Catholic City.

Very Interesting:

"A FORMER marine who was raised by nuns and made a fortune selling pizza has embarked on a 230m plan to build the first town in America to be run according to strict Catholic principles.
Abortions, pornography and contraceptives will be banned in the new Florida town of Ave Maria, which has begun to take shape on former vegetable farms 90 miles northwest of Miami.

Tom Monaghan, the founder of the Domino's Pizza chain, has stirred protests from civil rights activists by declaring that Ave Maria's pharmacies will not be allowed to sell condoms or birth control pills. The town's cable television network will carry no X-rated channels.
The town will be centered around a 100ft tall oratory and the first Catholic university to be built in America for 40 years. The university's president, Nicholas J Healy, has said future students should help rebuild "the city of God" in a country suffering from a "catastrophic cultural collapse."

My first thought when reading this is that it would be difficult to "spread the gospel" as we are called to do in our Christian lives, if we separate ourselves from society.

My second thought was that I would like to live there.

Let's face it, there are so many of us who want to live in a society free from abortion, porn, and an educational system that teaches our children the exact opposite of our values. I want to live in that society. I see nothing wrong with people freely choosing to do so either. But I also feel that those that do must also not isolate themselves and must also give back to the society at large.

I think people like Monaghan probably tire of fighting the immoral values of this world. The main problem I have with our society is that even the most diligent of parents are unable to protect their children from things they are too young to be exposed to and no one really seems to care about that. Everyone cares more about their own desires.

Something like this really underscores how immoral our society has become that people feel forced to pull away from it in such a dramatic way. I know I feel defeated all the time.

This should be an interesting experiment. I have a feeling there will be more people wanting to live there than even Monaghan imagines. I still am uncomfortable with the separation thing, but I understand why he feels a need to do this. I would imagine that liberals would rather something like this be built than for Monaghan to use his money to fight against them in politics, right?

Somehow, I don't think that will be the case.

via Kyrie