The following comes from an October 24 posting on the Cardinal Newman Society website.
The University of San Diego (USD) will host a lecture series by a radical theologian from England who not only supports abortion but has used just war theory and the imagery of the Trinity to support killing the unborn, advocated sacramental same-sex marriage, and even compared the sacrifice of the Mass to homosexual intercourse.
USD’s stated mission includes being “committed to the dignity and fullest development of the whole person.”
Just last month, Bishop Declan Lang of the English diocese of Clifton cancelled a lecture by theology professor Tina Beattie, the director of the Digby Stuart Research Centre for Religion, Society and Human Flourishing at the University of Roehampton in London, because of her radical views. But that isn’t stopping USD’s Center for Catholic Thought and Culture from proudly hosting her as a visiting fellow for the fall semester.
Ironically, the university uses the center as evidence of the university’s Catholic identity on its website, saying “the Center for Catholic Thought and Culture articulates the message of the Catholic intellectual tradition through thought-provoking lectures, programs and cultural events.”
On November 8th, Beattie will speak on “Visions of Paradise: Women, Sin and Redemption in Christian Art.” On November 12th, she’ll speak on “Women in Catholic Education since Vatican II.” And on November 29th, she’ll speak about “The Catholic Church and Human Rights: Debates, Dialogues and Conflicts.”
The university touts Beattie’s “main areas of teaching and research” as “Christian ethics, theologies and theories of gender, theology and the arts, and religion and human rights.”
Beattie, in her book God’s Mother, Eve’s Advocate, compared the Mass to homosexual intercourse:
In the early Middle Ages the focus of the Mass was not just the sacrificial death of Christ but the incarnation as a whole, in the late Middle Ages it came to be understood more explicitly as a sacrifice, today it has become an act of (homo) sexual intercourse…
Christ’s kenotic self giving has become implicitly associated with the male orgasm…
I have already argued that the phallocentrism of neo-orthodox theology risk reducing the Mass to an orgasmic celebration of homosexual love from which the female body is excluded.
In defense of her pro-abortion rights position, Beattie wrote:
The idea of ensoulment serves as a reminder that the coming into being of a human person is not an instantaneous event but a gradual process, not only in terms of the biological process of fertilisation, implantation and cellular division, but also in terms of the developing consciousness of the mother and her relationship to the child.
Given that in Christian theology the understanding of personhood is fundamentally relational because it bears the image of the Triune God, it is hard to see how an embryo can be deemed a person before even the mother enters into a rudimentary relationship with it. As many as one in four pregnancies may spontaneously abort during the first eight weeks of pregnancy, often without the woman knowing that she was pregnant. As some Catholic ethicists point out, the logical corollary of this position is that a woman should baptise every menstrual period – just in case.
In that same piece, she also compares pregnancy to war, saying, “To acknowledge that there are cases when early abortion is the lesser of two evils is not to be pro-abortion, any more than to acknowledge that sometimes war may be a necessary evil means that one is pro-war.”
In The Tablet, she wondered why marriage couldn’t “become an inclusive rather than an exclusive sacrament?” But not only does Beattie think homosexual “marriage” is equal to traditional marriage, she seems to say homosexual “marriage” might even be better because it doesn’t involve subordinating women. She wrote:
In these times of radical change in our understanding of sexuality and human dignity (especially the full and equal dignity of women in this life and not just in the life to come), maybe we heterosexuals need the marriages of our homosexual friends to help us to understand what marriage looks like when it’s not corrupted by traditions of domination and subordination.
As The Cardinal Newman Society recently reported, USD recently urged undergraduate students to register for a course called “Using Adolescent and Children’s Literature to Explore LGBTQ Issues” as an approved elective for minors in Education, Gender Studies, Ethnic Studies, and Peace and Justice Studies.
USD’s law school also supported a bill along with the National Center for Lesbian Rights that would allow judges to establish that a child may legally have more than two parents.
And USD also hosted an “educational drag show” for students earlier this year. It was this outrageous event that inspired USD alum Charles LiMandri to form a group called Alumni for a Catholic USD which has worked to raise awareness that USD’s Catholic identity has been severely diminished.
To read original story, click here.
USD should do everyone a favor and change their name to University of Planned Parenthood.
I agree, what in the world is wrong with these people who promote such a person speaking at a Catholic college,
For this alone, the unrepentant frauds at USD, including educators, administrators, and students, deserve to be excused for eternity from pretending to be Catholic. They openly celebrate all things anti-Catholic and therefore anti-Christ. God will not be mocked.
for you to say that all members of USD are unrepentant frauds who pretend to be catholic and celebrate the anti-christ is one of the most egregious statements I can imagine. I am a member of the USD community and a life-long Catholic and you have no right to make such disrespectful and ungrounded comments about the 8,000+ people involved in the University. I wasn’t aware that I supported the anti-christ and was mocking God. Where could you possibly come up with that conclusion?
This is a very poorly written article. The conclusions drawn are so misguided and illogical that it makes me question whoever could have written this. The article uses quotes that cannot be judged adequately because they are taken out of context and is written entirely with the purpose of slandering someone’s reputation. Context matters as well as accurate information….She specifically expresses support for civil same sex marriage and has not made any statement on sacramental marriage.
