Good News: Madonna University Cancels Planned Parenthood Speaker |
| By John Ritchie |
| February 07, 2011 |
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| Planned Parenthood speaker was nixed at Madonna. |
Well, that's what students at Catholic Madonna University were wondering when the sign-language studies department at Madonna University, a Catholic institution, invited pro-abortion speaker Christine Gannon to teach a workshop on sexual issues.
Thank God, however, the event was canceled after good pro-life students on campus and TFP Student Action spoke up. The online brochure announcing the February 26 event was also removed.
Madonna University president, Sister Rose Marie Kujawa, confirmed the good news to students in an email:
"I wanted to inform you as soon as possible that there will be no speaker from Planned Parenthood at Madonna University (including the Orchard Lake or any other MU extension)," the email stated . "You can share this with our Campus Ministry students. I am sure this will bring relief to their parents as well. Thank you for your prayers."
Those who are inclined to thank Madonna University for canceling the pro-abortion speaker may contact:
Sr. Rose Marie Kujawa, C.S.S.F.
President
Madonna University
Email: srosemarie@madonna.edu
Phone: (734) 432-5315
Fax: (734) 432-5333
Comments
Why is it such a struggle to get Catholic institutions to follow Catholic teaching?
A major house cleaning is needed, especially considering the recent news from Front Royal, Va. Again, Magisterium involvement and guidance, please!
Claudia Michalik
We will PRAY for you and the UNBORN and for all who to have courage to stand against the "evil one" for the journey is not easy...but Jesus is on our Side. Stand FIRM. God Bless You Always and May our Blessed Mother put her Veil of Protection over you and us on this battlefield too.
Blessings
Thank you for the decision made regarding the speaker from Planned Parenthood. An anti-life/anti-family organization that runs the largest chain of abortion clinics in America has no business speaking to students at a Catholic University.
God be with you.
Stephanie Kemp
A start for the generations to come. By your courage and example may others follow.
Good Work!
Elisabeth
Sincerely, Suzanne Formanek
Thank you so much for canceling this Planned Parenthood speaker at Madonna University. My heart rejoices with this choice.
Being pro-life is such a huge part of being Catholic, and I am very glad that a Catholic University will continue to uphold this vital virtue.
God Bless,
Laura (university student from Texas)
Human nature being what it is, this is one victory but the war will always be on. Congratulations and keep up the good fight.
Marie Lussier Timperley, Montreal, Canada
Planned Parenthood speaker at Madonna University! I pray that God will richly bless you for your courage to make this change, which affects the lives of so many innocent students on your Campus. It is not easy to be a follower of Christ in this world today, but you have done it, and I admire you very much for that. Thank you and may God Bless you and your students and faculty. Well done, good and faithful servants!!!!
I just heard that you have canceled a Planned Parenthood speaker on Madonna University. I am so pleased that you have prevented this. Planned Parenthood is the largest promoter and provider of abortion in the United States. Their work is in total opposition to the teachings of the Catholic Church.
Thank you for assuring that our Catholic universities teach and follow the teachings of Christ.
PP is the largest promoter of killing children for convenience and death of these children are PP largest money makers.
Please help keep our young adults whose souls are entrusted to you close to the teachings of Jesus through our church.
Thanks for disassociating your university from such an EVIL organization.
Steve
Thank you for cancelling the Planned Parenthood speaker who was scheduled to speak at Madonna University. Catholic Universities need to teach Catholic teaching, not promoting anti-Catholic teaching.
I would also suggest that all of the employees that were involved in this invitation, be disaplined, which could include termination of their position at the university, if you find they intentionally were promoting an anti-Catholic viewpoint.
Sincerely,
John Gannon
As a fellow Catholic and one concerned with the need of Catholic institutes of higher learning preserving and fostering an authentic Catholic ethos, I thank you for your action in canceling the appearance of Christine Gannon, a Planned Parenthood speaker, on your campus.
Yours sincerely,
Stan Ziobro
Deacon Joseph Iannucci
Thank you so much for canceling the scheduled Planned Parenthood speaker at Madonna University. It is refreshing and wonderful to see a Catholic University keeping its integrity and standing up for life!
Sincerely,
Anne Madison
Thank you for having the courage to support Catholic beliefs and practices. Thank you for not going along with the culture of death. It appears that there are not enough Catholic Colleges who actually remain in line with truly Catholic teaching. I am a social work graduate of Marygrove College. The pressure to go against the Catholic Church while attending this college was incredible. I will continue to pray for Catholic colleges and universities, to teach the truth and to trust God our Saviour to handle the rest.
Sincerely,
Mary M Zeien LCSW
It is with grateful thanks to the Honor of Our Lady that that you realized what an offense having planned parenthood anywhere near a Catholic campus where as part of a Catholic education students expect to be protected from anything that would be a threat to the salvation of their soul.
With Gratitude,
Sylvia Faye
St. Andre, pray for us!
tomas, slovakia
It was with great joy that I received the news regarding the canceling of the pro-abortion speaker, Christine Gannon.
Thank you for standing for the ideals of the church, and standing for "life," from conception to natural death.
This is "leading" the young people in the right direction of life and values.
God bless you, and may the Holy Spirit continue to guide you in direction and wisdom in the days ahead.
Respectfully,
Harriet Zuiker
WHAT STATE?
WHAT COUNTRY?
ARE WE ALL SUPPOSED TO KNOW THIS PLACE?
HELLO?
President of Madonna University
Thank you so much for canceling the pro-abortion speaker Christine Gannon scheduled to speak at Madonna University.
