The following comes from a March 20 TFP Student Action article by Matthew Miller:
For a fourth year, basic Catholic teaching and moral decency will be pushed into the closet at the University of San Diego — a Catholic institution in southern California — to make way for the aggressive demands of the homosexual agenda.
According to the university’s web site, the April 16 “drag show” event will be “PRIDE’s Celebration of Gender Expression: Supreme Drag Superstar IV.” This year’s edition will predictably include more of the same offensive behavior witnessed before: men dressing as women, immoral behavior and the open mockery of Catholic moral values.
Last year, one of the “drag show” performers appeared on stage dressed with a devilish horned-headdress that looked like Baphomet, a satanic symbol. Then the pro-homosexual performer, gyrating sensually, sang a song called “Good N’Evil,” which claims that “Good is evil” and “all evil is good.”
The annual “drag show” at the University of San Diego is not an isolated event that happens once a year within an otherwise Catholic environment, but part of a much broader push to legitimize and promote the homosexual movement on campus. On its web site the university offers a wide range of “LGBTQ Resources” and recognizes multiple pro-homosexual groups which enjoy the support of faculty members and students alike, including PRIDE, Rainbow Educators, Safe Space Allies, LGBTQ Action Group and PRIDE Law.
TFP Student Action is once again inviting its members to sign a prayerful online protest to oppose this scandal. The petition is addressed to Msgr. Daniel Dillabough, USD Vice-President of Mission and Ministry and Dr. Mary Lyons, president of USD.
Join the Outcry: Sign your protest here
Faithful Catholic students are planning a protest on the USD campus itself.
Catholic attorney, Charles LiMandri, formed the Alumni for a Catholic USD and has been leading annual protests against this offensive event. Responding to LiMandri’s concern, the Vatican Congregation for Education issued a letter in 2014, calling this drag show a “scandal,” adding that “this congregation intends to act through administrative channels to the competent ecclesiastical authority in San Diego.”
Thus far, however, the drag show has not been canceled.
It is opportune to recall the incisive words of Pope St. Felix III: “Not to oppose error is to approve it; and not to defend truth is to suppress it; and indeed to neglect to confound evil men, when we can do it, is no less a sin than to encourage them.”
Contact information (please be firm and polite)
Dr. Mary Lyons, President
University of San Diego
5998 Alcalá Park
San Diego, CA 92110-2492
president@sandiego.edu
Phone: (619) 260-4520
Fax: (619) 260-6833
Msgr. Daniel Dillabough
USD Vice President, Mission & Ministry
5998 Alcalá Park
San Diego, CA 92110-2492
Phone: (619) 260-2247
dillaboughd@sandiego.edu
How much longer Lord, how much longer?
“How much longer Lord, how much longer?”
I nominate this for the best comment.
Clearly, you understand just how boring a drag show is.
The drag show will occur after the installation of Bp. McElroy, so letters should be waiting for him upon his arrival and not simply sent to USD, who has shown zero signs of addressing this issue. I’m sure Mary Lyons loves it.
Do you forget where Bishop McElroy is coming to San Diego from? I guarantee that he will have no problem whatever with this. He will encourage it.
Bishop McElroy is quite “in sympathy with the devil,” when it comes to homosexuality and the gay “lifestyle!” VERY sympathetic! A tragedy!!
Sadly, you are correct, “Gil”: Bishop McElroy is a New Church stalwart and will aggressively revert the SD Church to a 1970’s hootenanny-Mass mentality (with a little of the “sodomite welcoming” thrown in for flavoring). But, he is Francis’s man, so there you have it. All will need to work all the harder to flood the airwaves with protest and demonstration against the constant heresy and scandal that is sure to follow from San Diego (as those influenced by the new bishop try to curry favor with the court now in power).
SHAME ON USD!! I signed the petition, sent a note of my own, and left messages, for both the President and Vice-President. These horrible people all should be EXCOMMUNICATED!! Holy Week is next week, and on Good Friday, Jesus Christ suffered terribly, and died, for our Salvation! The entire mission of this evil school– must be, to BRING STUDENTS TO CHRIST!! PERIOD!! SHAME, SHAME, SHAME ON THESE PEOPLE, AND THEIR EVIL, FALSE “CATHOLIC” SCHOOL!!
Thank you Linda Maria i feel the same way. We gotta find a way to take back this school. Join me in prayer and fasting.