Also, a private catholic institution is allowed to and should have an open discourse to all areas of study and different point of views. Open religious discourse creates unity whereas condemning those with views not your own is close-minded discrimination. She does not speak on behalf of the Catholic church nor has she ever said that she does.
And if you haven’t heard the school actually rescinded her invitation on the basis of the professor’s views. Now there is international backlash because of the outrage that she should not be allowed to speak at USD for what she purportedly has said.
Apparently the University of San Diego is now importing wackos!
Just when I thought it couldn’t get any worst…OMgosh! LORD HAVE MERCY! HELP US SHUT THIS PLACE DOWN!
I have nothing to say, except all of this is demonic, straight from hell!! USD you are fools and should hang your heads in shame.
This is pathetic and so debase, I truly feel sorry for those who may be newly introduced to this filth, and buy into it.
Who supports or finances the University of San Diego??????
Gives the term ‘party school’ a whole new meaning.
There are theologians and then there are theologians….
Comparing the MASS to anything human is SACRILEGE.
Where is Bishop ROBERT H. BROM ?
Sleeping?
It is his job to stop the University of San Diego from calling itself ‘Catholic’.
When are the CA Bishops going to do their job and do whatever they can to stop the SCANDAL within the Church ?
SCANDAL – CCC 2284, 2285, 2286 & 2326.
Code of Canon Law: ” Can. 808 Even if it is in fact Catholic, no university is to bear the title or name of Catholic university without the consent of competent ecclesiastical authority.”
It’s time for people in the San Diego Diocese to write to the US Papal Nuncio in Washington DC, and to the Vatican.
The dereliction of duty of this Bishop needs to stop.
Bishops can be removed from office per Code of Canon Law.
Does Bishop Brom have the power to order USD to cease pro-homosexual activities on campus? If he can’t order them to stop, he could, at least, print a letter in the Southern Cross diocesan newspaper reprimanding the president of USD and the faculty for permitting such anti-Catholic activities and promoting heresy. How much is Tina Beattie being paid for her services as host of the lecture series? There is no answer to this next question, but I wonder, as a result of her lectures, how many people will lose their souls?
Bishop Brom has the authority to keep USD from falsely advertizing itself as ‘Catholic’.
He can also put a letter out in each Diocese Parish bulletin warning parents and students of his actions – along with the reason why.
Regarding “Bishop” Brom taking action on this, Don’t hold your breath for that!
God bless, yours in Their Hearts,
Kenneth M. Fisher
Another “progressive” with a deformed and twisted mind, my God almighty, since the bishops will do nothing to stop this it is up to faithful laity…
Alas, it seems USD will leave no depths unplumbed. Where is the San Diego diocesan bishop ? Is there one ? If so, has he read the CCC ?
When will USD be honest and just declare itself to be a university that’s
“formerly associated with the Roman Catholic Church” ? It’s WAY past time to do that.
This is an abomination that you would invite her to speak at a CATHOLIC college. How could you do something like that? I feel so sorry for you for when you arrive at your judgment day!!! There will be consequences. Do you really think God is pleased with your actions?
Please reconsider the damage that you will be doing by having this person speak to young people!!!
Truly evil! May God have Mercy on us all!
It seems that her whole mindset is to be outrageous as possible. It’s obvious that the school has been taken over by dishonest Catholic intellectuals who are on a mission to shock and awe young minds.
This is an example of evil and the diabolical disorientation spoken about by sister Lucy
Just when I think my Alma Mater cannot sink any lower! Holy Mary Mother of God, pray for us!
okay, this is really disgusting — and blasphemous.
even my liberal, laissez-faire, anything-goes buddy JLS would not approve of this crazy woman’s nonsense!!!
that wasn’t funny max, this sarcasm of yours isn’t funny at all, it was rather stupid. Share your disgust about this but don’t be sarcastic while including JLS. This is no joking matter. USD is the whore and it is time the faithful do something about this great evil.
We can take USD back or we can close it down….but never hand it over to the secular! Maybe a Christian denomination may actually respect the buildings, it’s history, the cross more than those who work there or run it!
I wonder what is really going on with the Bishop.
max, “liberal”? No. “Fair”? No. “Lazy” … well, you’ve got that right. “Crazy” works for me also. “Nonsense” is what I load jokes with. “Buddy”? I don’t know if you can keep up with me, max; Which is not “okay”, btw: and it is “disgusting” that you don’t make yourself exercise vigorously more often (you should begin a program of climbing the Golden Gate Bridge supports and then overhanding it down the main cable back to the street level; you can work that into a more arduous program as time passes). Then you may be ready to join me in my desert adventures. And don’t be trying to hand me anything about being too old for such activities. The longer you work these programs, the older you find yourself.
JLS, just reading your descvription of a physical workout has inspired me — to take a nap.
as for this crazy female guest speaker, SHE may be why saint paul said that women “sould keep silent in the churches.”
just a thought…
Where is the shock and outrage from the Catholic hierarchy? The spinless wonders should be protesting, threatening excommunication, and even suing the university for alllowing such trash to be taught. The leaders of the Jewish and Islamic faiths would certainly not be sitting quietly if some blasphemous and derogatory remarks were made concerning their religions Because the false spirit of ecumenism is basically running the Catholic Church, her leaders are afraid to combat real evil, and by dancing with the devil, these outrages will continue.
Father, I am in tears. The slap in the face to my Blessed Lord is more than I can stand. I thought I had heard it all, but this “theologian” truly has skimmed the bottom of the barrel. One can only imagine how Our Lord weeps. Yet, this kind of thing continues unchallenged by our bishops and priests. One wonders just how much Our Lord can take before he chastises us big time. Father Karl, thank you for posting on CalCatholic; it means a lot to me to read your words daily.
i would hate to think that God would choose to step in and chastise us big time simply because USD almost (her lecture has been cancelled) let a woman who supports same sex marriage speak on their campus.
I feel like there may have been many many better examples of what might throw God over the edge so to speak and cause him to chastise us. I’m thinking on the more large scale of genocide, mass starvation and disease…etc.
please take your passion and faith to more pressing matters and speak out for social justice that truly concern our society and world at large. This is no great crime that I think God would worry too much about. In fact, I’m pretty darn confident that one might say God LOVES Tina Beattie despite her opinions.
I am thinking of wholesale abortions by the millions, the drive for euthanasia, denial of medical care to the poor, the corruption of our young people by means of pornography and immoral movies, magazines and music, the advancement of the homosexual agenda, government persecution of the Church, the “Linda Gates” plan for wholesale genocide of non-white races, Planned Parenthood’s War on Children. These are ample reasons for Our Lord to chastise this nation. God help us.
Father Karl asks, “Where is the outrage from the Catholic hierarchy?” They are silenced because they are imprisoned within their very own cages of being compromised.
Catherine,
The “bishops” were compromised the day they accepted the tax exempt status that was planned by the “Father of Lies”!
Pray for Fr. Karl, he has suffered much for the Faith!
God bless, yours in Their Hearts,
Kenneth M. Fisher
“Cages of compromise”: Interesting metaphor, Catherine, even though I formulated your words a bit. A tenant here spent more than two decades in a cage, and he calls it a cage. Cage living is habituated in him. He is aware of this, but often afraid of creating better than a cage for himself to live in. Now this is not a metaphor but pretty much literal … he makes his area seem like a cage, and even like a dog box he feels secure and comfortable in it. But the cages of compromise you mention are of a different class altogether. I simply find this image you provide in your blog to be something one can work with in pointing out to people in cages that there is a better life, a better way. What is it, I often wonder, that they are afraid of, so much that they’d prefer to create a cage for themselves?
puke, such heresy!
Where is the Bishop? Are the people of San Diego a flock without a shepherd?
The Ordinary has the absolute right to unilaterally remove the word “Catholic” from any institution in his diocese. Just do it, Bishop!
Oh, if Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone were only here. . .he would not put up with this. This woman does not deserve the title of “theologan”. Is there such a term as “theopagan”? This is the end for me–I am never going to another USD function again, picking up the phone to tell them so.
USD: How is it possible that the university can claim any Catholic identity with this sort of “teaching” happening on that campus? How can they claim that they are “committed to the dignity and fullest development of the whole person.” when homosexuality does the opposite to the human person, by limiting a person who suffers with same-sex attraction to the sexual obsession and perversion of that human person. How sad that an institution supposedly dedicated to the education of our young people could sink to such lows as to be duped by such a person on that particular subject. I truly feel badly for USD. They need a “brain-trust” check.
Bishop Brom has full authority to pull the name “Catholic” from the University and let everyone in his Diocese know that this has been done and the reason why.
If he does not do this contact the Papal Nuncio and the Vatican.
The USD Board of Trustees – is fully responsibile for what happens at the Univeristy.
Their names can be found on the net under: University of San Diego Board of Trustees.
Parents and students have the right to know about the FRAUD being perpetrated against them by the USD Board of Trustees.
From the USD web site:
” Core Values
The University of San Diego expresses its Catholic identity by witnessing and probing the Christian message as proclaimed by the Roman Catholic Church. The university promotes the intellectual exploration of religious faith, recruits persons and develops programs supporting the university’s mission, and cultivates an active faith community. It is committed to the dignity and fullest development of the whole person. The Catholic tradition of the university provides the foundation upon which the core values listed below support the mission. ”
The “CATECHISM of the CATHOLIC CHURCH, Second Edition” is not mentioned anywhere on USD web site.
Their Catholic studies program is headed by a philosophy major and an
English major.
There is no requirement to study the CCC by all freshmen and/or all sophomores.
By the way don’t expect the new “Bishop” to do anything either!
I will sing loud hallelujahs if I am proven wrong on this.
God bless, yours in Their Hearts,
Kenneth M. Fisher
Yes, Life Lady, if only they had brain trust instead of brain rust!
Apostacy dressed up in silk is still apostacy. There are so many holes in this woman’s “so called theology” that it stinks of rotten heresy. As I write this I am no longer able to stop the overwhelming realization that the University of San Diego has lost its collective mind. For the love of God and Church would the Bishop of San Diego do us a big favor and intervene in this academic scandal? After reading this article I am sick to my stomach. I have to ask… has the whole Catholic world gone mad?
