers; and please make a small or large contribution:
Please join: CARDINAL NEWMAN SOCIETY, P.O. 1879, MERRIFIELD, VA. 22116
MEMBERSHIP SERVICE CENTER
Please send a postcard to: CARDINAL WILLIAM JOSEPH LEVEDA
(94 cents postage) CONGREGATION PRO DOCTRINE FIDEI
PIAZZA DEL S. UFFIZIO, 11
00193 ROMA, ITALY, EUROPE
Also a postcard to: Most Reverend Daniel R. Jenky CSC, Spaulding Pastoral Center
(27 cents) 419 N.E. Madison Ave., Peoria, IL 61603- 3719
George H. Kubeck
In pursuit of the truth – www.cinopsbegone – Tuesday, May 5, 2009
The Price of Liberty is eternal vigilance!
The Integrity of our Catholic Faith is faithful vigilance to the Catholic Church’s Catechism.
It would be a good idea for both sides of the controversy to contemplate the message of the Holy Father for May 3, 2009, Fourth Sunday of Easter – His Theme: Faith in the divine initiative – the human response.
It expands upon the theme of the Good Shepherd who does not run away (or is silent) when the sheep are to be devoured, but rather lays down his own life for them.
This is the seventh in a series of letters on the Notre Dame Scandal. Let us focus on the shepherds who are the bishops. Today, we need shepherds in the footsteps of Pope John Paul II. About 70 bishops have spoken out. We look forward to all to speak out between today and Saturday, May 17th. That is the day of the President’s commencement address.
Fact # 1 – When Father John Jenkins made the decision to invite President Obama; not one of his 12 advisors questioned it. This is a most disturbing mindset and may be characteristic of other Catholic universities. One can understand why Bishop John D’Arcy was not informed. In the spring of 2004 as reported by the Cardinal Newman Society, the bishop scolded Notre Dame for “Monologues.”
The following are excerpts from his statement concerning the Feb. 14th 2004 performance of “The Vagina Monologues” at the University of Notre Dame.
“At this time of the year, it has been customary for many institutions of higher learning, including, regrettably, Catholic institutions, to present something called, “The Vagina Monologues” is presenting it again, as it has for the past several years, under the official sponsorship of at least two departments.
…
“The Vagina Monologues” is offensive to women; it is antithetical of Catholic teaching on the beautiful gift of human sexuality and also to the teachings of the Church on the human body and the human person, in the tradition of the church, must never be seen as an object…. This play violates the truth about women; the truth about sexuality; the truth about male and female, and the truth about the human body”…
For the above, thank you Cardinal Newman Society. The Society is dedicated to promoting the educational ideal espoused by John Henry Newman and further developed by Pope John Paul II in his Apostolic Constitution, Ex Corde Ecclesiae. To accelerate progress towards our goal of renewing Catholic identity in Catholic Higher Education in the U.S.A., the Cardinal Newman Society needs to expose thousands more college leaders, educators, alumni and students and their parents and grandparents. There is strength in numbers; and please make a small or large contribution:
Please join: CARDINAL NEWMAN SOCIETY, P.O. 1879, MERRIFIELD, VA. 22116
MEMBERSHIP SERVICE CENTER
Please send a postcard to: CARDINAL WILLIAM JOSEPH LEVEDA
(94 cents postage) CONGREGATION PRO DOCTRINE FIDEI
PIAZZA DEL S. UFFIZIO, 11
00193 ROMA, ITALY, EUROPE
Also a postcard to: Most Reverend Daniel R. Jenky CSC, Spaulding Pastoral Center
(27 cents) 419 N.E. Madison Ave., Peoria, IL 61603- 3719
George H. Kubeck
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Pope Benedict's Meditation on TRUTH
Pope Benedict’s Meditation on TRUTH
In pursuit of the truth – www.cinopsbegone.com – Sunday, May 3, 2009
Truth is not one of the great moral catchwords of our age; it does not stand high on the roster of virtues…. Considering the widespread social concerns of our epoch, there seems to be little left for the wearisome and boring question of truth.
Indeed, there some who suspect that it serves us rather as a way of bypassing pressing human problems: that it is far from offering an answer to these problems…. But what shall we say, then, about truth? Where is it actually to be found? What does it mean? I would like to attempt an answer to this question by relating a brief episode from the life of Pater Rupert Mayer.
Rupert Mayer became acquainted with Hitler as early as 1919 when the latter was discussion leader at a Communist meeting. At that early period, when Hitler was not recognized as the future dictator, it could still seem on the whole likely that, despite some annoying traits, he could become an ally in the struggle against the threat of Marxism. Hitler himself had hinted at this….
