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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh great, [b]dropping 'Catholic Mission'[/b] just as we face a set of moral challenges from from the Right. Surprising to see USCCB coming at the challenges of the day as the thought leader rather than our Catholic universities.

Not that I like Georgetown's approach. When I was there, [b]there seemed more public information about Passover Seder then there was about anything regarding religious life[/b]. And the scholarship seemed to be totally detached from Catholic Social Thought, except for the specific entities directed at the topic.

I'm Catholic but from rural America and was very surprised at how differently modern Catholic schools, outside of the few urban core schools, see their missions so differently from what I thought of as the Mission of the Church. Most of these schools seem to position themselves as 'not-so-waspy' Elite with massive investment in sports success. Think St. Johns, Visitation, or Paul VI all the way to Notre Dame in Indiana, plus the gazillion-a-year elite Catholic schools in every suburban metro area in America. None of those places are making saints. I wouldn't be surprised if it really were the opposite.

I don't know if I complain or shrug and say 'this is what we should have expected.'[/quote]

For crying out loud, they didn’t “drop the Catholic mission.” It’s still right there, at the top: “In all that we do we seek to advance Notre Dame’s mission as a global, Catholic research university.”

Also, newsflash: an announcement about a Passover Seder is about religious life. [/quote]

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