Well said Me Again, yes the progessive wing of the Church is mad, you will find real Catholic teachings only in the traditional enclaves…
This morning I heard a Young Missionary Priest of the SSPX tell the story of a “Bishop” in a county where he is a Missionary that told a man who wish to convert from Hinduism to Catholicism that he should stay in the Pagan Hindu Sect, that he was ok where he is at.
That “Bishop” is flirting with the fires of Hell! Unfortunately, in the modernist Church, this is not even uncommon!
God bless, yours in Their Hearts,
Kenneth M. Fisher
A Catholic university should heed the advice given by the Angel of God to St John found in the Seven Letters to the Seven Churches, specifically two of those churches. Those two churches were busy mining the depths of evil. St John advised them and all others to not explore the depths of darkness. My first response if ever meeting any young person form the University of San Diego would be to back away slowly while extending the Sign of the Cross and splashing them with Holy Water.
This is an example of how the sin of Pride will contort, distort, and pervert perception for the sake of preserving the individual ego.
A professed liberal feminist, Professor Tina Beattie makes the concentrated effort, to an extreme of publishing her “theories”, to defend her position(>ego).
She is stated as being a Catholic theologian, but, she does not support the positions of the Church. It would appear that Prof. Beattie is a secularist who has educated herself on the teachings of the Church and is making a career from attacking the Church. Saint Catherine, she is not.
Prof. Beattie provides another example of the tail attempting to wag the dog. The secular tail, in this case, feels the Church is anti-female. The secular veiw, the tail, is examining the argument Ass backwards.
It is common sense not to delve into the dark arts. Even as a young wild heathen, I began to run into people who were exploring satanic things, and, like most people, I kept my distance.
I would love to see California Catholic Daily organizing and encouraging peaceful protests (emails, petitions, boycotting, praying and peaceful protesting in front of churches and schools where these heretical and scandalous activities are allowed, etc). I’m greatful to California Catholic Daily for bringing this to our attention but someone needs to do something more. If our bishops are too wimpy to put these sinful and scandalous activities to a halt, and good priests aren’t allowed to speak up because their bishops would punish them if they did, then it’s time that lay Catholics do something. I’m a convert and I’m very discouraged by these activities and even more discouraged by the endless inaction of our bishops. There seems to be no end in sight to these anti-Catholic activities at Catholic institutions, and I’m tired of reading about nothing being done about it.
Lorraine,
Rejoice! you have been brought into the True Faith at a time when it is under horrible attacks from within so that you can gain your Crown in Heaven by defending Her.
God bless, yours in Their Hearts,
Kenneth M. Fisher
You certainly do not have to worry about offensive and libelous comments because nobody could get any more offensive than this Objectively Disordered person , Tina Beattie, called a “theologian”. She is not a theologian she is a nut case. Ask yourself ? Can anyone get any filthier or lower in their mindset? She is an example of the mindset of the homosexuals of the world. She should not be given a platform to spread her dangerous poison for the minds of young and old. Anyone that denies that a pregnant women is carrying a human-being in the womb, when it is proven scientifically, and which has been a consistent teaching of the Church ,from the beginning, has no business even presenting herself as a lecturer at a University. How can anyone be so stupid to book her as a lecturer. It is indefensible to not cancel this speaker. The University administration would have to be Objectively Disordered to not cancel, and discharge the person responsible for this absurd booking of Tina Beattie.
HelloHello,
Stupid they are not, Evil they ARE!
God bless, yours in Their Hearts,
Kenneth M. Fisher
She not only thinks like Sandra Fluke, President Obama’s poster girl for his Democrat Convention, but looks like her. They could be related! Their thinking is the same. Sandra Fluke is a student at Georgetown University another so-called-catholic university. Sandra Fluke thinks the Jesuits should pay for the birth-control pills for the 40% sexual active females that are in attendance at Georgetown University. She also wrote a paper ,that was in their legal review, that she believes that the Insurance and tax dollars should pay for sex change surgeries. She hates babies according to her mindset ,just like Tina Beattie, and both of these intrinsically evil positions have no place in a Catholic University.
USD , I usrd to support financially your University but if you let this NUT BAG talk say good bye to my contribution not only from me but also my family.
Terry
If you refer to some of the citations from her book, God’s Mother, Eve’s Advocate, Ms. Beattie is actually very insightful. It’s just observational commentary. Nothing threatening.
peter, I take it that you aren’t praying the daily rosary as I have suggested. Doing so will bring you much peace and clarity. Our Lady of Good Remedy pray for us! St. Michael the Archangel pray for us!
Gays are never insightful, peter. You people simply have no clue to what true insight means. And you never will until you give it up and seek morality and holiness in your lives.
Amen….
This is a great offense people, first it was the drag show, then the stupid courses pro-homo and now this.
No words can express the disappointment! I’m too much of a lady to even use words that are angering me for what this University is doing. Close it down or donate it to Thomas Aquinas University or John Paul the great!!.
We need real Catholic Universities not this piece of trash that is being allowing at this school.
Your article has selectively chosen out of context, and written biased statements about what Professor Tina Beattie is trying to say. She is endeavouring to get a thoughtful discussion going.
