Introduction
For the Church, June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. For the University of Notre Dame, it’s Pride!
In this bulletin, we describe this latest chapter in the normalization of gender theory and homosexuality at Notre Dame, but first we report on a related development that has received scarcely any attention but merits a good deal of it: the inclusion of a male student who transitioned to “female” on Notre Dame’s women’s rugby team.
Transgender Rugby Player
A male student who transitioned to “female” while at Notre Dame subsequently played center on the women’s rugby team in the 2019 season until Covid closed the school. When rugby resumed, he played for a season and then joined a women’s professional team. See Transgender Pro Rugby Player Tells Her Story and ND interview.
Unaccountably, this episode went unremarked by the media. We learned of it from a Notre Dame parent. It is consequential because:
- Notre Dame, rejecting the Church’s condemnation of Gender Theory, has acknowledged a male as a female.
- It has, accordingly, discriminated against women in women’s sports.
- Presumably the door is now open for transsexual “women” to compete in basketball, track and field, and other sports.
- Should President Biden be re-elected and mandate transexual admittance to women’s sports, as seems likely, Notre Dame will be unable to raise a credible religious conscience objection.
Notre Dame and Pride Month
For the fourth year in a row, the University recognizes June as Pride Month while disregarding the Church’s dedication of the month to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. And Pride Month is everywhere recognized as promoting the entire LGBTQ+ agenda, including gender theory and same-sex marriage, sex, and adoption.
That is certainly true of the University’s endorsement of Pride Month this year. The Pride Month page on the University’s site directs readers to Notre Dame’s Spectrum LGBTQ Employee & Ally Support Group, which endorses:
- PFlag, which promotes the “right to a safe and legal abortion,” “marriage equality,” and the “right of straight, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer individuals and couples to be parents.”
- Gender Nexus, which facilitates gender reassignment surgery.
- Life-Long Adoptions, which openly advertises to same-sex couples.
- Transgender Resource, Education and Enrichment Center.
- South Bend “Religious” resources including contacts for Atheists, Episcopalians, Jews, Mennonites, Unitarians – but none for Catholics despite the fact that St Joseph Parish is the local contact for Courage and Encourage, the two Catholic organizations for Catholic homosexuals and their families.
Notre Dame Alumni Association and Pride Month
As it has in every recent year, the NDAA once again endorsed Pride Month, and our limited search shows that some, though perhaps not many, local clubs followed suit.
The NDAA Facebook posting recommended the LGBTQ+ alumni group ARC for “resources and support.” We have described in detail ARC’s roots in the Gay and Lesbian Alumni Association of Notre Dame and its promotion of same-sex marriage.
From the Sacred Heart of Jesus to Pride Month
Notre Dame’s celebration of June as Pride Month while letting pass its dedication to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is especially unsettling because of the special place devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus holds in the history of the University and the CSC Order.
Blessed Basile Moreau, who founded the Order in 1837, consecrated the priests to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Feast of the Sacred Heart was added to the Universal Liturgical Calendar in 1856, and the month of June became devoted to the Blessed Heart.
The Order’s consecration to the Sacred Heart was reflected in the dedication of the spiritual centers of the University to the Sacred Heart: first, the wooden “Church of the Sacred Heart,” built between 1848 and 1852, and then the current Basilica of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, in which Mass was first celebrated in 1875.
Then there is the statue of the Blessed Heart that stands in front of the storied Main Building on the Main Quad. That is its rightful place, as one can see from the letter that Father Sorin addressed to his associates on June 20, 1876, the Feast of the Sacred Heart, shortly after the fire that destroyed the Main Building.
Calling on his fellow priests “to thank the Sacred Heart for the many precious blessings we have drawn already from this inexhaustible centre of all graces” during these “months of severe trial,” Father Sorin exhorted:
More than ever, let us place our hopes and prayers and needs in the Sacred Heart-the primary Patron of our Congregation….and whilst our glorious and loving Patron is failing us in nothing, let us not fail first in duty, but endeavor to deserve an increase of blessings.”
We close with some of Father Sorin’s concluding words that resonate today with Notre Dame’s embrace of Pride Month:
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Good and gracious God, Your Son Jesus Christ loves us with an infinite love manifested to us by His suffering and death on the Cross.
On the Cross, His most Sacred Heart was pierced by the lance of a Roman soldier, a sign of the cruelty of man and the infinite love of the God-man who forgives even as He is wounded.
As we honor His pierced Heart, we acknowledge our own sins and failure to love Him as He deserves to be loved. We also make reparation to His Most Sacred Heart for all the sins, offenses, sacrileges, and blasphemies leveled against it.
