When the hour came, he took his place at table with the apostles. He said to them, I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer, for, I tell you, I shall not eat it (again) until there is fulfillment in the kingdom of God. Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and said, Take this and share it among yourselves; for I tell you (that) from this time on I shall not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes. Then he took the bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, This is my body, which will be given for you; do this in memory of me. And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which will be shed for you. -The 5th Luminous Mystery

Catholic College Faces Legal Complaints because of their Faith!


Tuesday February 19, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Nicole Flusche
Assistant to the Vice President

Belmont Abbey College in North Carolina is a Catholic university and because of that they are being punished. Recently the college asked Wellpath, their insurance carrier, to meet with faculty and staff and brief them on their insurance options. One diligent faculty member noticed that coverage included contraception, abortion and voluntary sterilization. After pointing this out to the administration, the college did the admirable thing and asked Wellpath to remove these procedures from the plan on the grounds that they were contrary to Catholic teaching.

Here's the kicker:  North Carolina requires this "life destructive" coverage, but it does offer an exemption for religious institutions. However, eight college faculty members filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and had the National Women’s Law Center mail a letter to the college president threatening a lawsuit.

Praise God, though, Belmont Abbey College is standing strong! They have hired a lawyer to fight this smear campaign and Dr. William Thierfelder, president of the college, wrote the faculty saying:

The teaching of the Catholic Church on this moral issue is clear. The responsibility of the college as a Catholic college sponsored by the monks of Belmont Abbey to follow Church teaching is equally clear. There was no other course of action possible if we were to operate in fidelity to our mission and to our identity as a Catholic college.

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