Comments on: Author of The Exorcist William Peter Blatty to sue Georgetown in church court

By: A real Catholic

A real Catholic — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 03:05:30 +0000

Go for it Blatty. I love Georgetown, I hope that this leads to the change will make Georgetown what the Carroll’s intended it to be. The persecutions of the Carrolls and the Catholics of Maryland led to the battle for freedom that allowed Georgetown to come into existence. I hope that the current administrations persecution of Catholics will lead to Georgetown becoming Catholic once again and not just a Catholic in name only school. At least Notre Dame is back on its feet. I will say the rosary and pray for the intercession of St. Thomas Aquinas to save Georgetown. To all these students and alumni here who say “good I don’t even like Catholics” I wish you would at least respect the sufferings that Catholics bare in order to have this school exist, children being taken away from mothers, make shift churches being burnt to the ground, the horrors Catholics experienced. Yet the Patriotism and love of country helped form America, Georgetown is a symbol of those trials. Perhaps you should see the Tocqueville discussion from a few years ago on Charles Carroll by Bradley Birzer or as Deenen said before he quit the school, perhaps Georgetown needs to steal Birzer from Hillsdale College.

By: 2012

2012 — Wed, 30 May 2012 05:43:40 +0000

All of you,
I am so sorry that absolutely none of you seem to get what Georgetown is really about. I pray that most of you commenting are underclassmen, and have not taken classes with great Professors or Jesuits yet who will teach you what a Catholic education, particularly a Jesuit one, can afford you. Look for those classes, they’ll change your life. I’m sorry for Mr. Blatty, who greatly missed the mission of this University in his time here. I can’t decide if I’m most sorry for the GW creeper (go home) or the disgruntled Burleith resident (because I am very sorry that you don’t believe in fun… or joy, love, peace, friendship or rainbows, I assume).
Georgetown is not about who is right and who is wrong. We are not about pointing fingers and shouting put-downs. We are most certainly not about passing judgment. Georgetown seeks to foster a conversation. It is a conversation you were invited to during new student orientation (especially if NSO for you was after the turn of the century, when Pluralism in Action became a part of the program). You were invited to listen to other perspectives, opinions, experiences, beliefs and values because for everyone these are different. Regardless of your faith tradition you are then asked to take these and discern, through contemplation and prayer, how best to take action to be a man or woman for others, to be a citizen in our broken world. Georgetown won’t force an opinion on her students, but rather allows her students to grow as rational and moral beings in order to form their own consciences. Georgetown, as a good Catholic university should, gives students every tool to come to the conclusion that we are called to love and serve one another and this world ad majorem Dei gloriam. By inviting a diverse range of speakers, guests, faculty, staff, teachers, and students Georgetown strives toward that goal. Among those invited to our community there is such a diversity of opinions on matters such as healthcare, women’s issues, marriage, politics and how we best live out our faith. To stifle those differences and the dialogue between those who hold them is to extinguish the conversation and with it the development of people that may otherwise go on to change this world for the better, to do great things. When I say “great things” I’m not talking about making movies where little girls vomit pea soup onto priests, I’m talking about the real stuff, the Matthew 25:31-46 stuff.
As an all-too-recent graduate of this university, I have to say the Catholic identity had a profound impact on me, and it has changed me for the better. Open your eyes, your ears, your hearts and your minds to what this university has to offer. I hope you then stand up and correct the next silly sophomore to say our Catholic identity means nothing, and correct the ancient alum who doesn’t realize the value and impact of Georgetown’s current Catholic identity. I do apologize, because I realize some will never really “get it” and are most likely doomed to boring 80 hour work weeks at J.P. Morgan.
The world “catholic” means “all-embracing.” In either sense of the word, big C or little c, Georgetown lives up to its title as a Catholic university, even if not all Catholics or others can appreciate it from where they stand. I hope Georgetown will never stop saying, in the words of Father Maher, “come in, come in!”
Hoya Saxa.

By: MT

MT — Sat, 26 May 2012 07:02:11 +0000

Desiree,
Your parents must be disappointed; at least I would be. First, to question where was the outrage when past dubious speakers were invited to other events, does nothing to discredit the present outrage over the KS invite.
The reality is that you attend a university that claims to be Catholic but doesn’t come close to living up to that standard. Therefore they should drop the claim and then you can wallow in your liberal academia world indefinitely.
You say that KS “advances healthcare options for women.” What a joke. Exactly what options are to talking about? I would laugh if this wasn’t so pathetic. It’s pathetic that people like you hide your true meaning behind words like “options” and “privacy” and “healthcare.” Have you ever read “Theology of the Body” by JPII? Do you know anything?
You claim that the KS pick demonstrates democracy and critical thinking. Please explain to me how how this is critical thinking. Did you forget that the Catholic Church invented the University system as we know it today?
You point out that our current Pope was a member of the Hitler Youth Brigade. This reckless statement only shows you know nothing about living in Germany during WWII.
I’m glad you went to nightly Mass and enjoyed Fr. King’s homilies. I only hope you didn’t present yourself for communion. If that was the case, you’d have something in common to share with KS.

By: proud burleither

proud burleither — Tue, 22 May 2012 16:28:56 +0000

Georgetown students don’t care about their Catholic identity

They couldn’t black out and have sex in public places if they followed the Bible

By: Pat

Pat — Mon, 21 May 2012 22:49:11 +0000

The identity of Georgetown as a Catholic University is ridiculous. The president of the univerisity, nor the faculty or students care about this. Who cares if prior students are offended by Sebelious. If they don’t want to donate, so be it. This university can stand by itself. So lets drop the Catholic moniquer, and be what we are. Just a university. Down to Catholics!!!!!

By: @@no surprises here

@@no surprises here — Mon, 21 May 2012 13:51:21 +0000

Burn! Seriously though, f GW.

By: Chandler

Chandler — Sun, 20 May 2012 21:14:24 +0000

Sounds like someone didn’t get in.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Sun, 20 May 2012 20:06:13 +0000

@ Asuka.

Here, here!

By: Asuka

Asuka — Sun, 20 May 2012 20:04:06 +0000

What do those ad hominems and straw men have to do with Blatty’s position?

By: @no surprises here

@no surprises here — Sun, 20 May 2012 20:04:04 +0000

GW troller? Georgetown students don’t avoid GW because they’re too proud; and with lower acceptance rates than Cornell and, until recently, Penn, we’re not ivy envious. We don’t really consider GW to begin with, with regard to the types of schools we want to attend. While people attend GW because they want to be in DC, no matter what, we chose Georgetown because we wanted to be at a great university, all the better because it’s in DC. That’s why a significant portion of GW students also applied to Georgetown, but relatively few of us applied to GW. GW is the next best school in Washington, but that doesn’t make it the next best school to Georgetown. There are dozens of universities between the two schools, they’re just not in Washington.

(On the history of GW: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/feature/the_prestige_racket.php?page=all)