Former Worker Says Chicago Catholic University . . . Makes Life Uncomfortable For Some So Others Feel Comforted
By DEXTER DUGGAN The former chapel and ministry coordinator at a historic Catholic university in Chicago told The Wanderer that some traditional practices and viewpoints were restricted or forbidden by officials at the school, St. Xavier University, founded in 1846 by the Sisters of Mercy as the city’s first Catholic university.Often the reason given for limiting or censoring, she said, was to avoid offending others.Mary Rita Insley, formerly coordinator of the Mercy Ministry Center, said that among the restrictions, she was instructed to remove a photo of a U.S. flag that had a white cross shape showing through the blue field of stars. Also, she said, the distribution of pro-life information and of seminarian prayer cards was discriminated against.“I was…Continue Reading