SLU V_Monologues Followup

The following is part of a follow-up email sent to Mr Serafino by Mr. John Horvat, regarding our St. Louis University protest...

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Salve Maria!
I heard that at the CPAC conference in Washington there were several SLU students there who said they saw and applauded our protest although none of them had the courage to join.
In Jesu et Maria,
John Horvat

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CPAC is a College focused campaign of the American TFP based in Washington D.C.

While is is unfortunate that these students lacked the courage to join us, it is at the same time encouraging news. We will most likely have to protest V-Days again next year as the administration at SLU is unlikely to stop production of the play. With our experience from this year, we can try to make contacts with students within the University with the hope of enlisting them on the sidewalk with us in 2006. Additionally, we will have much more time to plan the protest and to attract a larger crowd in our favor.

As Thomas McKenna (V.P. of the American TFP) stated; although we were only 21 in number, thousands of people saw the story on the TV News which while presented in the classic 'covering all sides' style, allowed our point of view to be publically aired. In addition we were given exposure in the St. Louis University campus newspaper which has a circulation of over 7000 (one would presume Father Biondi is among the readers) shining even more light on this issue within the campus.

Let's pray that Father Biondi is moved by Grace to cancel any further participation with this event, and if he does not respond to Grace, that we will be further strenghtened to fight this outrage with renewed fervor.

In Jesu et Maria,
Mark Serafino