Tuesday, October 03, 2006
KEEPING TRACK OF THE LADIES - CELESTE AND MONAGHAN
Once again Rev. Dagmar Celeste has participated in an Association for Consciousness Exploration (A.C.E.) event. She was among the speakers at the 2006 Starwood Festival, a Pagan event that takes place in Sherman, New York each summer, produced by the folks at A.C.E. and The Chameleon Club, based in Cleveland. I see from the website that she now has her own TYRIAN Oasis located in Cleveland's Ohio City. Helps to pay the bills, I guess, since Roman Catholic Priestessing doesn't pay very well. The website links romancatholicwomenpriests.org, so I guess they haven't disowned her yet.
It looks like Starwood moved closer to practicing magick last July, judging from the lineup. Workshops included "Magick in the Victorian Age", "Animal Magik", "Universal Magical & Ethical Laws", "Panic in Detroit: The Magician and the Motor City", "Half Baked Magic" and more. See the list for yourself here.
Meanwhile Patricia Managhan continues on her merry way corrupting Catholicism at Catholic DePaul University.
Check out DePaul's "Mission" webpage. What would you assume was meant by: "It treasures its deep roots in the wisdom nourished in Catholic universities from medieval times. The principal distinguishing marks of the university are its Catholic, Vincentian, and urban character." Maybe a history lesson on the wisdom of medieval Catholic universities is in order. More likely though an investigation into the meaning of "Catholic" at DePaul is what is called for. They seem to have something other than Catholicism in mind where Monaghan is concerned.
DePaul claims as its "Distinguishing Marks" that "The university derives its title and fundamental mission from St. Vincent de Paul, the founder of the Congregation of the Mission, a religious community whose members, Vincentians, established and continue to sponsor DePaul." Oh really? Are the Vincentians into Paganism?
Monaghan is.
Her website indicates that she "teaches ecology, writing, and interdisciplinary research skills at DePaul University's School for New Learning." It also notes her marriage to Robert Shea, calling him "the great science fiction writer." THE ILLUMINATUS TRILOGY wouldn't make my list for great science fiction, but then who am I? Certainly not a distinguished professor at the largest Catholic university in America. You can read about her tours to Ireland and Alaska, here, funded by Catholic parents' tuition dollars, one wonders?
Sure enough the DePaul School for New Learning lists Monaghan among its Committee Members. The School for New Learning claims the distinction of "mixing experiences and interpretations" which will "result in lasting knowledge." Let's be clear about what this "new learning" might possibly entail given Monaghan as a faculty member.
A.C.E.'s Winterstar 2007 lists Monaghan among the speakers. I guess she could introduce a whole new corpus of "new learning" and "lasting knowledge" to the students at Catholic DePaul.
Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us!
