Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Two Georgetown Students Make Idiots of Themselves On Day of Papal Visit

Goodness you can't make this up. Go see this dandy of an interview by NPR of a "Catholic" student at Georgetown that is gives an overview here. Here is a part:


At Georgetown University, a Jesuit institution in Washington, D.C., junior Maria Malvar says she used to be involved in church. She thought Pope John Paul was a rock star, but she dislikes Benedict's strict theology.
"I believe Pope John Paul II did a lot to bring youth back to church," Malvar says. With Pope Benedict, she says she feels "a regression."
The observation draws a nod from her friend, Billy Dumay. "I feel he'll do the Catholic guilt trip," Dumay says, laughing.
Dumay sees faith as personal worship, not a set of rules. And he's not thrilled with Benedict's battle against secular culture. "Ending secularism to him means actually going to church, going through formal motions, and if you don't do that you're not a good Catholic," Dumay says
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It appears that despite their Parents no doubt spending ten of thousands of Dollars each year to attend Georgetown she knows nothing of the theology of Pope Benedict or John Paul the II. How much do you want to bet these two folks have not read one writing of the Holy Father.

Yes Mr Dumay, not going to Mass is problematic. I very much expect their non Inquisitive nature of the Holy Father, their Catholic Faith, goes into other realms. I even hate to think what they would say about politics.

By the way I refuse to be a Catholic Debby Downer as to my posts today. We see at Catholic University in DC
As part of the preparations, on Monday, April 14, students will meet at the Office of Campus Ministry in Caldwell Hall at 8 p.m. and walk through campus in a candlelight procession, making five stops while saying the rosary. Also on Monday, students in Centennial Village and Gibbons Hall will make banners to welcome the pope.
On Tuesday, April 15, at 9 p.m., students from throughout the campus will also meet at the Edward J. Pryzbyla University Center to make posters and banners to help welcome the Holy Father.
And on Wednesday, April 16, at 8 p.m., there will be an all-night prayer vigil, followed by confessions and all-night Eucharistic adoration. Also included in the evening are prayer at 10 p.m., praise and worship adoration at 12 a.m., morning prayer and benediction at 6:45 a.m. and readings of the writings of Pope Benedict XVI each hour on the hour.
Seventeen CUA students are also rehearsing two pieces of music — Laudes regiae: Christus vincit and Tu es Petrus — to perform for the pope at the Pryzbyla Center April 17. Leo Nestor, Justine Bayard Ward Professor of Music at CUA, will direct the choir
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