In Him, every single human being—created male or female and in the image and likeness of Triune God—finds his or her true perfection. In Him, the original order and beauty of creation—marred by sin and rejected in prideful disobedience—is gloriously restored.
Grant that by our own own faithful obedience, humble witness, and fervent prayer we may honor, worship and praise His Most Sacred Heart that His grace may heal our troubled and sinful world.
We make our prayer through the same Sacred Heart of Jesus. Amen!
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J.M.J
Apostasy is what Apostasy does, it separates oneself from The One Body Of Christ which exists From The Father, Through The Son, In The Unity Of The Holy Ghost (Filioque).
Canon 751 of the Code of Canon Law states that schism is “the refusal of submission to the supreme pontiff or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him.” Canon 1364 stipulates that the penalty for this crime is excommunication “latae sententiae,” i.e., automatically upon the commission of the offense.”
Furthermore, “Canon 188 §4 states that among the actions which automatically (ipso facto) cause any cleric to lose his office, even without any declaration on the part of a superior, is that of “defect[ing] publicly from the Catholic faith” (” A fide catholica publice defecerit“).
Jorge Bergoglio’s “refusal of submission to the supreme pontiff or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him“, was evident, prior to his election to the Papacy, when, as a cardinal, his heresy was manifested and made public ,in his book, On Heaven And Earth, on page 117, where he stated, , “If there is a union of a private nature, there is neither a third party, nor is society affected”, denying that sin done in private is still sin, and that we, who are Baptized Catholic, are Called to be, “Temples of The Holy Ghost”. ( God’s Universal Call To Holiness)
From The Catechism Of The Catholic Church: 1849 Sin is an offense against reason, truth, and right conscience; it is failure in genuine love for God and neighbor caused by a perverse attachment to certain goods. It wounds the nature of man and injures human solidarity. It has been defined as “an utterance, a deed, or a desire contrary to the eternal law.”121 1850 Sin is an offense against God: “Against you, you alone, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight.”122 Sin sets itself against God’s love for us and turns our hearts away from it. Like the first sin, it is disobedience, a revolt against God through the will to become “like gods,”123 knowing and determining good and evil. Sin is thus “love of oneself even to contempt of God.”124 In this proud self- exaltation, sin is diametrically opposed to the obedience of Jesus, which achieves our salvation.125“
“It is a sin to accommodate an occasion of sin and cooperate with that which is evil.”
Jorge Bergoglio, prior to his election to the Papacy, never repented of his heresy and in fact does not Hold or Teach The Catholic Faith, and therefore his election to the Papacy could not possibly have been valid. Without the ability or the desire to accept The Office Of The MUNUS, The “Forever” Office, Jorge Bergoglio could not possibly hold The Ministerial Office. In addition, the vote of every cardinal, who prior to Jorge Bergoglio’s election, was aware of the heresy of Jorge Bergoglio, but voted for him anyway, ipso facto separated himself from Christ and His Church, and their vote is thus null and void. (Canon 188 §4 )
Jorge Bergoglio continues to lead through heresy, leading many astray, as summarized in the following article by RORATE CAELI:
RORATE CÆLI: MAJOR STATEMENT: The Crimes and Heresies of Pope Francis, Their Causes and Effects, and the Action to Be Taken
“Citing Vigano’s “refusal to recognize and submit to the Supreme Pontiff, his rejection of communion with the members of the church subject to him, and of the legitimacy and magisterial authority of the Second Vatican Council”, Archbishop Vigano has been formally excommunicated from The Catholic Church.
Archbishop Viganò: Is Vatican II “Untouchable”? – OnePeterFive
We can know through both Faith and reason, that “It is not possible to have Sacramental Communion without Ecclesiastical Communion, due to The Unity Of The Holy Ghost(Filioque); It Is “Through Christ, With Christ, And In Christ, In The Unity Of The Holy Ghost” (Filioque) , that Holy Mother Church, outside of which there is no Salvation, due to The Unity Of The Holy Ghost ( Filioque) exists.
Prior to being excommunicated from The Catholic Church by Jorge Bergoglio, Archbishop Vigano accepted the The Deposit Of Faith and was in communion with each and every Catholic who accepted the authority of every previous Supreme Pontiff, who had accepted The Deposit Of Faith, which comes from Christ , Who Revealed Himself to His Church Through Sacred Tradition, Sacred Scripture, and The Teaching Of The Magisterium, grounded in Sacred Tradition, and Sacred Scripture, The Deposit Of Faith, Christ Entrusted to His One, Holy, Catholic, And Apostolic Church, in The Unity Of The Holy Ghost(Filioque).
“Penance, Penance, Penance.”
“Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore You profoundly. I offer You the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the tabernacles of the world in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges and indifference by which He is offended. And, through the infinite merits of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of You the conversion of sinners.
Taught by Our Lady at Fatima (1917)”
The Second Vatican Council must be anathema and The Charitable Anathema restored in order to restore The Papacy, for ambiguity is not of The Holy Ghost, and in fact, to deny The Unity of The Holy Ghost (Filioque) is to deny The Divinity of The Ordered Communion Of Perfect Love, The Most Holy And Undivided Blessed Trinity, Father, Son, And Holy Ghost.
J.M.J.
Apostasy is what Apostasy does, it separates oneself from The One Body Of Christ Which Exists In The Unity Of The Holy Ghost (Filioque) .You can only have a Great Apostasy from The True Church Of Christ, Christ’s One, Holy, Catholic, And Apostolic Church.
Canon 751 of the Code of Canon Law states that schism is “the refusal of submission to the supreme pontiff or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him.” Canon 1364 stipulates that the penalty for this crime is excommunication “latae sententiae,” i.e., automatically upon the commission of the offense.”
Furthermore, “Canon 188 §4 states that among the actions which automatically (ipso facto) cause any cleric to lose his office, even without any declaration on the part of a superior, is that of “defect[ing] publicly from the Catholic faith” (” A fide catholica publice defecerit“).
Jorge Bergoglio’s “refusal of submission to the supreme pontiff or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him“, was evident, prior to his election to the Papacy, when, as a cardinal, his heresy was manifested and made public ,in his book, On Heaven And Earth, on page 117, where he stated, , “If there is a union of a private nature, there is neither a third party, nor is society affected”, denying that sin done in private is sin, and that we, who are Baptized Catholic, are Called to be, “Temples of The Holy Ghost”. ( God’s Universal Call To Holiness)
From The Catechism Of The Catholic Church:
“1849 Sin is an offense against reason, truth, and right conscience; it is failure in genuine love for God and neighbor caused by a perverse attachment to certain goods. It wounds the nature of man and injures human solidarity. It has been defined as “an utterance, a deed, or a desire contrary to the eternal law.”
“1850 Sin is an offense against God: “Against you, you alone, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight.”122 Sin sets itself against God’s love for us and turns our hearts away from it. Like the first sin, it is disobedience, a revolt against God through the will to become “like gods,”123 knowing and determining good and evil. Sin is thus “love of oneself even to contempt of God.”124 In this proud self- exaltation, sin is diametrically opposed to the obedience of Jesus, which achieves our salvation.125“
“It is a sin to accommodate an occasion of sin and cooperate with that which is evil.”
Jorge Bergoglio, prior to his election to the Papacy, never repented of his heresy and in fact does not Hold or Teach The Catholic Faith, and therefore his election to the Papacy could not possibly have been valid. Without the ability or the desire to accept The Office Of The MUNUS, The “Forever” Office, Jorge Bergoglio could not possibly hold The Ministerial Office. In addition, the vote of every cardinal, who prior to Jorge Bergoglio’s election, was aware of the heresy of Jorge Bergoglio, but voted for him anyway, ipso facto separated himself from Christ and His Church, and their vote is thus null and void. (Canon 188 §4 )
Jorge Bergoglio continues to lead through heresy, leading many astray, as summarized in the following article by RORATE CAELI:
RORATE CÆLI: MAJOR STATEMENT: The Crimes and Heresies of Pope Francis, Their Causes and Effects, and the Action to Be Taken
“Citing Vigano’s “refusal to recognize and submit to the Supreme Pontiff, his rejection of communion with the members of the church subject to him, and of the legitimacy and magisterial authority of the Second Vatican Council”, Archbishop Vigano has been formally excommunicated from The Catholic Church.
Archbishop Viganò: Is Vatican II “Untouchable”? – OnePeterFive
We can know through both Faith and reason, that “It is not possible to have Sacramental Communion without Ecclesiastical Communion, due to The Unity Of The Holy Ghost(Filioque); It Is “Through Christ, With Christ, And In Christ, In The Unity Of The Holy Ghost” (Filioque) , that Holy Mother Church, outside of which there is no Salvation, due to The Unity Of The Holy Ghost ( Filioque) exists.
Prior to being excommunicated from The Catholic Church by Jorge Bergoglio, Archbishop Vigano accepted the The Deposit Of Faith and was in communion with each and every Catholic who accepted the authority of every previous Supreme Pontiff, who had accepted The Deposit Of Faith, which comes from Christ , Who Revealed Himself to His Church Through Sacred Tradition, Sacred Scripture, and The Teaching Of The Magisterium, grounded in Sacred Tradition, and Sacred Scripture, The Deposit Of Faith, Christ Entrusted to His One, Holy, Catholic, And Apostolic Church, in The Unity Of The Holy Ghost(Filioque).
