Naval Base in Bangor, Washington, to get some groceries, and there was a big banner outside and a table, where volunteers were taking signups for a local parochial school. That was recently summed up to me - what a Catholic school should be, whether it’s an elementary school, a high school, or a university. You have created here what a Catholic College is supposed to be. Worse will come if the so-called “Equality Act,” as written, ever becomes law.īut enough of politics. Women shouldn’t be forced to share private spaces, including showers and dorm rooms, with males, and religious schools shouldn’t be punished simply because of their beliefs about biological sex. Just this week, a federal judge ruled that students of the opposite biological sex must be allowed to share shower spaces and dorms at a small Christian college in Missouri. We as a church will decide if our schools are Catholic or not, not the government. The Catholic schools fought back anyway, and the Supreme Court recently ruled in their favor. The government, through the National Labor Relations Board, tried to tell Carroll College in Helena, Montana Saint Xavier University in Chicago Manhattan College in New York Duquesne in Pennsylvania, “You’re not Catholic, and you don’t get any exemptions that apply to faith-based schools.” The government went after these schools because they had modest endowments compared to Notre Dame and Boston College. The government likes to pick on small, faith-based colleges. Supreme Court, securing an exemption from a federal mandate that compelled employers to provide free contraceptives, abortifacients, and sterilization coverage to their employees. McLean, for successfully leading the College in a four-year legal effort that went all the way to the U.S. On behalf of the United States Catholic Conference Committee on Catholic Education, I thank you, Dr. Thank you for fighting to uphold your Catholic principles. Thomas Aquinas College is what a Catholic college is supposed to be. Thank you, President McLean and first, I would like to thank the founders, trustees, and benefactors for creating this college and supporting it. Commencement 2020 Address - "Hold Fast to Faith".
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