As lent carries on (and I feel like it has already been carrying on for about forever) I just wanted to take a moment to bring to light a rather humorous email conversation that I have recently been part of from Ave Maria University, of which I am an alumnus. Let me also add, less anyone think that I am writing this as an attack, that I love Ave Maria and wouldn’t trade my time their for anything. I share this with you because I just wanted to point out how different some of the people are that go there, and I mean that in a good way.
Subject: The Renaissance Ball on Saturday will lead to Excommunication!
Dear fellow Ave Maria Community,
As you may have heard, on this upcoming Saturday Ave Maria will be hosting a Renaissance Ball. Among the attractions are dancing, dinner, and dueling. Those who take part in this event will be blatantly and sinfully disobeying the teachings of the Church! Please do not allow this sinful event to take place upon our campus!
The 25th Council of Trent clearly states that "dueling, introduced by the contrivance of the devil, may accomplish the ruin of the soul, shall be utterly exterminated from the Christian world."
The Council of Trent also declared that: "As to the persons who have fought, and those who are called their seconds (sponsors), they shall incur the penalty of excommunication, and of perpetual infamy, and are to be punished as homicides, according to the sacred canons."
As Catholics, we must avoid excommunication, and we have a moral obligation to ensure that our friends and fellow students also avoid excommunication. This is a serious matter, and we should not blatantly disregard the teachings of the Church.
Name Removed is in charge of this Ball, and please encourage her not to proceed with this blasphemy!
Excommunication with the Church puts one's soul in mortal danger!
Subject: RE: The Renaissance Ball on Saturday will lead to Excommunication!
Oh Ave.. can you please be normal for like one a day!
Thanks,
Apparently there was going to be some mock sword fighting taking place during the Renaissance Ball, which offended the moral sensibilities of one of the students. I have only included one of the many replies that floated through my inbox. Many contained witty responses that were far too long and humorous to be printed here. But I ask you this, how many other “Catholic” colleges and universities out there are going to contain public outrage over a violation of the Council of Trent in the area of dueling? I am going to take a guess and say not very many. In fact I doubt most students at most “Catholic” colleges and universities could even tell you when and why the council of Trent occurred, let alone know that it laid down the law on dueling. The real message here is quite clear. Don’t duel during Lent, because no one wants to be excommunicated at Easter.
p.s.I love Ave Maria, I hope it never goes “normal.”
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