Supporting the College/Opposing the Bishop

1. Conference Promotes Life

Supporting the Bishop/Opposing Conference





Links:

Pro-life
Mass Citizens for Life

blog: Defending the Faith

Holy Cross Cardinal Newman Society

Pro-abortion
Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy

Planned Parenthood

NARAL

Emails so far:
494– General Catholics or pro-lifers

349- Alumni

8–Clergy members

10–Parents of current students or students who were considering Holy Cross

859- Total forwarded to Fr. McFarland and others asking to cancel the event

Petition Signers: 915

Facebook:
Students in the Holy Cross Pro-Life group: 59

Students in the Holy Cross Pro-Choice group: 44

25,249 children aborted in Massachusetts in 2002

29,000 estimated living alumni of Holy Cross

Money
$24,868,870 Massachusetts Planned Parenthood budget in 2006

$10,000 estimated revenue to Holy Cross from conference

$138,244,172 Holy Cross 2005 Budget

5 Reasons to Cancel Planned Parenthood

 

Read emails supporting the college, opposing the college

What's happened:

tip: Dr. Michael Collins, chairman of the Holy Cross board, alleged to be chancellor off a medical school dabbling in embryonic stem cell research. Also, Holy Cross makes referrals to Planned Parenthood, ostensibly only for STD testing.

editorial: "Conduct Unbecoming a Catholic College"
Oct. 26

letter: Students for Life Update on Holy Cross
Oct. 25

letter: Father Paul Scalia (HC '92) responds to Professor O'Brien
Oct. 25

video: American Life League video on student reactions to McFarland

event: Pictures from the Holy Cross Cemetery of the Innocents display
Oct. 24

letter: Bishop Was "Unwise" says HC Catholic Studies Professor
Oct. 22

email: One Catholic Tells What Planned Parenthood is Really Like
Oct. 19

news: Speaker says HC and Other Colleges Should Aid Pregnant Students
Oct. 18

Fr. McFarland Justifies Planned Parenthood Presence to Community
Oct. 18

blog: Deal Hudson Writes, "High Noon at Holy Cross" outlining how Catholic Identity at risk
Oct. 17

emails: Crusader Refuses to Run Pro-Life ad, calling it "Inappropriate" - the banned ad
Oct. 15

testimonial: One Alum Decides Against Holy Cross for Child Because of Conference
Oct. 15

article: Holy Cross hears Outcry For Space Rental
Oct. 12 - Boston Globe

Read Fr. McFarland's rebuttal to Bishop McManus
Oct. 10

Read the statement from Bishop McManus asking Fr. McFarland to cancel Planned Parenthood's appearance
Oct. 10

Read the email sent by Fr. McFarland to a student, defending Planned Parenthood
Oct. 7

Read one alumni's letter to Fr. McFarland asking him to cancel the Planned Parenthood event, with five main attachments:
Oct. 1

1. -Mass. Alliance on Teen Pregnancy brochure for their Oct. 24th Event
2. -Newspaper ad on Abstinence
3. -HHS Report on Sex-Education and Abstinence Programs
4. -Heritage Foundation Study on Abstinence Programs
5. -Article on Planned Parenthood's sex education fraud

What you can do:

1. Calls - Call five people and make a difference
Call Father McFarland
508-793-2525
*McFarland's office is claiming that he is out on school business for the next few days, but if you call they promise to relay your comments to him

Call Bishop McManus
508-791-7171

Call the Jesuit Superior General
202-462-0400

Call the Papal Nuncio
202-337-1721

Call the Vatican
+39.06.6982

2. Emails - Email five people and make a difference, send one to holycross@studentsforlife.org and we'll forward it to:
Father McFarland
Bishop McManus
the Jesuit Superior General
the Papal Nuncio
the Vatican

3. Donations - Change your giving patterns, send a message, and support worthy causes
Support a pro-life organization, Students for Life of America
Support the Holy Cross Cardinal Newman Society
Support another faithful Catholic Colleges
Support Holy Cross Students for Life:
C/O Emily Turner, Box 2700
1 College St
Worcester, MA 01610

4. Sign the Petition

5. Do you know one of the Holy Cross Trustees? Let us know! trustees@holycrossalumni.org

What current Holy Cross students can do

Find other pro-life students who are upset about this situation, and email us at students@holycrossalumni.org

Take action with an ad that was banned from the campus newspaper, the Crusader, and and put it on a bulletin board or pass it out around campus.

Resources

Read a background on the Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy

5 Reasons to Cancel Planned Parenthood and never be associated with them

Current Holy Cross Professors

In the Service of Life
April 20-22, 1991

Theology
Read the Jesuits "Standing for the Unborn"
March 2003

Ex Corde Ecclesiae: On Catholic Universities, documenting the authority for Catholic Colleges and their relationship to the Church
August 1990