The president emerita of Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School takes a stand.
By Joe Heim Joe Heim Reporter covering a range of topics, including race, white nationalism, schools, student culture, Native American issues Email Bio Follow May 13 at 12:00 PM The letter landed in email inboxes early in May and since then, students, parents and graduates of Washington’s prestigious Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School have talked of little else. It has been the subject of spirited discussions, emotional exchanges, fervent Facebook posts.
In her letter, Berchmans, who graduated from Visitation in 1948 and was its headmistress for many years, wrote, “Recently, a Visitation friend invited me to reflect upon what it means to Live Jesus in a relationship with our LGBTQ alumnae.” Her letter went on to address the Catholic Church’s teaching on same-sex marriage and its emphasis on the Gospel’s command to love one another.
“To see the school stand with gay and lesbian students and parents and families, I just felt really emotional and grateful,” Peters said. “I do suspect there will be people who will be upset and outraged about it, but Visitation has kind of made its point and I don’t think they’re going to back off of it now.”
The Archdiocese of Washington said in a statement it was not made aware of the school’s decision before the letter from Berchmans was sent. Although Visitation is independent, the archdiocese said in its statement: “The archdiocese has a clear responsibility to ensure independent Catholic schools maintain their authentic Catholic identity and provide advice and guidance on such matters as they arise.
Founded in 1799, Visitation is one of the oldest Catholic girls schools in the United States. Annual tuition for the 500 students at the 23-acre campus in Georgetown is $30,100. A monastery on the grounds is home to 14 Visitation sisters, although none of them are faculty members.
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