Obama and The Jesuits?…Your not gonna believe this one

EvangelistMParker | March 17, 2013

Obama is not unmindful of the power and influence of Rome in the United States and other parts of the world. He has to deal with the powerful Holy See. So he took steps to address their concerns as best he could, knowing that he was not in harmony with Rome on key social issues. During the recent presidential campaign a web blog was published on the website of the Jesuit magazine America. It listed the names of Obama’s unofficial Roman Catholic advisory team which is called a “Kitchen Cabinet.”
The purpose of this particular advisory team would have been to help Obama navigate the special problems that arise because the Catholic Church is so very influential in American politics. Obviously many Roman Catholics are clearly more liberal than their church when it comes to abortion, gay marriage and other social issues. Obama needed advice, but more importantly he needed a solid group of respected Catholics to draw Catholic votes. It should be noted that he did not form a Baptist advisory committee or even and Evangelical advisory committee. They also wield a lot of power in U.S. politics, but not like Catholics. This fact tells us that Rome’s influence and power is obviously far more than the Baptists and Evangelicals, perhaps combined.
The Catholic “Kitchen Cabinet” is a veritable who’s who list of respected American Catholics and Jesuits, or rather Jesuit trained people. They include Roman Catholic congressmen and women, educators at Jesuit universities, governors, senators, representatives and others who were chosen partly because of their close connections to Rome. They include Senator Bob Casey, Governor Tim Kaine of Virginia, Representative Patrick Murphy, Senator Ted and and his wife Victoria Kennedy, Senator Richard Durbin, Senator John Kerry, Senator Patrick Leahy, Representative Xavier Becerra, Representative Mike Capuano, Representative Lacy Clay, and a list of authors, educators and others. The vast majority of them were trained at Catholic schools, and many of them at Jesuit institutions.
Some of them are rather close to the centers of power in the Catholic Church. For example, “Sharon Daily,” reported InsideCatholic.com, “has been described as one of the highest-ranking lay women leaders in the Church, and was for many years vice-president for social policy at Catholic Charities USA. Ron Cruz, listed now as a consultant, was, only last year, director of the [U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishop’s] Secretariat of Hispanic Affairs.”
The list of institutions where they were trained or where they teach includes Catholic and Jesuit schools like Georgetown University, Boston College, Loyola University, College of the Holy Cross, King’s College, Marquette Law, University of Notre Dame, Trinity Washington University, Loyola Marymount University, Xavier University and Catholic University of America. The list is long. A number of these people have a history of working with the Jesuits very closely.
One comment that was posted in response to this article said “All the Jesuits are, fittingly, in pectore, which is Latin for “in the breast” or “in the heart.” In other words, they are not revealed. They are hidden if they are there. The Jesuits pride themselves in stealth. They may well be in this advisory committee, but no one would know it except perhaps fellow Jesuits. They can be disguised as lawyers who have become senators and representatives, or others. According to prophecy, they are actively seeking to advise national leaders to benefit the power of Rome.
n addition to this “Kitchen cabinet,” some of Obama’s key officials in his campaign and now his presidency included his top speechwriter, Jon Favreau, who trained at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, the oldest Jesuit College in New England. Who knows, he might even be a Jesuit disguised as a speechwriter. Dan Pfeiffer, who was Obama’s Deputy Communications Director during the campaign, and continues in the same position at the White House, graduated from Georgetown University too. Rome may well have significant influence over Obama’s communications. Obama would find it very useful to have such influences if he wants to minimize any potential conflict with Rome. So it is in his political best interest to have them.
Also it should be mentioned that His senior Military and Foreign Policy Advisor was Major General Jonathan Scott Gration, a fighter pilot whose masters’ degree is from Georgetown University, the oldest Jesuit institution in America. He has been asked by Obama to head up NASA, or the National Aeronautic and Space Administration.