After all the ugly and aggressive protests by many Muslims over a nasty film (which many had not even seen), it would appear from this site, that many Catholics can be just as aggressive and ugly with their protests over Professor Tina Beattie (whose books/talks they have not even read or given any open attitude towards), but, it is all based on the prejudiced views they have been given beforehand by this site.
I don’t agree with all that she says, by any means, but since when should any of us be making statements about any sincere theologian that are a): not the whole truth, and b): start calling the other person unChristian and downright malicious names.
Well done, The University of San Diego, for practicing what the Bishops of the USA preach – religious liberty and freedom!
Eddie
How would homosexuality ever be included in a theological discussion about Mass? Eh?
AH ever the progressive defending filth at all costs, nothing is out of context here, she compares the Holy Mass to sodomy period…you are right Eddie boy I am filled with maliciousness for this kind of perversion only people with twisted minds thinks filth like this elevates a theological debate. No I am sick of it all I am pushed to my limits of restraint, I pray now for new Torqueamada to come on the scene and brutally purify the Church and where the so called progressive branch of the Church is crushed once and for all
Eddie your comments I find repulsive and disgusting. Have you NO decency! If most people today agree with your illogical and immoral point of view on this topic then we are definitely a lost society! ”
God have mercy on us all!
Sodomy is a grave sin and remembering from what I heard once from a very holy priest, he warned us to be careful about liberal theologians, they are the ones who work for the devil.
Eddie,
Most of the Muslim protestors were not spontaneous protests at all. Obama and Hillary lied again. The attack on the embassy was organized by AL QAEDA.
Most of the posters on this site have been quoting the “Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition”. Have you read it or don’t you know the Catholic Faith ?
Those Catholics who support abortion, euthanasia, homo-sexual marriage, or are against Freedom of Relgion are supporting intrinsic evil; they are Catholic HERETICS and/or Catholic SCHISMATICS. – Ms. Beattie falls into that category.
There can be no discussion.
Send her back to England
Bishop Brom if you hear of this evil activity at USD – DO YOUR JOB.
I do not believe for one minute that this article cite out of context or deliberately misrepresented the comments written by Ms Tina Beattie. Her opinions are loathsome and disgraceful. If she is really seeking legitimate controversy, let her adhere to the teachings of our Magesterium. She is seeking controversy ‘within’ the Church – not outside of it. She should be cast outside of it like the heretic she is.
Eddie,
Try to say what you just wrote to HIM when you stand before HIM on your judgement day!
Kenneth M. Fisher
uh, EDDIE, religious liberty and freedom also gives US the right to protest what is offensive and sacrilegiious, like this woman comparing mass to sex.
for some goofy people, everythhing is about sex, so they always talk about it even in the context of stuff that has NOTHING to do with intercourse.
Eddie, do you really believe that anyone in their right mind would want to discuss the ins and outs of homosexuality? Goodness does not come in knowing more about evil, but in believing more about God. Jesus sent letters to two of the seven churches of the Apocalypse warning them to stand down from their study of evil. Study Jesus; do not give the devil the time of day.
I totally agree with Eddie. Whoever wrote this article is seriously misinformed. I would urge you all to check the facts instead of blindly accepting what someone has written in a sensationalistic article. A mature faith and spiritual growth require both questioning and dialogue. USD’s CCTC provides a space for that dialogue. It also upholds the tenets of academic freedom that are vital to any university, Catholic or not. After reading all of the comments except for Eddie’s, the only thing I come away with is the magnitude of your negativity and hatred. Where is Christ’s presence in spitting all this venom?
Academic freedom, or academic license? Catholics schools should uphold certain moral standards, or else there is no point in calling them ‘Catholic.’
Do you consider it to be ‘spiritual growth’ to equate the Holy Mass with vile homosexual acts? These are not matters for ‘dialogue.’ They demand censure and condemnation. Academic freedom is subject to restrictions, just like any other freedoms. Freedom itself is subject to responsibility. Nowhere on this planet is anyone free to do whatever they like. The French Revolution did not usher in an ‘age of enlightenment.’ It prompted the most bloody reign of terror the world had ever seen up to that time. Today we are living in an age of ‘liberal/fascism and homo-fascism – both are detrimental to society.
False, Grace. You faith is not mature in the least. Your post reflects zero knowledge of Catholicism. Jesus dialogued with the Devil: Called the Tempations of Christ. His dialog banished the Devil. Beattie’s dialog invites the devil. As far as Christ spitting, He spits out the luke warm, ie the go along to get along. It has always astonished me that minds such as you display have no ability to discern and evaluate good from bad, even when all the material and resources to do so are available to you. You’d make the Church into a sleazy sitcom if you could.
You do not question the teachings in the “CATECHISM of the CATHOLIC CHURCH, Second Edition” – if you want to advertize yourself as being ‘Catholic’.
In addition, if you are a ‘Catholic’ Unversity or College, the CCC must be one required student text for freshman and/or sophomores.
Fraudulent advertising must stop.
“ The Catechism of the Catholic Church, which I approved … and the publication of which I today order by virtue of my Apostolic Authority, is a statement of the Church’s faith and of catholic doctrine, attested to or illumined by Sacred Scripture, the Apostolic Tradition and the Church’s Magisterium.
I declare it to be a sure norm for teaching the faith and thus a valid and legitimate instrument for ecclesial communion. “ – Pope John Paul II. (CCC pg 5)
Venom is very healthy and we need more of it if we are to finally destroy the enemies of Christ and His Church. I am so sick of you liberal go along to get along, thou shall not judge…How do you defend sodomy to the Mass, how…the anger that boils in me when i read this garbage could light up the east coast….
It would be unconscionable to contribute another cent to an
institution claiming Catholicism but so radically departing from
Catholic tenets. I am united with Terry in my promise never to
send USD another check. Furthermore, in agreement with Lorraine, I hope CalCatholic can organize boycotts of more alumnus who, like
me, can no longer reveal USD to be my graduate school with anything but shame. Poor Bishop Buddy, the founder. This is not the legacy
he envisioned.
Currently, in the middle of campus sits the Immaculata Chuch–a diocesan parish. On campus also, sits the St. Francis Center ‘pre-seiminary’ for priestly formation. The Southern Cross–the Diocesan newspaper–as of the last issue, advertised on behalf of USD promoting many upcoming Catholic related events.
Monsignor Duncanson–a diocesan priest–is still on the Board of Trustees. It doesn’t seem like the Diocese is interested in pulling the name and the sacraments away from the USD.
Why not refer to it as your “old school” USD, thus making a clear distinction?
Little Tina’s worn out, threadbare ideas have been hammered endlessly in all the porn mags for years. Does she think she’s being shocking and original? People with such limited understanding and shallow, stale cant will always be walking among us, looking for all the world like normal human beings and accepted at schools that pander the same ignorant, and if I may call a spade a spade, an evil, jaded, twisted and perverse agenda as dark and ugly as the sleazy world of pornography and perversion. This is not new. What is so sad is these schools are so ill informed and behind the times. They can easily find any prostitute on her beat in San Diego and ask her to come in and give the same talk at a fraction of the price that would very likely be far more authentic and interesting. Also, the honest whore would very likely call a spade a spade as well, and tell the gasping, callow audience that she’s doing it because she has no choice and why the hell are they wanting to get involved with such a bunch of vile garbage? But, alas, that’s just my opinion. I’m sure the ever perky Tinas of this world (and they are legion!) will be carping on their pathetic little bandboxes of anti-God, anti-Christian, anti-life platforms as long as there is money to be made and young minds to corrupt. How sad and pathetic such people are.
We must pray without ceasing for the salvation of souls. These scandals were foretold. LaSALLETE! Read about it! Scandal continues. Chastesment follows.
the sooner the better
I pray that there be more folks who truly are decent and moral in Christ that do speak up against this and are close to this situation to make a difference, maybe then our Lord will continue to show us His mercy but for now our sins and things like this that are permitted to continue, will only provoke what we deserve God’s wrath.
what in the sam hill…?!?
oh, you meant ‘chastisement.’
i thought you were talking about being ‘chaste.’
This woman’s mind is diseased and under the influence of a malignant demon. Our emasculated priests and bishops and do NOTHING. Instead, we find them sitting down to dinner with the likes of Obama and company, fawning over them as they prepare to launch their next assault upon the faith. On the rare occasions when Bishops and priests do speak out on behalf of what every Catholic knows is right and consistent with the tenets of our holy faith, they are silenced and ostracized by their superiors. We have become a Church without effective leaders. God help us.
I am so relieved that virtually all voices – except those few of determined homosexuals known to us to be addicted to their disordered obsession – have joined in a chorus of denunciation of this woman’s philosophy, of USD for presenting her, and of the bishop for allowing this sort of outrage to be presented to young minds under the banner of a Catholic university. I hope some people will actually follow up with the USD Board of Trustees and other USD leadership, the local bishop, as well as with the Papal Nuncio, etc. The times I have protested to persons in positions of responsibility, to my great relief, I have noted a certain surprising amount of change. Strong, loud voices of faithful Catholics standing one by one for the basic tenets of our faith and protesting vile distortions of the teachings of the Catholic are absolutely required at this juncture in the history of our Church. Please take action, even if it is only to make one, two, or three significant protests to the right people, to turn around these evil attacks on our faith and the beliefs of our children.
Maryanne,
It would help if you or someone else would post the contact information for this sick University!
If I lived anywhere near this cesspool of a University, I would be pleased to join any demonstration that may be planned.
God bless, yours in Their Hearts,
Kenneth M. Fisher
Max,
The memo you need to worry about is the one you will eventually get from Almighty God!
God bless, yours in Their Hearts,
Kenneth M. Fisher
“USD’s Catholic identity has been severely diminished.” How can something that really no longer exists possibly be diminished?
Viva Cristo Rey!
God bless, yours in Their Hearts,
Kenneth M. Fisher
Of course, the Bishop can remove the word “Catholic’ from an institution’s name under religious Canon Law. . But will a secular court enforce such a removal? Will the secular court prevent the institution from using ‘Catholic” if the institution ignores the Bishop?
The Church could probably prove FRAUDULENT advertising.
USD’s web site states they are Catholic, yet they do not adhere to the teachings of the Church which are in the “Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition”.
In addition the bad advertizing of lying on their advertising and having the name “Catholic” removed for cause, alone would question the integrity of USD.