I am wondering if a petition has been started, to help the poor Catholic high school teacher, at Immaculata High School, in New Jersey, who was recently terminated from her job, and persecuted by the Church (including the school principal, parish Pastor, and Bishop of her Diocese. This dedicated theology teacher upheld the Church’s teaching, on the Sacrament of Marriage, and denounced homosexual “marriage,” as wrong. This story appeared on the website http://www.LifeSiteNews.com, on Monday, March 23. Addresses and phone numbers were given, to contact the school principal, her parish Pastor (also in charge of the school), and the Bishop. Those who fired her, all should be EXCOMMUNICATED!! SHAME ON THEM ALL!!
Her bishop claims she hasn’t been fired, only suspended with pay and benefits until the end of the year. Her family has been accused of using the situation opportunistically to raise money to cover her health benefits under false pretenses. It’s all very confusing; someone is lying.
Dave N., Please re-read the article– it is very clear! This teacher was suspended with pay, until August– and then told, her contract would then be terminated, and not renewed– yet, she was a thirty-year, successful teaching veteran! Her family was worried about removal of health insurance coverage, because this is a necessity! The teacher had also, tragically, been undergoing breast cancer treatments! The article states, she never missed a day of class, when undergoing her cancer treatments! Please re-read the article! A group instigated by a Hollywood actress who is an aunt of a former (now “gay”) student– started a “terrorist” campaign, to harm the former teacher, because she stated that gay “marriage” is wrong, on her Facebook page! The former student also admitted that she was always very warm and accepting, of all her students! The Church was pressured, and so they terminated this teacher! This is HORRIBLE!!
All I’m saying is either the Bishop or the woman’s family are publicly lying. However I will say that the appeal from the family asking for donations because the teacher won’t have health insurance coverage is somewhat suspicious because she can continue to receive insurance coverage under ACA.
Dave N., please try to again read this tragic Catholic new story! It is not about health insurance and greed for money, or some trivial thing, as you suggested— it is a very serious and tragic situation in our Church! St. Christopher posts further news information. If you had kids in such worthless Catholic schools— you would truly be extremely frantic, due to this sort of corruption and evil!!!
In my above post, I meant to say, in the first line— “…tragic Catholic news story!” Typographical error! Anyway, the corruption in our Catholic schools, is extremely dangerous to Catholic students and parents, as well as to the whole Church! Parents pay a lot of money, to educate their children in Catholic schools– and these schools need to be RESPONSIBLE, and truly Catholic, in terms of Faith and Morals!!
Note that the family has now retracted their fundraiser, per LifeSiteNews:
“To avoid the appearance of evil, the family has suspended its collections pending further information about their mother’s employment prospects. ‘The latest announcement from the diocese suggests that we may have been misinformed about their decision to terminate her in August,’ the family wrote.”
Theology teacher Patricia Jannuzzi and family are being attacked and railroaded by Bishop Bootkoski (Metuchen Diocese, NJ) for doing nothing more than accurately reflecting Church teaching on homosexuality and homosexual sex in a private Facebook posting. The bishop (and his sappy staff) were apparently heavily influenced by demands by Hollywood illuminati regarding Ms. Jannuzzi.
Bishop Bootkoski came out with a statement reflecting his complete misunderstanding of Catholic doctrine, announcing a new “teaching of Acceptance” that seems to trump all other teachings in the Catechism about homosexuality. See the outstanding “open letter” of “The Lepanto Institute” to Bishop Bootkoski on this: https://www.lepantoinstitute.org/uncategorized/an-open-letter-to-bishop-bootkoski/.
Bishop Bootkoski is yet another Catholic bishop that has completely accepted homosexual sex as right and moral. They will defend the sodomite’s absolute right to anal sex, even to the point of dismissing any faithful Catholic teacher that points out this insult to the Faith. And, of course, the bishop does this knowing that many, many young Catholics will read and digest his words (and, perhaps, experiment with what is now lovingly accepted by the Diocese). This is beyond sad. Bishop Bootkoski has no business remaining in his vital post and should resign, or be fired. (Laugh track on here).
Thanks for your post, St. Christopher!
Now, Catholic doctrine holds that: 1) homosexual relations are immoral and, 2) implies that they are caused by worldly corruption rather than the will of God. Certainly, dedicated Catholics are duty bound to speak out about the Church’s teaching about God’s will.
