NU school adds sexual orientation question
Beginning this year, applicants to Northwestern University's graduate school will be asked about their sexual orientation, according to a Chicago Tribune item.
The aim of the question, the school stated, is to gain a better understanding of the school's community to better serve all in the school.
Among other schools that ask this particular question of students are the University of Iowa, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Illinois' Elmhurst College.
'Pray, Listen, Discern' Oct. 14 at Holy Name
The Human Rights Campaign is joining LGBT Catholics and their supporters in seven cities to pray the rosary and hold vigils as part of a national effort to send a message of acceptance during a bishops' meeting with Pope Francis through Oct. 19, according to a press release.
The two-week faith sojourn, "Pray, Listen, Discern—Raising the Voices of LGBT Catholics," is scheduled to coincide with the Vatican's Extraordinary Synod, a gathering of 150 Catholic Church leaders in Rome to consider family issues and challenges facing the church. Events are being held in San Francisco; Chicago; Springfield, Illinois; Philadelphia; Cincinnati, Ohio; and Baltimore, Maryland.
The Chicago event is taking place Tuesday, Oct. 14 at 6 p.m. at Holy Name Cathedral, 735 N. State St. See www.hrc.org/resources/entry/synod.