“Penance, Penance, Penance.”
“Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore You profoundly. I offer You the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the tabernacles of the world in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges and indifference by which He is offended. And, through the infinite merits of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of You the conversion of sinners.
Taught by Our Lady at Fatima (1917)”
The Second Vatican Council must be anathema and The Charitable Anathema restored in order to restore The Papacy, for ambiguity is not of The Holy Ghost, and in fact, to deny The Unity of The Holy Ghost (Filioque) is to deny The Divinity of The Ordered Communion Of Perfect Love, The Most Holy And Undivided Blessed Trinity, Father, Son, And Holy Ghost.
And there in lies the crux of the matter, the erroneous claim that Vatican II did not change any Dogma even though we can know through both Faith and reason, that Vatican II did away with The Charitable Anathema as instituted by Christ, “You cannot be My disciples if you do not abide in My Word”, allowing heresy to take root and creating a counterfeit church that is attempting to subsist in The One Body Of Christ, which we can know through Faith and reason, is not possible, due to The Unity Of The Holy Ghost, (Filioque).
Therein lies the Great Deception which led to placing pacha-mama in The Holy Place.
Dear Blessed Mother Mary, Mirror of Justice , Untier Of Knots, And Destroyer Of All Heresy, Who Through Your Fiat, Affirmed The Filioque, and thus the fact that There Is Only One Son Of God, One Word Of God Made Flesh, One Lamb Of God Who Can Taketh Away The Sins Of The World, Our Only Savior, I Jesus The Christ, thus there can only be, One Spirit Of Perfect Complementary Love Between The Father And The Son, Who Must Proceed From Both The Father And The Son, In The Ordered Communion Of Perfect Complementary Love, The Most Holy And Undivided Blessed Trinity (Filioque), hear our Prayer that your Immaculate Heart Will Triumph soon for the sake of Christ, His Church, all who will come to believe, and all our beloved prodigal sons and daughters, who, hopefully, will return to The One Body Of Christ, Through The Unity Of The Holy Ghost(Filioque).
“And ye, when The Son of Man returns, will He find Faith n Earth.”
That is up to us. “ Choose Life and you will Live.” -Jesus The Christ.
At the heart of Liberty Is Christ, “4For it is impossible for those who were once illuminated, have tasted also the heavenly gift and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5Have moreover tasted the good word of God and the powers of the world to come…”, to not believe that Christ’s Sacrifice On The Cross will lead us to Salvation, but we must desire forgiveness for our sins, and accept Salvational Love, God’s Gift Of Grace And Mercy; believe in The Power And The Glory Of Salvation Love, and rejoice in the fact that No Greater Love Is There Than This, To Desire Salvation For One’s Beloved.
“Hail The Cross, Our Only Hope.”
“Blessed are they who are Called to The Marriage Supper Of The Lamb.” “For where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
“Behold your Mother.” – Christ On The Cross
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI wrote, “However the winds blow, you should stand against them. When the world falls apart, your brave heart may not despair. Without the heart’s bravery, which has the courage to withstand unshakably the spirits of the time and masses, we cannot find the way to God, and the true way of Our Lord.” On the truth of those words are condemned many at Notre Dame as cowards. Notre Dame was the one Catholic university that I had hoped would stand against the evil spirits of our times. Tragically, she has fallen before them!
” Education is the surest defense against an ideology destructive to liberty, like Transgenderism.” (Hillsdale College). The Catholic Church teaches that Transgenderism is wrong and should not be taught. Why are persons (including priests and presidents) embracing and promoting this dangerous idea? Surely, ND needs to follow the teaching of the Catholic Church or it is operating outside the Church and must answer for it. Women’s Sports, particularly Women’s basketball, has become very popular, but will be destroyed if Transgenders are allowed to play in the ACC. There is no reason to accept the view of the S. Carolina coach that she welcomes trans players and ND should not agree with this ideology.
I would invite all to pray for the young alumnus who is experiencing gender disorientation. His story saddens me on a number of levels but especially because he will not be able to carry out fully the mission for which Jesus needs him and for which he has been given a set of gifts, including his masculinity, to accomplish.
Will nothing change under the new President. I pray that he will exhibit the spine that J. lacked.
Bill Dotterweich
ND like most universities has lost it’s way and failed in it’s mission of education instead concentrating on promoting social experiments, perverted mindsets and behavior. Teach absolutes not anything goes but lefties don’t want to hear that.