The following comes from an Oct. 11 story in the San Francisco Business News.
Saint Mary’s College of California welcomes a new president, James Donahue, on Friday, and he’s the first leader of the school who isn’t a Christian Brother.
Donahue led Berkeley’s Graduate Theological Union, a group of seminaries, from 2000 to 2013, before coming to Saint Mary’s.
The 150-year-old Moraga school has about 4,000 students and around 200 staff.
Donahue, “a committed and engaged Roman Catholic,” is the first president of the school who isn’t a member of the Christian Brothers teaching congregation.
He has a bachelor’s degree from the College of the Holy Cross, a master’s from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. from the Graduate Theological Union.
Before leading the GTU, Donahue was a professor of theology and ethics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., for 15 years.
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At least the new president is Catholic. And the beautiful church in the center of the campus is Catholic. But sadly, Sunday mass at St. Mary’s College in Moraga is not Catholic. It is Episcopal.
Gabe,
St. Giles Episcopal has been a much honored community using the chapel at St. Mary’s College for years. There are Catholic masses at St. Mary’s on Sundays – one for and with the Christian Brothers and one in the evening for the students.
Just how Catholic is St. Mary’s College?
Do they have a pro-abortion club and a pro-sodomite club enfranchised at St. Mary’s?
May God have mercy on an amoral America!
Viva Cristo Rey!
God bless, yours in Their Hearts,
Kenneth M. Fisher
This may answer your question:
Mission
The Saint Mary’s College Straight and Gay Alliance (SAGA) welcomes lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning persons, and their heterosexual allies. Through education, support, social action and
advocacy, we work toward a more accepting
environment for all people, regardless of sexual
orientation or gender identity. We believe Saint Mary’s College can be truly safe only when every student is
assured of access to an education without fear of
harassment or violence and when everyone works
to build a community of respect.
GTU is a consortium of theological schools, the majority of which are not Catholic. I don’t exactly rest easily thinking that the ex-GTU head Mr. Donahue is now in charge of a “Catholic” college. More likely he is a good fundraiser and decent administrator. These are good traits but insufficient by themselves to try to restore Moraga’s lost Catholic identity.