Catholic colleges and universities have some of the best social justice initiatives fighting hunger, poverty and injustice, but this must always be done in the context of fidelity to the Church and should never act as a free pass to contradict Church teaching, Benedictine College theology professor Dr. Jamie Blosser told The Cardinal Newman Society.
“In the context of a Catholic institution, no argument should ever be used to contradict Church teaching, social justice or otherwise,” said Blosser, who is overseeing the Social Justice Week events being held this week at the Newman Guide-recommended Benedictine Collegein Atchison, Kan. “In any Catholic institution, the Catholic dogmatic and intellectual tradition should be the core set of values which illuminates and guides all learning and scholarship.”
“In the context of a Catholic institution, no argument should ever be used to contradict Church teaching, social justice or otherwise,” said Blosser, who is overseeing the Social Justice Week events being held this week at the Newman Guide-recommended Benedictine Collegein Atchison, Kan. “In any Catholic institution, the Catholic dogmatic and intellectual tradition should be the core set of values which illuminates and guides all learning and scholarship.”
