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The Cardinal Newman Society is an American 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, nonprofit organization founded in 1993 that is dedicated to promoting and defending faithful Catholic education. The organization is guided by Cardinal John Henry Newman's ''The Idea of a University'' and Pope John Paul II's 1990 Apostolic Constitution, Ex Corde Ecclesiae. The organization claims a membership of more than 20,000. The society claims as part of its mission: to-- *Support education that is faithful to the teaching and tradition of the Catholic Church; *Produce and disseminate research and publications on developments and best practices in Catholic education; *Keep Catholic leaders and families informed about Catholic education. It should not be confused with the Oxford University Newman Society, the Society for the Study of Cardinal Newman, or the Newman Centre, the name often used to designate Catholic campus ministry centers at state and other non-Catholic universities. ==Founding== The society was founded in 1993 by Fordham University alumnus Patrick Reilly. After decisions by Fordham to recognize pro-choice and gay student clubs and create a counseling helpline which referred pregnant students to an abortion provider, Reilly used his position as editor of the school paper to express his opinions in defense of his understandings and applications of Catholic teaching on sexuality and abortion.〔〔 Reilly launched the society with the help of other recent Catholic college graduates. The society's leadership included prominent conservative commentator L. Brent Bozell III. It was Bozell, founder and president of the conservative media-watchdog group Media Research Center, who suggested use of direct mail marketing to invigorate the organization at a time when it existed "primarily as letterhead."〔 According to Reilly, “It took a while, but there was such a need, more and more, to engage students and working with alumni and working with faculty and as we went on, it became clear that they were all looking for some kind of national voice to express the concerns that very many faithful Catholics had about the state of Catholic education.” 〔 The society's board of directors includes Media Research Center founder L. Brent Bozell III and National Review Online editor-at-large Kathryn Jean Lopez. One prominent supporter of the group was Fr. Benedict Groeschel, who wrote the forward to their "Newman Guide" and spoke publicly in support of a stronger presence of Christians opposed to abortion rights on Catholic campuses, famously quipping that some secular colleges provide a better Catholic formation than their purported Catholic counterparts. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cardinal Newman Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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