Reply to Notre Dame Drops ‘Catholic Mission’ Language From Staff Values

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Notre Dame Drops ‘Catholic Mission’ Language From Staff Values"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a kid there as well.  The Catholic mission permeates the entire campus from his doem rector, dorm mass, Catholic focused service work, to praying at the grotto weekly. The school has a priest as President.  The student section goes wild like it is a rockstar for Father Pete at football games.  When I was at mass, [b]there were probably 30 college girls in mantillas and jeans.[/b]

Yet he appreciates his friends of different faiths  - his roommate is not Catholic. There are also a wide variety of opinion from conservative Catholics to liberal Catholics. This is all healthy.

I don’t think we need to create alarm over Notre Dame losing its Catholic way. For those lucky enough to attend (I am not an alum), seems like a great place.[/quote]

Oh my. I'm an alum and never saw anyone in mantillas. I wonder if the student body is becoming more conservative?[/quote]

Yeah -- I have a kid there and also find this concerning.

Mantillas on old ladies are charming.  Matillas on young women--> future trad wives.  Yuck.[/quote]

I am the poster who saw these girls and I am sorry I brought it up. As I said, I have no idea if they were students vs outside tour group. I can only say they were young college-aged women who were respectfully attending mass. I have never worn a mantilla and thought it was a nice reminder that all manner of faiths are welcome. I also didn’t talk with them to know their beliefs on anything.    Wasn’t this the whole issue in the Abrego Garcia case: that people assumed he was a gang member by what he was wearing? Please don’t assume they will be trad wife’s bc they wear mantillas. Certainly we can all put up with the sartorial choices of others without any need to judge.  [/quote]

PP:  I'm the previous poster.  People can wear what they want, but the clothes we select usually convey the image we want to embody, especially if they are strong signafiers (like mantillas or MAGA hats).

There are all sorts of Catholics and all are welcome in the big tent church, but the Vance-style strain of pre-Vatican II get the women back in the kitchen and silent does threaten me and I wouldn't want my kid to be surrounded by that as a norm.

I don't think mantilla-wearing trad Catholics are dominant at ND, and I'd prefer my kids to be in an ideologically diverse space rather than a social-justice enclave. But pretending that mantillas on very young women don't link with non-feminist ideas is putting your head in the sand.

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics