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‘Abortion doula’ slated to speak at Notre Dame

Claire Anderson - Northern Virginia Community College — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 04:02:22 +0000

Notre Dame alumni leader criticizes pro-abortion event The gender studies department at the University of Notre Dame, a Catholic University, plans to host an “abortion doula” on March 20. The speaker is part of a series called “Reproductive Justice: Scholarship for Solidarity and Social Change.” This specific event is titled “Trans Care + Abortion Care: Intersections and Questions…

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Yale sacred music center launches climate change art initiative

Claire Anderson - Northern Virginia Community College — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 05:01:24 +0000

Initiative director said he is open to including pagan perspective The Institute of Sacred Music at Yale University has a new initiative that seeks to combine art, religion and concern for “ecological crises.” Titled the “Religion, Ecology, and Expressive Culture Initiative,” the program’s aim is to “amplify cross-disciplinary and integrative work at the intersection of religion, ecology…

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UCLA sports may use private funds for travel due to LGBT law: report

Claire Anderson - Northern Virginia Community College — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 05:00:33 +0000

California travel ban law complicates UCLA’s move to Big Ten Sports teams for the University of California Los Angeles will reportedly use private funds to travel to states that have laws deemed discriminatory against LGBT individuals, according to officials. Private funds are needed when UCLA officially moves to the Big Ten Conference in 2024 due to a California law that prohibits state funds…

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Be open to marriage while in college, Catholic mother and commentator advises

Claire Anderson - Northern Virginia Community College — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 05:02:16 +0000

‘Why delay all the most exciting things in life?’ College students should pursue not only a degree, but marriage while going to school, according to one Catholic wife, mom and commentator. Anna Reynolds, who writes about virtue and family life, recently explained to The College Fix why she believes students need to be more open to marriage and her advice for how to find a spouse in college.

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This small Catholic college produces priests, nuns and other religious vocations

Claire Anderson - Northern Virginia Community College — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 04:05:55 +0000

80 priests so far produced by Thomas Aquinas College A small Catholic college with locations in California and Massachusetts continues to produce priests, nuns and other religious vocations year after year. Around 10 percent of Thomas Aquinas College alumni enter priesthood or religious life, according to Christopher Weinkopf, communications director for the 500 student school. This summer…

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American University staffers go on strike as school year starts

Claire Anderson - Northern Virginia Community College — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 15:22:13 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Members of the Academic Affairs Staff Union picketed again on Tuesday, the second day of their planned weeklong protest against the university. Union members gathered at the Katzen Arts Center on campus and lined the walls with handmade signs and passed out pamphlets to passersby about their cause. The protestors also took to chalking the asphalt. “Hey AU…

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Bishop wants to see more priests come out of Ohio State University

Claire Anderson - Northern Virginia Community College — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 04:05:27 +0000

Local young Catholic says a reverent liturgy and better faith formation could help The new bishop of the Diocese of Columbus wants to see more priests come out of the 60,000 student Ohio State University – so he has sent in a new chaplain to boost vocations. Bishop Earl Fernandes is just a few months into his new role, but he wants to fix a problem the diocese has – it did not ordain any new…

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University of San Diego has now hidden St. Junipero Serra statue for two years

Claire Anderson - Northern Virginia Community College — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 04:04:33 +0000

No clear plans for return St. Junipero Serra’s statue will be missing from campus at the University of San Diego for the third school year in a row. The Catholic university hid the statue during the summer of 2020 after other statues of the saint were vandalized. Critics have taken issue with Serra’s conversion of Native Americans to Catholicism. The university won’t provide concrete…

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Business degree not necessary for success, entrepreneur says

Claire Anderson - Northern Virginia Community College — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 04:04:01 +0000

Donates 10 percent of sales to pregnancy resource centers A business degree is not necessary to run a successful company, a coffee entrepreneur recently told The College Fix. “You need passion, hard work and discipline,” said Anton Krecic, who started Seven Weeks Coffee in September 2021. Instead of a specific degree, he said, it’s more important to be “passionate about your business and…

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Boston mayor pressures Catholic college to create LGBT center: report

Claire Anderson - Northern Virginia Community College — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 04:03:03 +0000

LGBT activists also want gender-neutral housing The mayor of Boston wants a Catholic college in a nearby city to establish a “resource center” for people who embrace their homosexual or gender dysphoric inclinations. Mayor Michelle Wu (pictured) reportedly joined with nine current or former city council members to demand Boston College establish an “LGBTQ+ Resource Center.” “It is such an…

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