Though there is debate within Catholic circles concerning the religious commitment of these Catholics for supporting Obama, the church managed to get a large number of influential Roman Catholics or those who had been trained in Jesuit institutions all around him. Not everyone close to the president, of course, is in this category, but virtually all of them would see no problem with Rome’s power and influence over the government and the president. Many of them would already be on friendly terms with the bishops and cardinals. How did it happen that so many people around Obama are influenced or trained by Rome? What forces and influences shaped Obama’s thinking?
One of those forces is the ecumenical movement. Rome has been so successful with the ecumenical movement that most people are no longer concerned that Rome is any danger to them. They shrug their shoulders as if it means nothing that Rome has gained such powerful influence in the government. They think all is well when Jesuits or Jesuit trained people are placed in high ranking positions. Why are people so complacent about a church influencing their government?
We have the certainty from God’s last day messenger, who says in “Great Controversy”, page 566, that “protestants have tampered with and patronized popery; they have made compromises and concessions which papists themselves are surprised to see and fail to understand. Men are closing their eyes to the real character of Romanism and the dangers to be apprehended from her supremacy…”
And it is supremacy that Rome wants. This statement is more true today than when it was written. Most evangelical Christians have been co-opted by Rome to cooperate in social projects, and this has caused them to see Rome in a new and friendly light. Most of them had to drop their objections to her doctrines in order to work with Rome on those social issues, and now they see her as a friend of all good. They have no clue that Rome has poisoned their minds with the “wine of Babylon” or her false teachings, so that they now view matters in nearly the same way she does. They have no clue that by continuing to uphold Rome’s day of rest, they are actually giving their allegiance to her. To them, working in harmony with Rome is as natural as eating their breakfast.
But there is something else that is very important to understand. Rome’s foot soldiers know how to work with both sides of a political argument. Some promote one thesis or ideology while others support an anti-thesis or the opposite political philosophy. In American terms, they work with both Democrats and Republicans to guide them both in the same general direction while at the same time building their power. They will often argue on both sides of an issue so that they build connections and influence on both parties. They even like a political fight because it helps them become the champions of both sides. They know that when people become tired of one political party, they will vote in the other. So they work both sides of the political aisle and keep themselves influential no matter who is in power.
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Appendix
Obama’s high powered “Kitchen Cabinet” and their educational and professional background.
The Good Word an online blog run by America Magazine, a Jesuit journal posted the following on April 18, 2008.
Here’s Obama’s Catholic Kitchen Cabinet:
National Co-Chairs:
Senator Bob Casey; College of the Holy Cross, (a Jesuit liberal arts college) Casey served as a member of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps.
Representative Patrick Murphy; Archbishop Ryan High School, King’s College, Pennsylvania (a highly-ranked Roman Catholic, private, liberal arts school), Widener University School of Law in Harrisburg, PA where he became a member of the Trial Advocacy Honor Society and president of the St. Thomas More Society, a Roman Catholic society for lawyers. Marquette University Law School, (a Jesuit Law School), Source. Note: Thomas More was dedicated to opposing Protestantism in England and Europe. He persecuted Protestants where he could and worked to promote Roman Catholic principles of Law.
Former Congressman Tim Roemer, President of the Center for National Policy; earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame, a Roman Catholic University.
Governor Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas; Sebelius was born Kathleen Gilligan and raised in a Roman Catholic family in Cincinnati, OH. She attended the Summit Country Day School a private, Catholic, independent high school in Cincinnati, Trinity Washington University in Washington DC, Trinity Washington University, a Catholic University founded in 1897 by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. Source
Governor Tim Kaine of Virginia; Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, MO, a private, Jesuit, preparatory school for boys. Kaine graduated from the University of Missouri and attended Harvard. Before entering into Virginia politics, Kaine was a lawyer in Richmond, VA and worked with the Society of Jesus as a Roman Catholic missionary in Honduras.
