Professor opposes Mass at public university campus

An English instructor at Central New Mexico Community College is opposing an outdoor Mass that will take place on the campus of the nearby University of New Mexico, a mass sponsored by the latter school's Aquinas Newman Center . Mr. Peter Lundman calls the scheduled Mass a disturbing "religious encroachment on public space" and likens Holy Communion to the ritual blood sacrifice of goats:

“The announced religious encroachment on public space is disturbing,” said Peter Lundman. “Imagine an analogy, that some Hindu group has planned a ritual blood sacrifice of a goat to Shiva or Kali at the duck pond (I remember my initial revulsion at witnessing this while in Nepal). The offering of the ‘body and blood of Christ’ at the duck pond can be, and I think will be, equally disturbing to non-Catholics.”

The Aquinas Newman Center's webpage, with details on the scheduled Mass, can be found here.  The Mass is scheduled for August 28.