I'm sure Our lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the unborn thanks you too!
We need to pray for the end of all culture of death. We must pray every day also for the sanctification of all Catholic universities, schools, seminaries, and parishes !!! God bless you.
I am delighted to hear that the Planned Parenthood speaker will not be speaking at your university.
Our prayers remain with you.
Sincerely,
Jay Hurtig
Thank you for your strong and appropriate action in canceling the Planned Parenthood speaker at Madonna University. As a faithful Catholic and strong prof-life advocate in the greater Detroit area, I believe we as individuals and as Catholic institutions must be stalwart in our defense of human life and our proclamation of the Gospel of Life.
We must let our light shine!
God bless you and Madonna University.
May each day of our lives leads us to a higher level in our Spiritual journey follower of Jesus through Mary.
RON
"Right is right even if no one is doing it, wrong is wrong even if every one is doing it".
St. Augustine
God Bless, Jim Fox
We as Catholic Christian Soldiers must continue to fight against secularism in our Catholic universities. Thank you for being a real Catholic and not let the monstrosity voice of PP speak at our university. May God Bless you and keep you safe. Michelle Burke
Thank you for taking a stand for Catholic principles and for life. You are a courageous woman, and I do hope presidents from other Catholic institutions take note of your leadership. Sometimes, it seems, that it takes a strong woman to be a light for those who may lack the courage to be a witness for Christ. Thank you for your willingness to be a witness.
God bless you,
Brenna Heffernan
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Thank you for your powerful intercession. St. Maximilian, saint of the Immaculate one, continue to be with us with Our Mother.
God bless you!
LaDean Barnes, MEd
BUT I QUESTION WHY WAS SHE CONSIDERED IN THE FIRST PLACE.
What an example of a "Rose" you are! Thank you for defending our Catholic principles courageously and prayerfully. May God reward you and bless your beautiful ministry. May God protect our Catholic universities, colleges and schools from the clutches of the evil one.
SUCH ACTS IN DEFENSE OF OUR CATHOLIC CHURCH ARE REWARDED WITH ETERNAL LIFE. THE DEVIL MOST BE VERY MAD--HIS DAYS ARE NUMBERED AS GUARANTEED BY OUR HEAVENLY MOTHER IN FATIMA. MAY SHE GRANT YOU ABUNDANT GRACES.
PRAYING FOR YOUR AUTHENTICITY AND COURAGE,
SERGIO & OLIVIA DE PAZ
Thank God through the Blessed Mother we have you as the University President. It's like easier to obtain answer to our prayer. I'm always praying for all the religious of the whole world to be strong and safe in any confrontation. More power to you sister...God Bless our common prayers..JESUS I TRUST IN YOU.
Bog zaplac!
ws
I do not understand how this situation could even come up in a Catholic Unversity.
I praise you for your diligence and wish that diligence would wear off on many of the other Catholic Institutions. I pray they open their hearts to the true Catholic teaching
You are doing a good job standing up for our faith.
Let's praise the Lord for the guidance to our Catholics always to have a wakening conscience and attentiveness Pro-Vita.
If failing to defend human life and human dignity, that is, the very foundation of the meaning of our human lives, what can make sense in our lives.
Pro-Life formation is so critically important in today's secularized world.
MU has set up a good example for our catholic high educational institutions.
We appreciate your action very much.
May God bless you and Falician Sisters abundantly in journey 2011!
Love and prayers,
Joseph Law, MD
UPRA Rome
I am very glad and thankful to God for the cancellation of the talk that a representative from Planned Parenthood was scheduled to give in your Campus.
People that are IN FAVOR of things that are in nature "intrinsically evil" and therefore, offensive to God, should not be guests at any Catholic University, for these people create confusion to the students by their lies.
They are in NO WAY role models for our children.
God bless you for your courageous stand and keep us the good work!
Sincerely,
Ralph and Cristina Hughes
Please encourage others to read unPlanned, a book by Amy Johnson who left Planned Parenthood after being Director of their Bryan Texas facility. She reveals the real goals of Planned Parenthood and how seeing an ultrasound-guided abortion changed her life forever. For those "on the fence" about Pro-Life, this is a must read book
It can be very hard even in a Catholic College or high school to stand for the teachings of the Church.
Thank you all that have fought this fight to let the truth be known that abortion is evil.
God bless all of you.
In God We Trust
Mary Jane Stephan
Why did the sign-language studies department feel comfortable in extending this invitation?
Why would a Catholic university need to offer a "workshop on sexual issues" unless it was presented by someone from the clergy, religious life, NFP or a faith-based pro-chastity organization?
I suspect some house-cleaning is in order at this academic institution, and "ex corde ecclesiae" be strongly exercised campus-wide.
Thank you for your consideration.
Denise
Thank you and God bless you!
Sincerely
Dympna Kearns
Thank you for canceling the speaker from Planned Parenthood and for your phone call. Those of us working with high school students who are making decisions about colleges are encouraged with this decision. Thank you and may the Lord bless Madonna University and pour out His Spirit upon all faculty, staff and students! May we all continue to fight for the sanctity of life!!
by cancelling the speaker from Planned Parenthood. This organization that supports abortions fools the public by their campaigns. I thank God that you did not accept this deception.
The Catholic Church has been deceived on many occations.
I want to thank you again for your courage in making the decision to cancel the speaker. God Bless You Abundantly,
great news.. but I would like to know who hired her to speak in the first place and what are her speaking charges and who was going to pay for her speakers fee?
thank you
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