Tom Chabolla, Assistant to the President, Service Employees International Union; Loyola Marymount University, Source, and is the Associate Director of Programs for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development in Washington, D.C. Chabolla, was the head of the Los Angeles archdiocese’s Secretariat for Pastoral and Community Services. He is also a member of PICO, a national network of faith-based community organizations working to create innovative solutions… It was founded by a Jesuit. “Together we are lifting up a new vision for America that unites people across region, race, class, and religion.” Chabolla wrote a book called Faith in Action: Religion, Race, and Democratic Organizing in America. Chabolla is on the board of the Center for Community Change, also known as: CCC, and is an assistant to the president of the Service Employees International Union.
Victoria Reggie Kennedy, President, Common Sense About Kids and Guns; Senator Ted Kennedy’s wife. Newcomb College of Tulane University in New Orleans. Tulane University is a private, nonsectarian research university.
Sr. Jamie Phelps, O.P., Professor of Theology, Xavier University (a Jesuit Institution). Siena_Heights_University (Roman Catholic), St. John’s University , and Catholic University of America. She is on the board of the National Black Catholic Congress.
Sr. Catherine Pinkerton, Congregation of St. Joseph. Could not find Educational Background. She is an 86 year old nun who was selected to offer the closing prayer one night at the Democratic National Convention. Source, See also. Pinkerton, 86, is a lobbyist for Network, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby. Source. On May 18th, 2008, Catherine Pinkerton, CSJ received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the College of Our Lady of the Elms in Chicopee, MA, recognizing her distinguished service as a citizen of the world. Note the emphasis as a citizen of the world.
National Steering Committee;
Mary Jo Bane, Professor, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service Note from Wikipedia: “Since 1919 the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University has devoted itself to educating the next generation of global leaders”). She wrote: “Voice and Loyalty in the Church: The People of God, Politics and Management.” Common Calling: The Laity and Governance of the Catholic Church. Ed. Stephen J. Pope. Georgetown University Press, 2004.
Nicholas P. Cafardi, Catholic Author and Scholar, Pittsburgh, PA; Gregorian University, Duquesne University (a Catholic University), J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh, and his J.C.L. and J.C.D. from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. Former Dean of Duquesne. Extreemly influential Roman Catholic.
Lisa Cahill, Professor of Theology, Boston College; (Jesuit Institution), Source. Source. Graduated from University of Santa Clara (a Jesuit University), Source University of Chicago, School of Divinity, Source, and is a visiting professor at Georgetown Source and Yale.
M. Shawn Copeland, Associate Professor of Theology, Boston College; (Jesuit Institution) A graduate of Boston College (Ph.D.), Source
Ron Cruz, Leadership Development Consultant, Burke, VA; Background not clear.
Sharon Daly, Social Justice Advocate, Knoxville, MD; Boston College Sharon Daly, Former Vice President of Social Policy, …
Richard Gaillardetz, Murray/Bacik Professor of Catholic Studies, University of Toledo; Dr. Gaillardetz, has a B.A. in Humanities form the University of Texas (1981), an M.A. in Biblical Theology from St. Mary’s University, San Antonio (1984)(The Jesuits were invited to assume control of the struggling St. Mary’s University and to establish Sacred Heart Parish in Galveston. The university had had problems since its founding in 1852, and Jesuit direction could not save it from eventual closure in 1922.) and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame in Systematic Theology (1991).
Grant Gallicho, Associate Editor, Commonweal Magazine; nothing yet…
Sr. Margaret Gannon, IHM, Scranton, PA; nothing yet…
Don Guter, Judge Advocate General of the Navy (2000-2002); Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit is a private Catholic university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Founded by members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, Duquesne (IPA: /djuːˈkeɪn/, locally [duːˈkeɪn]) first opened its doors as the Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost in October 1878 with an enrollment of 40 students and a faculty of six. In 1911, the college became a university, the first Catholic institution of higher learning in Pennsylvania to achieve such a distinction. It is the only Spiritan institution of higher education in the world Rear Admiral, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Pittsburgh, PA
Cathleen Kaveny, Professor of Law and Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame; Princeton University in 1984 and Yale University
Jim Kesteloot, President and Executive Director, Chicago Lighthouse; Loyola University and DePaul University, founded by the Vincentians in 1898
Vincent Miller, Associate Professor of Theology, Georgetown University; (Jesuit Institution) St. Francis College ( The Franciscan Tradition of the College ensures…) and University of Notre Dame
David O’Brien, Loyola Professor of Catholic Studies at the College of the Holy Cross; (Jesuit Institution) received a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame in 1960 and a Ph.D. from the University of Rochester in 1964. He has also completed post-doctoral studies in theology at the Harvard Divinity School and the Weston School of Theology. The recipient of the honorary Doctor of Humanities degree (D.H.) from Xavier University in 1988,
Peter Quaranto, Senior Researcher and Conflict Analyst, Resolve Uganda (Notre Dame Class of 2006);
University of Oxford, University of Bradford, University of Notre Dame
Dave Robinson, International Peace Advocate, Erie, Pennsylvania; nothing yet…….