Most Catholic parents and students would not pay higher tuition for a heretical and/or schismatic university, whey they could merely go to a state supported school – and get a good secular education there.
All of these offensive “Catholic” educators need extreme punishments!! Little Tina is Satanic!! Where is Pope Benedict to stop all of this evil from Satan, in our Catholic colleges??
It is the responsibility of the Bishop of the Diocese where the University is located.
Contact Bishop Robert H. Brom for the Diocese of San Diego. Contact info is on the web site.
Copy the US Papal Nuncio.
Diabolic dissolution. Simlply unbelievable. So sad any of these people even bother calling themselves Catholic. I think it is time for divine intervention. The spin is too unbalanced. Keep your children away from these colleges if you want them to go to heaven.
I prayerfully hope that one of the alumni reports this event and the heretical administration of USD to both the Archdiocese and the Vatican.
We should contact the San Diego Diocese Office ourselves.
Scandal and Fraud should not be permitted.
It is Bishop Brom’s responsibility.
Send a link of this article or a copy as documentation.
Sick, Sick, Sick. Demonic. This poor lost soul needs all the prayers she can get. Conversion is her only hope. God have Mercy on us all.
She thinks that her Phd(permanent head damage) and her Professor title is something great, just wait for the day when she is on her death bed, let’s see where her pride will be.
YUK
USD, PLEASE CHANGE THE NAME OF YOUR UNIVERSITY
TO
university of satanic devils
I have never seen so much misinformation in an article that wasn’t a satire…
Here in Minnesota, a theologian named Vincent Smiles just rallied over 150 teachers at the College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University to attack the Minnesota Marriage Amendment. He used school e-mail to pull as many students, faculty and staff away from Church teaching.
What in God’s name is happening to our Catholic colleges and universities? I wrote my Bishop John Kinney about this, and he has been silent, as the president of St. John’s Michael Hemmesath.
The truth claims of theology professor Tina Beattie are overstated and wrong. The Mass is not symbolic of homosexual sex; it is a sacrifice. As Jesus is a man, his body, sacrificed for the salvation of many, was a man’s body. To conflate this with homosexual sex is clearly ideologically-driven and false. It is the pseudo-scholarship of a probable careerist. Professor Beattie is not a hard scientist with mathematical certainty of cause and effect, yet she presents her baseless conjectures as if they were certain. The Holy See should revoke USD’s Catholic affiliation for granting this blasphemous panderer and theological quack an officially sanctioned, public forum.
Prof. Beattie does not have the right as a Catholic to use her position as a professor at a Catholic foundation college to publicly disseminate dissent and disloyalty in the Church? But even more objectionable is Prof. Beattie voicing her dissent to young people under her care as a teacher.
A comment by a Fr Francis Marsden 6 Sep 12 states and I heartily agree with it “An honest person who ceased to believe in the Church’s teaching would resign such a post and go and teach as a Protestant in some Protestant faculty. As the Pope remarked recently, however, Judas remained with the apostles, though he had ceased to believe in Jesus, as an act of deception and vengeance.”
What else can you believe of the “Jesuits” agreeing with her and sponsoring her tripe? Their bloated pride and arrogance is being shoved on impressionable minds. As long as the JESUITS get away with it by inaction from the VATICAN, it will only encourage the rest of the ilk they sponsor.
What does this have to do with the Jesuits?
Both share a great deal of evil and wickedness, Dave N.
individuals like the professor whose arrogant mere human intellect had misled some weaklings of the catholic faith cast serious ambiguity over her disassociation with the elements /agents of anti-Christ.
it seems that the university of san diego is going hog wild (to quote my buddy JLS) in doing offensive, zany, and sacrilegious things.
i just can’t understand why any univertsity — especially a catholic one — would invite someone who compared the catholic mass to a sexual act to talk at their cmapus.
good grief, charlie brown…
Max, I see once again you are having a good time by making trivializing jokes about sheer demonic evil and those who greatly offend Almighty God. An individual who truly valued the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass would never sign off with a comedic response such as “good grief, charlie brown”. Max, your posts have become increasingly offensive and duplicitous in nature. Your mocking of the poster who reminded us of the messages of Our Lady of La Salette also showcases your great lack of sincerity regarding the terrible turmoil within the Church. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is mocked and the best comment you can sign off with and offer to Almighty God who deserves 100% of your loyalty and your love is a “good grief, charlie brown’? You also made a smart alec joke about the word “chaste” when the poster was talking about a chastisement? Who are you? Why are you really here on this website? It certainly should not be to only teach others about the duplicitous nature and immature qualities of a forever trapped “puerulus”, which is the Latin word for *little boy*.
“When I was a child I spoke as a child, I understood as a child. But when I became a man, I put away the things of a child.”……..St. Paul 13:11
CATHERINE, as always, reading your posts is like getting a big hug from GOD.
thank you for informing me that any reference to the PEANUTS comic strip is evil and demonic — i never got that memo!
blessings, your devoted fan,
max :)
What’s new? USD has a history of providing a platform to those who promote radical and extreme views contrary to the teachings of the Church.
