Collins Report

By Kevin “Coach” Collins

If Notre Dame won’t withdraw its invitation to Barack Obama the champion of abortion, Catholics and others of goodwill have to withdraw support for Notre Dame. It’s time to take direct action and let our feelings be known.

Father Corby’s dream of a Catholic college dedicated to Our Lady as a place where young Catholic men and now women could receive a Catholic education is obviously no longer a Catholic school.

I’m tired of phonies masquerading as Catholics and aiding enemies of the Church with backstabbing stunts like this. Since Notre Dame wants to suck up to the secular world, let the secular world support it. Let’s have nothing more to do with them and send Father Jenkins the ND gear we’ll never wear again.

ND gear should be sent to Father John I. Jenkins at 400 Main Building Notre Dame, IN 46556.

We don’t need to show support for a football team. We need a Catholic university to turn out educated Catholics strong in their faith.

Inviting Obama sends a terrible message to the young people sent to Notre Dame for spiritual nourishment and intellectual growth. Without spiritual nourishment what’s left is a secular school unworthy of our support.

To do the most good and make the most impact send your new or laundered ND gear via return receipt requested mail. This will make a big impact as packages pile up. Once you have your package ready write out a short polite note letting Father Jenkins know how disappointed you are at the death of Notre Dame. Wait a few days then phone Father Jenkins at 574 6313903 to make sure your package was received.

If Notre Dame doesn’t want to be Catholic, that’s fine, but let’s have no more pretending it’s more than a secular maze of buildings.

Notre Dame gets a very large portion of its operating budget from the sales of items with the famous ND logo on them. It is possible to buy “Notre Dame” everything from Tee shirts and windbreakers to notebooks and even Bar B Q sauce. Hitting them in their wallet is the only move we have left. They have already had more than 250, 000 protesters register their complaints and nothing has happened.

Catholic colleges are supposed to be the “little black box” of the Church in America. As such they supposed to be places where things are done properly. Instead they have turned secular and become exactly the opposite of what they should be.

I’m sending my old ND Tee shirt this afternoon. I’m sorry it came to this but we can’t let the people who run THE Catholic University of America, our Catholic University throw its reputation away without a fight.

Once this catches on we’ll start getting attention to our cause and maybe more somnambulant Catholics will come to understand what is happening at our un-Catholic Catholic schools.

Comments on this or any other Collins Report essay can be sent to kcoachc “at” gmail.com