Vincent Rougeau, Associate Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame; (Catholic Institution) He received his A.B. magna cum laude from Brown University in 1985, and his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1988
Mary Wright, Inter-Faith Liaison, Louisville, KY;National Leadership Committee: common name. Tough to track down
Governor Jim Doyle of Wisconsin; attended Stanford University for three years, then returned home to Madison to finish his senior year at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Later attended Harvard
Former Senator Majority Leader Tom Daschle; gone…….
Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois; graduated from Assumption High School in East St. Louis in 1962. (Catholic) He earned a B.S. from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in 1966.
Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts; He attended the Fessenden School, and later Milton Academy and entered Harvard CollegeIn 1958, he attended the Hague Academy of International Law.
Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts; enrolled at St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire, and graduated from there in 1962.
Yale University
Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont; Leahy graduated from Saint Michael’s College ( liberal arts Catholic college) in 1961 and received his J.D. degree from Georgetown University Law School in 1964.
Representative Xavier Becerra of California; B.A. in economics from Stanford University
Representative Mike Capuano of Massachusetts; Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College, and in 1977, a law degree from Boston College Law School.
Representative Lacy Clay of Missouri; attended the University of Maryland studied at Harvard University
Representative Jerry Costello of Illinois; Costello was born in East St. Louis, Illinois and attended Catholic schools, graduating from Assumption High School. He was later educated at Maryville College of the Sacred Heart in St. Louis, from which he earned a bachelor’s degree.
Representative Bill Delahunt of Massachusetts; was educated at Thayer Academy, Middlebury College and Boston College Law School
Representative Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut; high school diploma from The Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, earned a bachelor’s degree from Marymount College in Tarrytown, New York, as well as separate master’s degrees from the London School of Economics and Columbia University.
Marymount College of Fordham University was a small private women’s college in the United States, and part of Fordham University.
Representative Anna Eshoo of California; is a Chaldean Catholic Associate of Arts degree, English, Cañada College, 1975 Honorary doctorate, Humane Letters, Menlo College
The Chaldean Catholic Church or the Chaldean Church of Babylon (Arabic: الكنيسة الكلدانية‎, al-kanīsä ‘l-kaldāniyyä) is an Eastern particular church of the Catholic Church, maintaining full communion with the Bishop of Rome and the rest of the Catholic Church.
Representative Raul Grijalva of Arizona; University of Arizona
Representative Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island; earned a B.S. from Providence College in 1991 – PC is a Catholic College
Representative John Larson of Connecticut; educated at Central Connecticut State University.
Representative George Miller of California; educated at San Francisco State University and the University of California, Davis law school
Representative James Oberstar of Minnesota; received his B.A. at the College of St. Thomas (now the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul – archdiocesan Roman Catholic institution). He also received a Master’s degree in European Studies from the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium, with further study at Université Laval in Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada and Georgetown University.
Representative Linda Sanchez of California; University of California
Representative Carol Shea Porter of New Hampshire; University of New Hampshire.
Representative Peter Welch of Vermont. He attended local Catholic schools there (Holy Name Grammar School and Cathedral High School). Welch attended College of the Holy Cross, graduating magna cum laude in 1969. In 1973 he earned a law degree from Boalt Hall, the law school of the University of California, Berkeley. [1]