I would like to respond to Hannah Yaritz's recent outburst in the Tribune. How dare Ms. Yaritz lecture to the Catholic Church, to the Society of Jesus and to Marquette on morality!? In case she has not noticed, the Catholic Church is hardly an institution capable of legally repressing anyone to have sex or use contraception. In fact, Catholicism takes a lot of ruthless criticism and outright attacks for its refusal to retreat on this much debated issue. No other organization fights as hard for a capricious rule. Catholic Church teachings are embedded in deep faith, reason, understanding, love and a dominant concern for the salvation of our souls.

As Ms. Yaritz says, Catholic people do indeed have sex. No one denies this. The Church, however, realizes that sex is part of a relationship between husband and wife – a bond that can never be broken. Does she recognize that the main point of sex is to procreate and to keep the Image of God alive? How does she expect that to continue if the Catholic

Church would lose its grip and fall victim to what the late Pope John Paul II called, "the culture of death"?

There was once a time when students would have been skeptical of a corporate study, especially one which rebukes institutions for not supporting the products it sells. I am talking about the "Condom Maker" article printed on Sept. 26. I am pleased Marquette, this Catholic university I am very proud to be a part of, received a low GPA. Why should we worry that there are not enough sexual health resources available? Clearly she is concerned. If she would know more about the Catholic teachings, she would be surprised to find out that distributing and using contraceptives is a mockery of God's creation.

The university does not and will not place people in harm's way by not distributing condoms and birth control; it would however, put souls in grave danger if it did. If she still needs information on where to go for sexual health, then may I propose that she behaves like a morally responsible student and consult the Word of God?

Lastly, before Ms. Yaritz assaults the Catholic teachings I suggest that she first learn about them. She should read scriptures, papal encyclicals, the writings of the Church fathers and, of course, the Catechism. Then she will realize that there is no need to worry about contracting an incurable disease or carrying an "unwanted" human being, because the advice Marquette and the Catholic Church will always give her to protect herself is: abstinence.

Grocholski is a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences.