Letters to the Editor
Issue date: 5/15/09 Section: Opinion
Dear Editor,
I would like to introduce myself, my name is Jose Espinoza and I am also the founder and President of the Catholic Newman Club on campus.
For those of you who might not know who we are: we are a new club on campus that is trying to reach out to the Catholic community on campus. We are also here to educate and to bring awareness about the Catholic faith to the students, faculty and staff.
Our mission is to bring the gospel of Jesus Christ to the Rio Hondo campus. To promote activities such as bible study, Catholic apologetics, guest speakers and social justice. So, now, with this information all of you now know who we are and how we are a ministry.
At this point in time I would like to address a recent article that came out in the El Paisano paper on May 1st regarding an incident that happened on Monday April 27th. On this day, a man named Paul Mitchell came on to campus where he proclaimed to be teaching students on campus about the Bible and scriptures. This person is pretty well known on college campuses for making provocative statements and creating controversy based on religious beliefs.
The article written by Salomon Baeza, goes on to mention that a student affiliated with the Newman Club spoke up in defense of Mitchell and his guest, saying that Mitchell was just here to "save you because he's your neighbor."
I know that this student, who may or may not have been with the Newman Club, had the best of intentions. He was trying to be a peacemaker between Mitchell and the booing students, however as the president of Newman Club would wish that our name will not be drag into this incident. I would like to make clear that Newman Club is not in any way affiliated or in alliance with these individuals that came to campus.
Instead, I would ask that those of you who believe in prayer to pray for those two men who came on campus using confrontational methods to spread Jesus's message of peace and love.
I would like to introduce myself, my name is Jose Espinoza and I am also the founder and President of the Catholic Newman Club on campus.
For those of you who might not know who we are: we are a new club on campus that is trying to reach out to the Catholic community on campus. We are also here to educate and to bring awareness about the Catholic faith to the students, faculty and staff.
Our mission is to bring the gospel of Jesus Christ to the Rio Hondo campus. To promote activities such as bible study, Catholic apologetics, guest speakers and social justice. So, now, with this information all of you now know who we are and how we are a ministry.
At this point in time I would like to address a recent article that came out in the El Paisano paper on May 1st regarding an incident that happened on Monday April 27th. On this day, a man named Paul Mitchell came on to campus where he proclaimed to be teaching students on campus about the Bible and scriptures. This person is pretty well known on college campuses for making provocative statements and creating controversy based on religious beliefs.
The article written by Salomon Baeza, goes on to mention that a student affiliated with the Newman Club spoke up in defense of Mitchell and his guest, saying that Mitchell was just here to "save you because he's your neighbor."
I know that this student, who may or may not have been with the Newman Club, had the best of intentions. He was trying to be a peacemaker between Mitchell and the booing students, however as the president of Newman Club would wish that our name will not be drag into this incident. I would like to make clear that Newman Club is not in any way affiliated or in alliance with these individuals that came to campus.
Instead, I would ask that those of you who believe in prayer to pray for those two men who came on campus using confrontational methods to spread Jesus's message of peace and love.
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