When will those in positions of Church authority stop Colleges and Universities that no longer represent the Church’s teachings from calling themselves Catholic. Who has juridical authority over USD and why do they not act. The Bishop’s are constantly complaining about the common Catholic in the pew picking and choosing what they want to believe and accept as Catholic teaching yet institutions “educating” people about Catholic belief seem to be allowing many un-Catholic beliefs to be taught. Is there any wonder people are confused.
The actual definition of “catholic”: broad or wide-ranging in tastes, interests, or the like; having sympathies with all; broad-minded; liberal. USD sounds pretty catholic to me . . . .
Wrong peter the definition of catholic is universal. only liberals twist the truth
Savant and enlightened cosmopolitan in outlook as you appear to be, you ought to know that words can convey different meanings. In this case, it is one of ‘Catholic,’ vs ‘catholic.’ “By their fruits ye shall know them.” They are ‘Catholic’ in name only. One has to walk the walk as well as talk the talk. If you took the time to study the Magesterium of the Church, you would perhaps think twice before engaging your keyboard.
In the secular sense, peter, you make a good point. But you ignore the fact that USD bills itself as Catholic, which means Catholic Church, under the rule of the Magisterium of which the popes are in charge. The secular “catholic” is not the same as the religious “catholic” word: Secular society not infrequently imitates or mocks the Catholic Church, sometimes in the way that the devil mocks or imitates God. The problem with USD is its administrators, who obviously have no respect for God, and are hardly even living up to the noble standards of classic pagans and heathens; rather the USD administrators reflect the anti-Christ image, meaning they oppose Jesus Christ. Their main battle tanks today are the sodomites, and they attempted to take high ground at USD. They were defeated, but not eliminated. They will be back, when they can figure out some even more deceptive plan to gain a big chunk out of the side of a once Catholic university.
UPDATE: USD rescinded it’s offer to host Tina Beattie a while ago. Funny how no one stayed updated on the issue and Cal Catholic did not report this.
The editor replies: CalCatholic ran an item on the decision to withdraw the offer to Prof. Beattie on Friday, Nov. 2. Here is a link to the article: https://cal-catholic.com/wordpress/2012/11/01/backtrack/
This is indeed good news that they have rescinded the invitation. I would not be too critical of those who did not keep up on the story, though, because most people have been sidetracked by the election.
Thank you editor for providing the link to the article, I missed that on the home page. As for the readers who did not keep up on the story, I would just think that if they took the time to continue to post on the article, they would keep updated. I tend to find that a lot of the people who post here comment on articles complain about what is happening, demand protests, etc but then never show up to those protests or information sessions. I do not know if it is because people forget to stay updated on the issue or if they think that they have better things to do.
Well I’ll add in a slightly dissenting point of view. As a few commenters on here have noted, we’re just reading small snippets of Prof. Beattie’s writings so I can’t really in fairness assess them. But I am surprised that so many people on here don’t see the pervasive but subtle sexual analogies that are throughout the bible. Most of all Jesus talks about him being the groom and the Church (us) being the bride, and “the two shall become one.” These are all sexual references, or more properly human sex reflects something of what God intends for all of us when we are joined with him in heaven. Isn’t this the basis of the theology of the body? This shouldn’t be new to us so I don’t know why anyone is shocked by bringing up sexual analogies in Christianity. This is not to say that her writings are add to a Christian life, just to say that we should be comfortable with sexual symbolism in Christianity.
I suspect that her main issue is with the all male priesthood. It seems that she posits that in the Mass God enters into us in deeply personal way, which is true, and that this entering into us seals the marriage between Jesus and his bride, which again is a sexual analogy. Again, there’s nothing that is not Catholic in this. But she labels this as homosexual because of the all male priesthood. This is utter nonsense.
For those of you wondering why Bishop Brom is not doing something about USD, may I respectfully remind you, or perhaps inform you that as of 18 September, Bishop Brom is officially retired – his letter of resignation having been formally accepted by Pope Francis. Now you will need to address any correspondence to Bishop Cirillo Flores, Bishop of San Diego.
I so so wish that people would cease mis-applying the term “Liberal” to the Radical Leftist / Gender Feminist / Homosex Misandrists of the Gaystapo.
There is nothing ‘liberal’ about them or their hate pogroms, and they have managed to take over so much of Academentia by sheer evil tactics – justified as BAMN BAMN – To Bash Men, By Any Means Necessary – which is now the tenure track…
Even for self loathing ‘Unkle Tim’ types – who like ‘stepin fetchit’ in the old racist movies, are trotted out to soil themselves when a scapegoat is called for.
Remember – when these Gaystapo Propagandists talk of ‘dialogue’ – they mean Harangue, from their radical activists only.
Check – whydontcha – the Last time a Men’s Rights Advocate was permitted to take part in a Gender Dialogue (or Any Other ‘Exchange of Ideas’ on campus…
Just don’t hold your breath doing so, or you could turn as blue as the admin too.
Far Better than to Cease Donation – is to give Guided Donations – to Groups that are Actually Catholic.
This means actual Involvement by Alumni and others in the University and Its Programs – beyond just cutting a check…
– Which Too Many Catholics seem to think fulfills a Duty to others, as opposed to s sop to their own conscience for being ‘too busy’ to actually fight Evil.
Don’t Abandon Catholic Education to the Mau Mau Artistes of the left – Instead Support Real Catholic Students & Organizations at School