Father Rupert, who was not an intellectual, but a simple priest, recognized, as it were, the mask of Antichrist in something that we might well have overlooked. He realized from the beginning that Hitler constantly exaggerated and had no scruples about lying. One who does not respect the truth cannot construct anything worth while. If truth is not held in honor then freedom, justice, and love cannot flourish. Truth, which I mean the simple, humble, patient truth of daily life, is the foundation of all the other virtues.
I am not speaking here about truth in matters of great importance, such as God, the world, and human beings, but about truth in those matters of small importance that impinge on our daily lives – but the two are not to be separated. And one who has no qualms about treading ruthlessly on the truth in small matters cannot claim to be a guarantor of the truth in great matters.
Let us now apply this to the present. What is our attitude toward truth? How does each of us relate to truth day after day? Do I always speak the truth? Have I the courage to adhere to it even when it is uncomfortable, and when it disturbs any peace, when it leads to irritation or anger?
For we cannot deny that truth is often shameful. Truth is disagreeable and can the cause of much unpleasantness. Truth so often interferes with what we deem useful or necessary and is so easily pushed aside. One seems to lose so little thereby and to gain so much. But if we act and speak in such a way – how can we really ever trust one another?
Where truth is not present, the foundation of society is ripped from under us. In fact, this apparently very useless virtue is, in reality, the fundamental virtue of all society.
G.H.K. The above from Ratzinger’s “Co-Workers of the Truth,” May 3rd meditation.
In pursuit of the truth – www.cinopsbegone.com – Sunday, May 3, 2009
Truth is not one of the great moral catchwords of our age; it does not stand high on the roster of virtues…. Considering the widespread social concerns of our epoch, there seems to be little left for the wearisome and boring question of truth.
Indeed, there some who suspect that it serves us rather as a way of bypassing pressing human problems: that it is far from offering an answer to these problems…. But what shall we say, then, about truth? Where is it actually to be found? What does it mean? I would like to attempt an answer to this question by relating a brief episode from the life of Pater Rupert Mayer.
Rupert Mayer became acquainted with Hitler as early as 1919 when the latter was discussion leader at a Communist meeting. At that early period, when Hitler was not recognized as the future dictator, it could still seem on the whole likely that, despite some annoying traits, he could become an ally in the struggle against the threat of Marxism. Hitler himself had hinted at this….
Father Rupert, who was not an intellectual, but a simple priest, recognized, as it were, the mask of Antichrist in something that we might well have overlooked. He realized from the beginning that Hitler constantly exaggerated and had no scruples about lying. One who does not respect the truth cannot construct anything worth while. If truth is not held in honor then freedom, justice, and love cannot flourish. Truth, which I mean the simple, humble, patient truth of daily life, is the foundation of all the other virtues.
I am not speaking here about truth in matters of great importance, such as God, the world, and human beings, but about truth in those matters of small importance that impinge on our daily lives – but the two are not to be separated. And one who has no qualms about treading ruthlessly on the truth in small matters cannot claim to be a guarantor of the truth in great matters.
Let us now apply this to the present. What is our attitude toward truth? How does each of us relate to truth day after day? Do I always speak the truth? Have I the courage to adhere to it even when it is uncomfortable, and when it disturbs any peace, when it leads to irritation or anger?
For we cannot deny that truth is often shameful. Truth is disagreeable and can the cause of much unpleasantness. Truth so often interferes with what we deem useful or necessary and is so easily pushed aside. One seems to lose so little thereby and to gain so much. But if we act and speak in such a way – how can we really ever trust one another?
Where truth is not present, the foundation of society is ripped from under us. In fact, this apparently very useless virtue is, in reality, the fundamental virtue of all society.
G.H.K. The above from Ratzinger’s “Co-Workers of the Truth,” May 3rd meditation.
Friday, May 1, 2009
Ex-Canadian: Plain Talk on the Notre Dame Scandal
Ex-Canadian: Plain Talk on the Notre Dame Scandal
In pursuit of the truth – Memorial St. Joseph the Worker – Friday, May 1, 2009
It would be a good idea if both sides of the controversy would begin to read Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger’s book “Co-Workers of the Truth” Meditations for Every Day of the Year,1992 Ignatius Press, San Francisco. Over the years they will learn something each day.
The invitation of President Barack Obama to speak at Notre Dame was a bonanza for the U.S. Catholic-in-name-only politicians. (CINOPS) Nothing more and nothing less. There seems to be a mental block and a blind spot by the bishops, theologians, priests, parishioners, and especially Catholic writers with respect to the CINOPS.
These CINOPS, men and women, are shallow individuals. They are political hacks for the culture of death. The 55 bishops who have spoken out on this scandal are in the footsteps of Blessed Pope John Paul II. All bishops need to speak out.
