Heartening news from Notre Dame: Catholic News Agency reports that the new president, Rev. John I. Jenkins said in a speech before faculty members that he wants to scale back University and department sponsorship of events on campus that have elements that go against Church teaching and thus could be construed as being officially supported by Notre Dame.
"A reasonable observer would assume that the university is sponsoring an event that, in fact, is clearly and egregiously at odds with its values as a Catholic university," he said.
This is a continued breath of fresh air at Notre Dame. Recent generations of students there have increasingly moved toward theological orthodoxy and will propel the college to future greatness.
The Catholic News Agency article also said that Rev. Jenkins is interested in hearing from alumni on the subject.
Yay, lets hope that places like DePaul and my own current place of study, Regis, will follow suit. Nevertheless, we all know how "orthodox" Jesuit schools tend to be.
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