In reply to: She mentions that Stanford was the clear choice in terms posted by MPG
Notre Dame has a reputation for being a bastion for liberal Catholicism.
Many families are turned off by the actions of Father Jenkins and the liberalism of the faculty. FB's decision makes sense in light the kind of Catholicism Notre Dame offers.
Don't shoot the messenger, I am just reflecting what parents of prospective students have told me and reading the information from the Sycamore Trust group.
It is better now than it was in the past when it was an unwritten law,
"no orthodox Catholics theologians allowed"
...that my casual aside about how "faith" factored into a decision between one Roman Catholic School and three distinctly non-sectarian schools can be offered up as a decision on the purported leanings of the Notre Dame administration and faculty. Seems a bit of a stretch.
You have your points of view (as I have mine), but I don't think McGraw's Bench is the proper venue to to address this subject. I see a political board on ND Nation here but not a religious or institutional direction board....those would be the proper areas to bring up such discussions.
p.s. I will say one thing: having just spent four days on campus talking to and listening to faculty and students, and hearing statements from salutatorians, valedictorians, honored speakers (whom ND administration chooses), I was quite proud of the meshing of faith and the educational pursuit of the individual students and collective university body.
My guess is you and I would have an interesting take on the Land o' Lakes declaration. But not on this particular board....
While discussing philosophy and religion is a great joy in my life, nothing could be less appropriate here. (There must be a board rule against it.)
Perhaps she prefers the disgusting and blasphemous actions of the Stanford band and tree.
I'm not taking this out on the recruit, but any insinuation that ND takes a spiritual backseat to Stanford is badly misguided.
and I completely agree that Stanford is certainly one of the most anti-religious - mostly anti-Christian/Catholic - schools in the country. Any student going there will be ridiculed by professors and fellow students for expressing any Christian, especially Catholic, belief in God.