Editing Georgetown University (section)

===Jesuit tradition===
[[File:Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart Georgetown University.jpg|thumb|[[Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart|Dahlgren Chapel]] on the university campus]]

Georgetown University was founded by former [[Jesuits]] in the tradition of [[Ignatius of Loyola]]; it is a member of the [[Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities]].<ref name="loyola">{{cite web|url=http://explore.georgetown.edu/documents/?DocumentID=736|title=Georgetown's Catholic and Jesuit Identity|date=February 15, 2008|publisher=Georgetown University|access-date=March 24, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318082624/http://explore.georgetown.edu/documents/?DocumentID=736|archive-date=March 18, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://explore.georgetown.edu/documents/?DocumentID=29138|title=Jesuit Ideals Drive Daily Life at Georgetown|work=Blue & Gray|date=November 5, 2007|access-date=November 7, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207202302/http://explore.georgetown.edu/documents/?DocumentID=29138|archive-date=December 7, 2008}}</ref> Georgetown is not a [[pontifical university]], though seven Jesuits serve on the 36 member Board of Directors, the university's governing body.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.georgetown.edu/about/board-of-directors/index.html|title=Board of Directors|year=2015|publisher=Georgetown University|access-date=July 31, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727065744/http://www.georgetown.edu/about/board-of-directors/index.html|archive-date=July 27, 2013}}</ref>

[[Catholic Church|Catholic]] spaces at the university, including [[Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart|Dahlgren Chapel]], the university's principal place of Catholic worship, fall within the territorial jurisdiction of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington|Archdiocese of Washington]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://adw.org/about/|title=About Us|website=Archdiocese of Washington|access-date=September 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020042846/http://adw.org/about/|archive-date=October 20, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

Fifty-two members of the Society of Jesus live on campus, and are employed by Georgetown mostly as professors or administrators.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jesuits.georgetown.edu/members/|title=Jesuit Community Members|department=Jesuit Community|website=Georgetown University|year=2012|access-date=December 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130219045133/http://jesuits.georgetown.edu/members/|archive-date=February 19, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Jesuit Heritage Week has been held every year since 2001 to celebrate the contributions of Jesuits to the Georgetown tradition.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/gu-celebrates-jesuit-heritage-week-1.1895993|title=GU Celebrates Jesuit Heritage Week|first=Oluseyi|last=Fasoranti|work=[[The Hoya]]|date=February 2, 2010|access-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119022903/http://www.thehoya.com/gu-celebrates-jesuit-heritage-week-1.1895993|archive-date=January 19, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

Georgetown's Catholic heritage has been controversial at times, even though its influence is relatively limited.<ref name="wildes">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/shades-of-gray-define-catholic-complexities-1.1891761|title=Shades of Gray Define Catholic Complexities|last=Wildes |first=Kevin|date=February 13, 2004|work=[[The Hoya]]|access-date=August 15, 2011|author-link=Kevin Wildes (priest)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118194015/http://www.thehoya.com/shades-of-gray-define-catholic-complexities-1.1891761|archive-date=January 18, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Stores in university-owned buildings are prohibited from selling or distributing [[birth control]] products.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Chains-Effective-for-Georgetown-Protestors-89366827.html|title=Chains Effective for Georgetown Protesters|date=March 29, 2010|work=[[WRC-TV|NBC Washington]]|access-date=June 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314232026/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Chains-Effective-for-Georgetown-Protestors-89366827.html|archive-date=March 14, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

The university hosts the [[Cardinal O'Connor Conference on Life]] annually in January to discuss the [[Anti-abortion movements|pro-life]] movement.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/news/anti-abortion-summit-at-gu-1.1915856|title=Anti-Abortion Summit at GU|first=Sarah|last=Kaplan|work=[[The Hoya]]|date=January 25, 2011|access-date=April 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514052533/http://www.thehoya.com/news/anti-abortion-summit-at-gu-1.1915856|archive-date=May 14, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Georgetown University Medical Center]] and [[MedStar Georgetown University Hospital|Georgetown University Hospital]], operated by [[MedStar Health]], are prohibited from performing abortions.<ref name="medstar">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/university-medstar-agree-to-hospital-sale-1.1887199|title=University, MedStar Agree to Hospital Sale|first=Tim|last=Haggerty|work=[[The Hoya]]|date=February 25, 2000|access-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119022255/http://www.thehoya.com/university-medstar-agree-to-hospital-sale-1.1887199|archive-date=January 19, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> However, {{as of|2004|lc=y}}, the hospital was performing research using [[embryonic stem cells]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61643-2004Jan29_2.html|title=GU to Continue Controversial Research|author=Argetsinger, Amy and Avram Goldstein|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=January 30, 2004|access-date=September 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206174732/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61643-2004Jan29_2.html|archive-date=December 6, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

