Young Catholics want colleges, according to a leader in the college government who claims that the Church should be followed, loved, and diligently articulated.
This fall, St. Norbert College in Wisconsin changed its plan to allow for the private Catholic school to just accept two women.
According to a report from the Green Bay Press Gazette, the university agrees with the Catholic Church that” a] mong a variety of different offenses to respect, this reaffirmed the religion’s opposition to sex flexibility and gender-affirming operation, and foundations female on natural sex.”
The shift aligns with Pope Francis ‘ declaration ,” Dignitas Infinita”, or” On Human Dignity”, which was published in August, according to the document. The bishop issued a warning about the risks of liberal gender theory in it.
” Desiring a private self-determination, as female principle prescribes, apart from this basic truth that human life is a product, amounts to a concession to the age-old desire to make oneself God, entering into competition with the true God of love revealed to us in the Gospel”, it states.
Some students at St. Norbert disagreed heartily with the decision, expressing concerns about how it will affect the LGBTQIA + community.
One student, Kayla Clark, told the , Sentinel Journal,” They’re completely erasing the animal respect of the people by never giving them the freedom to express who they are”.
Another, Gracelyn Giese, who is minoring in women’s and gender studies, told the paper:” What’s going to happen to this whole office if the class is saying that they’re following the new Catholic view and perception system of there’s only two, there’s just two genders? That contradicts what some of my classes have been discussing and teaching for the past 312 years.
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Joe Webb, the college’s vice president for student affairs, told the Press Gazette in a statement that St. Norbert is still dedicated to inclusion.
The college is merely adjusting its policies and language regarding gender identity to the principles that the Catholic church has recently laid out. All services and benefits for all students, faculty and staff remain intact”, Webb stated.
” Based on this alignment, there are no plans to change any curriculum or teaching practices. This alignment does not alter the college’s ongoing commitment to creating a safe and welcoming community where everyone is treated with respect,” he added.
The Fix twice sent an email to Webb, the college media team, and the board of trustees asking for a copy of the policy changes and the campus ‘ response to the change. None responded.
However, John Ritchie, the head of TFP Student Action, claimed he was pleased to learn about the new policy. TFP, which stands for tradition, family, and property, is a student action group that advocates for traditional Catholic values on college campuses.
“Education divorced from truth is worthless”, the student action director said in a recent email.
Higher education aims to convey the truth, which includes the foreknowledge that God created both men and women, Ritchie said.
” There are only two sexes. Every cell in the human body is stamped with fixed chromosomes: females have XX, and males have XY. Therefore, it’s good to hear that St. Norbert College might be finally stepping away from radical gender ideology”, he said.
Ritchie added that Ritchie’s organization is also seeing a growing desire among young Catholics to attend colleges where” church teaching is loved, and faithfully articulated,” as they have stated in The Fix.
” Students want authenticity, not woke policies that distort reality”, Ritchie said. There is no right to refute a claim that a man can be a woman or that a man can be a man. I hope St. Norbert will return to its Catholic roots and pause’ Gender Studies ‘ altogether”.
Two other Christian colleges have made similar judgments in the last year.
Last fall, St. Mary’s College, a Catholic women’s school in Indiana, tried to change its admissions policy to allow for transgender students, but quickly reversed its decision following backlash, The College Fix reported at the time.
In August, Sweet Briar College, a Protestant all-women’s school in rural Virginia, also stated that it would only accept biological female students as per its new admissions policy.
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