Anyone, however, who read Ms Jannuzzi’s statement and characterizes it as a harmless rendition of Catholic doctrine either: 1) can’t understand the sinner’s (homosexuals) point of view or is, 2) lost in hate.
Ms. Jannuzzi’s statement, unfortunately, is hardly innocuous. The offensive part of Ms. Jannuzzi’s post is her inference that the homosexual’s agenda intends the destruction of western civilization. That’s nonsense.
Most homosexual simply wish to live lives that include satisfying sexual relationships, like 99.99% of people in this world.
Discussing gay marriage doesn’t require Catholics to accuse homosexuals of INTENTIONALLY setting out to destroy civilization, nor is it accurate with respect to most individuals. Adding intent to the mix attributes a level of evil that most homosexuals don’t possess (while I don’t deny there are some (toxic) homosexual whack jobs that might relish such destruction). Almost any large group has pathological individuals or cults who identify themselves with that group.
I can accept that destroying the family unit is a possible and (largely) unintended consequence of gay marriage that is worth discussing. Yet, discussion does not make a blanket accusation that homosexuals intend to destroy western civilization either true or moral.
Ms. Jannuzzi harms the search for a solution rather than aids it.
JonJ – ” I can accept that destroying the family unit is a possible and (largely) unintended consequence of gay marriage ” –
is destruction of society.
No other discussion is necessary.
People can choose of their own free will – to commit sexual acts or not. They are not animals.
JonJ, all sexual relationships outside of marriage between one man and one women is – – – – Immoral (a mortal sin).
This is not limited to homosexual relationships, but also includes fornication and adultery.
This is in accord with the Bible and the Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition.
Singles are about 50% of the population. They are not rutting pigs and can refrain from sex.
Immoral sexual activity is the choice of the individual. And to say otherwise insults single people.
“I can accept that destroying the family unit is a possible and (largely) unintended consequence of gay marriage”
Selling ham to Jews is more likely to destroy the family unit than allowing two people to marry who want to marry.
Have you ever considered the possibility that gay marriage actually STRENGTHENS the family unit, in that it encourages stable relationships bonded in law? Is that not a possibility that we ought to consider? Isn’t that in fact the more likely outcome than the destruction of the family unit? If society tolerates unwed couples living together, which is the argument against gay marriage, doesn’t THAT encourage living together outside of marriage and thereby destroys the “family unit”?
YFC, I wasn’t saying i AGREED with the idea that gay marriage will destroy the family unit. I said I considered it within the realm of possibility and within the bounds of rational discussion.
My basic take on this concept is if Adam and Steve move in next door, I don’t see how that will affect how their heterosexual couple neighbors treat one another, nor do I think Adam and Steve moving in next door will cause parents to ignore their children.
Wrong on all counts YFC,,, wrong on all counts…
Your Fellow Catholic, homosexual marriage is in a similar category as beastiality.
It does nothing for society – ZERO.
Homosexuality, Fornication, and Adultery – are all mortal sins.
We must never “tolerate” Mortal Sins.
San Diego’s bishop should assert authority at USD.
Why shouldn’t a Catholic College be under the local
bishop’s control if it wants to be called “Catholic” ?
USD needs to drop that claim anyway, but they won’t
unless they’re forced to.
This bears repeating because the damage is still being done. Drag Queen Shows…Catholic teachers being fired for teaching what the Church teaches. The list goes on and on. You cannot fight a Goliath that you refuse to identify. Father Dariusz Oko Ph.D has written a report that helps to identify why these damaging occurrences are still taking place.
Catholic expert details ‘Huge homosexual underground in the Church’
KRAKOW, February 26, 2013, (LifeSiteNews.com) – A recent paper by a Ph.D. priest from Poland has been circling the globe in recent weeks and given heightened prominence by the recent revelations of a Vatican inquiry into a “gay mafia” inside the Vatican. “Standing with the Pope against homoheresy,” was written in late 2012 by Fr. Dariusz Oko, Ph.D., a priest of the Archdiocese of Krakow and Assistant Professor at the John Paul II Pontifical University in Krakow.
Fr. Oko notes that his discovery of a “huge homosexual underground in the Church” came from his work in philosophical criticism of homosexual propaganda and ideology, a study he was encouraged to undertake by various bishops and cardinals.
“I began my work as a struggle against a deadly, external threat to Christianity, but then gradually discovered,” he said, that “the enemy is not only outside the Church, but within it, as well,”
continued…..
