Jesuits take a vow of obedience to their superiors. The Superior General of the Society of Jesus can be reached at :

Fr. Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, S.J.
Superior General, Society of Jesus
Borgo Santo Sprito 4
00193 Rome, Italy
tel: 011 39 06 689-771
fax: 011 39 06 686-8214
email: curia@sjcuria.org

Why not try resonable, thoughtful and polite correspondence to Fr. Kolvenbach?

MS
Michael Shea of the East Coast | 02.24.04 - 10:07 pm | #

Furthermore Bishops have no jurisdiction over the Jesuits (or the Franciscans, Dominicans etc.). All a Bishop can do is kick them out of his diocese!
Michael Shea of the East Coast | 02.24.04 - 10:12 pm | #

If you have never e-mailed before, JUST DO IT! Better yet, pick up the phone and call these guys tomorrow. You will be surprised at how easy it is to get through to them.

John Carroll University (OH)
Rev. Edward Glynn, S.J., President
20700 N. Park Blvd., University Heights, OH 44118
Phone: (216) 397-1886
E-mail: eglynn@jcu.edu

Contact the Bishop: (216) 696-6525 Ext. 2030

Diocesan bureaucrats to e-mail:

bishop@dioceseofcleveland.org;
rtayek@dioceseofcleveland.org;
emayer@dioceseofcleveland.org;
rmharwood@dioceseofcleveland.org;
ljurcak@dioceseofcleveland.org;
z | 02.24.04 - 10:13 pm | #

A bishop can, I think, have something to say about whether an institution gets to call itself "Catholic." (Also, he has a "bully pulpit," as Rod has noted.)
Kevin Miller | Homepage | 02.24.04 - 10:15 pm | #

Some more folks to contact including Father Glynn's direct superioirs in the Detroit Province. It may be could to CC these guys when you send your note to Father Glynn.

Detroit Province of Society of Jesus



Fr. Robert J. Scullin, S.J rjssj@aol.com rjssj@aol.com
Provincial

Fr. James F. Riley, S.J. jfrileysj@aol.com
Executive Assistant to Fr. Scullin, S.J.

Fr. William M. Bichl, S.J. bichl@jcu.edu
Co-Assistant for Higher Education


Fr. Richard Twohig, S.J. dictwo@aol.com
Assistant for International Missions and Secondary Education


Fr. Walter L. Farrell, S.J. wlfsj@aol.com
Assistant for Finances
z | Homepage | 02.24.04 - 11:01 pm | #

The best thing that can be done is to get this information into the hands of parents and alumni

In addition to e_mailing father glynn e_mail this info to anyone else you know with a jcu connection
The Phonz | 02.24.04 - 11:27 pm | #

Again, I ask the question of our lawyer friends: If an organization tries to raise money (via donations) by portraying itself to be affiliated with an organization but consistantly acts contrary to the beliefs and practices of that organization, can it be called fraud?
John Simmins | 02.25.04 - 10:43 am | #

Not if that organization is the Jesuits (ba dum pum).

Seriously. Is it fraud? Probably. Is it legally actionable fraud? Good luck. Although I would love to see someone take on JCU for false advertising (also ND after the queer filmfest/vagina monologues debacle).
Kath | 02.25.04 - 7:43 pm | #

The same sort of foolishness has been happening at Notre Dame. There, the skirts of academic freedom are being used to hide behind. I'd like to challenge these folks to place their argument in writing and post it on the web. Copy to Bishop D'Arcy who ought prescribe as penance to Monk Malloy, another reading of Ex Corde.
leon dixon | 02.26.04 - 8:24 pm | #

I'm shocked at Fr. Glynn's attitude.

Last year, when this blog publicized that JCU's website had a link to pro-abortion Planned Parenthood, and numerous e-mails were sent to Fr. Glynn, the PP links were removed in less than a week!

Keep sending those e-mails!
Jim | Homepage | 02.28.04 - 8:37 am | #

It couldn't hurt to alert the mainstream media in Cleveland.

Send an e-mail to the two "religion reporters" for the Plain Dealer (the local daily newspaper):

David Briggs:

dbriggs@plaind.com

Karen Long

klong@plaind.com

I look at it like this.

It's easy for Fr. Glynn to ignore a flood of e-mail from strangers. All he has to do is hit the "delete" button.

It's not so easy for him to ignore phone calls, bad publicity and pesky questions from reporters.

Jim
Jim | Homepage | 02.28.04 - 8:49 am | #

"It's not so easy for him to ignore phone calls, bad publicity and pesky questions from reporters."

I used to attempt to appeal to these guys by quoting the teachings of the Church and appealing to their conscience.

Then I realized they could care less about the Church and its teachings.

The only things that work are public humiliation and concern over losing money.
The Phonz | 02.28.04 - 1:44 pm | #