More on the Sheen Center (Again)

Another Article from Maureen Mullarkey at First Things.

Meanwhile, the formal dedication of the Sheen Center has taken place. In a “powerful address” Cardinal Dolan explained that:

“(Archbishop Sheen) demonstrated “once and for all that American society had nothing to fear from Catholics, and in fact could count on the Church to be a real partner in fostering democracy, justice and freedom.”

(Sheen) was attempting to “move Catholics from an outsider to an insider status within American culture.”

Whatever their relevance to Sheen’s mission, these comments very accurately describe the objectives of the “American Catholic Church” of the last 50 years.

From the description of the article, the initial clients of the Center have been entirely secular: companies associated with NYU, Pace University etc.

See: Woods, John; “Archbishop Sheen Center Dedication Points to Man It’s Named For” (Catholic New York 9/17/14)