{"id":2946,"date":"2008-08-26T16:25:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-26T16:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2008\/08\/the-gops-jesuit.html"},"modified":"2008-08-26T16:25:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-26T16:25:00","slug":"the-gops-jesuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2008\/08\/the-gops-jesuit.html","title":{"rendered":"The GOP’s Jesuit"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Democrats may have their sister<\/a>, but the Republicans can now lay claim to a Jesuit. <\/p>\n

From James Martin at America comes this tidbit<\/a>, from the Republican National Committee: <\/p>\n

<\/a> Father Edward A. Reese, S.J., president of Brophy Prep in Phoenix, will give the opening invocation at the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul on September 3. Two sons of Cindy and John McCain went to Brophy Prep, and Mrs. McCain is a member of Brophy’s board of regents. Son Jimmy joined the Marines and served in Iraq while Jack went to the Naval Academy.<\/p>\n

“The McCains have been generous supporters of Brophy,” said Father Reese. “I am also pleased by his support of vouchers for Catholic schools like Brophy.”<\/p>\n

When asked if he was endorsing McCain for president, Father Reese responded, “Catholic priests should pray for anyone and everyone, but I don’t think we should endorse or campaign for political candidates.”<\/p>\n

Father Edward Reese is the brother of Thomas J. Reese, former editor of America and senior fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University. Both are Jesuit priests.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In this game of political praying poker, I suspect a Jesuit trumps a Josephite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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