San Diego’s new Bishop Robert McElroy does not adhere to the Doctrine of the Faith in entirety either.
He needs to read the CCC, himself.
Fr. Dariusz Oko continued…
“In his essay, the philosophy professor reveals his own run in with a homosexual clique in the Roman Catholic Church blocking justice for those abused by homosexual clergy, in this case a homosexual bishop.
“I learned about Bishop [Juliusz] Paetz [Archbishop Emeritus of Poznań] by accident, from a seminarian who told me, all trembling from emotions and terror, about his having been molested by his own ordinary. He was at a brink of losing faith, as well as mental and spiritual integrity,” relates Fr. Oko.
“Our interventions at various levels of Church hierarchy were of no avail, however; we encountered a wall that could not be overcome, even in a case as self-evident as that,” he explained. What finally broke through the wall, he says, was “a tremendous commotion in the media and reaching the Pope himself.”
“Otherwise, everything was blocked at lower levels of local or Vatican hierarchy,” he adds.
The formation of the Lavender Mafia
Describing the formation of homosexual cliques of clergy Fr. Oko says:
They know well, however, that they may be exposed and embarrassed, so they shield one another by offering mutual support. They build informal relationships reminding of a clique or even mafia, aim at holding particularly those positions which offer power and money.
continued……………..
Fr. Dariusz Oko Ph.D continued
“When they achieve a decision-making position, they try to promote and advance mostly those whose nature is similar to theirs, or at least who are known to be too weak to oppose them. This way, leading positions in the Church may be held by people suffering from deep internal wounds.
They may actually achieve a dominating position in many areas of church hierarchy, become a “backroom elite” which actually has tremendous power in deciding about important nominations and the whole life of the Church. Indeed, they may even prove to be too powerful for honest, well-meaning bishops.
Fr. Oko also identifies the “the fear and confusion of the clergy, particularly in certain dioceses and congregations, when faced with” the topic of homosexuality. “They escape into silence, unable to articulate even elementary statements on the teaching of the Church on the subject. What are they afraid of?”
“Where does that fear in entire groups of mature, adult men come from?” he asks. “They must be afraid of some influential lobby which wields its power and which they may fall into disfavor with.”
Pope Benedict knows and fought bravely
Fr. Oko posits that Pope Benedict XVI is well aware of this subculture within the Church and has publicly lamented its “filth” and the damage it has caused.”
This doesn’t really even seem like news if people have been paying attention.
The most interesting thing about this story is the group protesting, TFP. It most certainly looks to be a cult.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tradition,_Family_and_Property
More:
https://www.kelebekler.com/cesnur/storia/gb14.htm
https://www.kelebekler.com/cesnur/storia/gb11.htm
https://catholicforum.fisheaters.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=48d48e0a68a48ae1ab6e40d8e6d44a18&topic=2649714.msg25491502#msg25491502
The Student Action group appears comprised of high school aged students and alumni of a tiny school in PA, that shipped around the country, Westboro Baptist-style, primarily to protest liberalism (which they call “bagarre”, and see as a sign of the apocalypse), and foster a sense of identity in the ostracism they encounter.
They’re so insular, that little information exists about them other than an expose written by a former member here and there, and some wild accusations from other fringe groups (from SSPX to rightwingwatch, to Masonic conspiracy theorists).
The musings of their patriarch are quite entertaining. You don’t often see polemics about the virtue of monarchy and a heredetary class system:
https://www.tfp.org/tfp-home/plinio-correa-de-oliveira/
I am just guessing but it seems as the University of San Diego is run by a Jesuitical gay incubus.
Read all,about the Homosexual mafia:
https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2013/02/fr-dariusz-okos-major-article-with-pope.html
Hell is for real and for eternity. The devil craves souls and his misery loves company.
Yes God is loving and forgiving for those who repent for offending Him, but He is also just for all of us. Hell is for real and for eternity. Time is running out for all of us, but especially for those who defy, disobey, mock, insult,and test Him, they will find they wish they had not done so. Pray the rosary for their repentance and amending their lives to please God above all things, especially over themselves.
BTW, my earlier comment does not mean I approve of “drag shows” as a generally beneficial display of “tolerance”.
Most drag shows that I am aware of are highly sexualized, and tend to promote simple lust rather than any kind of relationship.
“Not to oppose error is to approve it;
and not to defend truth is to suppress it;
and indeed to neglect to confound evil men, when we can do it, is no less a sin than to encourage them.”