Commencing right now
"As a Catholic university, St. Xavier [University] promotes the vigorous discussion of a wide range of societal issues," said Nick Mariano, a spokesman for the school. "Although [Farley's] views have been interpreted as controversial, she has a long history of being a champion of human rights and social justice,"
reports Chi Trib. Issue is whether to have as commencement speaker someone who holds Vatican-verboten positions, such as this Sister Margaret Farley, who is apparently soft on abortion and o.k. with stem-cell work..
Perfect. Let her be introduced as vigorous discusser of wide range of societal issues who stands opposed to the teaching authority of Holy Mother Church in certain key issues, whom we of St. Xavier present to you as an example of our being “not church [but] an institution of higher education,” to borrow from what Loyola U.-Chicago spokesman Kelly Shannon told Trib, explaining why Loyola is on solid ground with its speaker, a biochemist and advocate of embryonic stem cell research.
These are wonderful teaching moments for the introducer, probably the university president, who in each case can announce proudly what his or her institution stands for. No problem.
posted by Jim Bowman @ 5/19/2005 01:39:00 PM
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