Between 1996 and 1999, the administration added [[crucifix]]es to many classroom walls, a change that attracted national attention.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/news/100899/news3.htm|title=The Catholic Question|work=[[The Hoya]]|first=Heather|last=Burke|date=October 8, 1999|access-date=August 15, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024044000/http://www.thehoya.com/news/100899/news3.htm|archive-date=October 24, 2007}}</ref> Before 1996, crucifixes had hung only in hospital rooms and historic classrooms.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nytimes.com//2004/06/12/national/12religion.html|title=At One Catholic College, Crucifixes Make a Comeback|first=Marek|last=Fuchs|work=The New York Times|date=June 12, 2004|access-date=August 19, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006081503/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/12/national/12religion.html|archive-date=October 6, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Some of these crucifixes are historic works of art, and are noted as such.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/editorials/042399/edit2.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040506070737/http://www.thehoya.com/editorials/042399/edit2.htm|title=Crucifix Leaders Angry at University|work=[[The Hoya]]|first=Liz|last=Fiore|author2=Jim Rowan |author3=Jon Soucy |date=April 20, 1999|archive-date=May 6, 2004|access-date=August 19, 2007}}</ref>

In May 2004, Imam [[Yahya Hendi]], the school's on-campus Muslim cleric, faced pressure to remove crucifixes while he and other campus faith leaders defended their placement.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ncronline.org/NCR_Online/archives2/2004b/051404/051404n.php|title=Muslim chaplain sees value in crucifixes|first=John L Jr.|last=Allen|work=[[National Catholic Reporter]]|date=May 14, 2004|access-date=August 15, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210185733/http://ncronline.org/NCR_Online/archives2/2004b/051404/051404n.php|archive-date=December 10, 2008 }}</ref> The [[Edward B. Bunn, S.J. Intercultural Center]] rotates displays of various faith and culture symbols in its lobby.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.georgetown.edu/documents/?DocumentID=736|title=Crucifixes and Religious Symbolism|work=Georgetown's Catholic and Jesuit Identity|publisher=Georgetown University|date=June 16, 2005|access-date=August 15, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011111652/http://explore.georgetown.edu/documents/?DocumentID=736|archive-date=October 11, 2007}}</ref>

In September 2005, Georgetown was criticized by religious groups, including the [[Cardinal Newman Society]], for not following the teachings of the [[Catholic Church|church]] and  hosting [[Abortion-rights movements|pro-abortion rights]] speakers, including [[John Kerry]] and [[Barack Obama]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/catholic-group-criticizes-gu-profs-1.1881660|title=Catholic Group Criticizes GU Profs|first=Vidhya|last=Murugesan|date=September 9, 2005|work=[[The Hoya]]|access-date=April 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119061847/http://www.thehoya.com/catholic-group-criticizes-gu-profs-1.1881660|archive-date=January 19, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/protests-come-to-campus-alongside-obama-1.1894829|title=Protests Come to Campus Alongside Obama|first=Marie|last=Sahrmann|date=April 14, 2009|access-date=May 1, 2011|work=[[The Hoya]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118211705/http://www.thehoya.com/protests-come-to-campus-alongside-obama-1.1894829|archive-date=January 18, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2009, Georgetown's religious symbols were brought back to national attention after the university administration covered-up the [[Christogram|name of Jesus]] in preparation for then President Barack Obama's speech on campus.<ref>[http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/archive/Jesus-Missing-From-Obamas-Georgetown-Speech.html "Jesus Missing From Obama's Georgetown Speech"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108002052/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/archive/Jesus-Missing-From-Obamas-Georgetown-Speech.html |date=January 8, 2017}}, [[NBC News]], July 13, 2009</ref>

In May 2012, [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington|Washington's Archbishop]] [[Donald Wuerl]] criticized the university for inviting pro-abortion rights [[Kathleen Sebelius]] to be a commencement speaker.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/washingtons-catholic-archbishop-georgetown-president-spar-over-graduation-invitation-to-kathleen-sebelius/2012/05/15/gIQA01ZLSU_story.html|title=Washington's Catholic archbishop, Georgetown president spar over graduation invitation to Kathleen Sebelius|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |first=Michelle |last=Boorstein|date=May 15, 2012|access-date=May 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516212918/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/washingtons-catholic-archbishop-georgetown-president-spar-over-graduation-invitation-to-kathleen-sebelius/2012/05/15/gIQA01ZLSU_story.html|archive-date=May 16, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Georgetown neighborhood 09.jpeg|thumb|Georgetown neighborhood]]

In August 2013, religious groups denounced Georgetown for allowing gay-themed events, including a performance, during which "a male student went as a high-heeled [[Mary, mother of Jesus|Mary]] and danced to [[Madonna]]'s "[[Like a Virgin (song)|Like a Virgin]]" while [[Jesus]] (a woman) looked on."<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/04/education/edlife/how-georgetown-became-a-gay-friendly-campus.html A Rainbow Over Catholic Colleges: How Georgetown Became a Gay-Friendly Campus] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625083327/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/04/education/edlife/how-georgetown-became-a-gay-friendly-campus.html |date=June 25, 2018}}, ''The New York Times'', July 30, 2013</ref>