The Cardinal Newman SocietyRenewing Catholic higher ed. BECOME A FAN......OR A FOLLOWERGET CATHOLIC CAMPUS NEWS VIA E-MAILBECOME A SUPPORTERThe Cardinal Newman Societyis..."...a public conscience for Catholic higher education,"Father Matthew Lamb, Ave Maria University"...a voice crying out in the wilderness,"Father Benedict Groeschel, CFR"...simply one of the most effective Catholic apostolates in America,"Brian St. Paul, editor InsideCatholic.comFounded in 1993, The Cardinal Newman Society (CNS) is dedicated to renewing and strengthening Catholic identity at America's 224 Catholic colleges and universities. The Society focuses its work on assisting students, alumni and school officials; urging fidelity to the Magisterium...More about CNSThe Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic CollegeThe Center for the Study of Catholic Higher Education
The Cardinal Newman Society’s 2006 campaign to stop “The Vagina Monologues” performances and public readings on Catholic campuses across the United States was a success. A then-record-low 22 Catholic colleges and universities hosted the “Monologues” in February and March, a significant decline from 27 performances or readings in 2005, 29 in 2004, and 32 in 2003.
Each year around Valentine’s Day—re-designated “V-Day” by the radical V-Day organization—students and faculty on campuses worldwide take to the stage chanting obscenities, telling tales of lesbian activity and masturbation, and declaring the lesbian rape of a teenage girl her “salvation” which raised her into “a kind of heaven.” Since 2003 the Cardinal Newman Society has rallied its more than 20,000 members to oppose the play on American Catholic campuses by writing and e-mailing college and university presidents.As you will see on this page, our campaign is working and we are reclaiming Catholic campuses for Catholic values one school at a time!In 2007, CNS added a new dimension to its campaign -- we actively recruited students on Catholic campuses to host alternative programs that promoted Catholic values of love and sexual ethics.