It is better for the Catholic Church in America to have pro-life and family politicians who are agnostics or atheists than any CINOP. We just had 16 so-called Catholic Senators in Congress vote to eliminate the conscience clause. They are frauds & imposters.
The CINOP is really the equivalent of any politician who publicly supports fornication, adultery and pornography. If those of us who are prayer and educational evangelists at the abortion mills understand this; why can’t all of us?
This controversy is turning into a positive for the education of all. Do we believe in natural law? Who are we as Catholics and Americans? Thank you Father John Jenkins!
Always in the back of my mind is the fear of same-sex marriage for our country that is being promoted by the elite culture in America. IN CANADA, CATHOLIC LIBERALS INTRODUCED AND PASSED THE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LAWS. IN THE U.S., NO CINOP HAS SPOKEN OUT PUBLICLY IN OPPOSITION TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
The mindset of the staff at USCCB must never accept or accommodate to same-sex marriage IN ANY STATE PRESENTLY LEGALIZED. It would not be America anymore. Have we not learned from abortion? An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Also it’s time to get rid of Democratic registered lawyers throughout each U.S. dioceses. We can’t trust them. Let’s have the lawyers that represent the Evangelical, Baptist or Mormon Churches in America. The D. lawyers come up with stupid regulations for the distribution by pro-life literature and candidates outside Catholic Churches, etc. Besides if any lawyer or Catholic advisors are members of the ACLU; they should be fired.
Catholic writers when writing about the CINOP seem to focus only on abortion. That is the tip of the iceberg! You are looking at a guy or gal that is promoting – the two A’s, the two E’s and the two SS. (Abortion-Assisted-Suicide: Euthanasia- Embryonic-Stem Cell Research; and Same-Sex Marriage) Has it ever occurred to them that the best way to solve this problem is simply vote them out of office in 2010? CINOPS are an albatross and scandal around our necks; our Catholic Faith and Church. Let’s start writing about them!
George H. Kubeck
In pursuit of the truth – Memorial St. Joseph the Worker – Friday, May 1, 2009
It would be a good idea if both sides of the controversy would begin to read Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger’s book “Co-Workers of the Truth” Meditations for Every Day of the Year,1992 Ignatius Press, San Francisco. Over the years they will learn something each day.
The invitation of President Barack Obama to speak at Notre Dame was a bonanza for the U.S. Catholic-in-name-only politicians. (CINOPS) Nothing more and nothing less. There seems to be a mental block and a blind spot by the bishops, theologians, priests, parishioners, and especially Catholic writers with respect to the CINOPS.
These CINOPS, men and women, are shallow individuals. They are political hacks for the culture of death. The 55 bishops who have spoken out on this scandal are in the footsteps of Blessed Pope John Paul II. All bishops need to speak out.
It is better for the Catholic Church in America to have pro-life and family politicians who are agnostics or atheists than any CINOP. We just had 16 so-called Catholic Senators in Congress vote to eliminate the conscience clause. They are frauds & imposters.
The CINOP is really the equivalent of any politician who publicly supports fornication, adultery and pornography. If those of us who are prayer and educational evangelists at the abortion mills understand this; why can’t all of us?
This controversy is turning into a positive for the education of all. Do we believe in natural law? Who are we as Catholics and Americans? Thank you Father John Jenkins!
Always in the back of my mind is the fear of same-sex marriage for our country that is being promoted by the elite culture in America. IN CANADA, CATHOLIC LIBERALS INTRODUCED AND PASSED THE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LAWS. IN THE U.S., NO CINOP HAS SPOKEN OUT PUBLICLY IN OPPOSITION TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
The mindset of the staff at USCCB must never accept or accommodate to same-sex marriage IN ANY STATE PRESENTLY LEGALIZED. It would not be America anymore. Have we not learned from abortion? An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Also it’s time to get rid of Democratic registered lawyers throughout each U.S. dioceses. We can’t trust them. Let’s have the lawyers that represent the Evangelical, Baptist or Mormon Churches in America. The D. lawyers come up with stupid regulations for the distribution by pro-life literature and candidates outside Catholic Churches, etc. Besides if any lawyer or Catholic advisors are members of the ACLU; they should be fired.
Catholic writers when writing about the CINOP seem to focus only on abortion. That is the tip of the iceberg! You are looking at a guy or gal that is promoting – the two A’s, the two E’s and the two SS. (Abortion-Assisted-Suicide: Euthanasia- Embryonic-Stem Cell Research; and Same-Sex Marriage) Has it ever occurred to them that the best way to solve this problem is simply vote them out of office in 2010? CINOPS are an albatross and scandal around our necks; our Catholic Faith and Church. Let’s start writing about them!
George H. Kubeck
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