Margeaux Graham is a high school student who was selected to attend the American Legion Auxiliary Girl's State Program. She was informed that she would not be allowed to attend Sunday Mass during the nine day program. The American Legion stated that this is due to safety concerns for the girls.
The American Legion Auxiliary provides a non-denominational service for the girls. What the organizers fail to understand is that non-denominational is a Protestant service.
Margeaux has elected to decline the invitation to the Girl's State Program.
The organizers could have have designated a staff member to take Margeaux and any other Catholic young lady to Mass. Better yet they could have asked a priest to say Mass at the site for Catholic participants.
The American Legion Auxiliary would do well to remember that out of the four U.S. military chaplains who were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor from World War II through Vietnam, all were Catholic priests.
http://v-forvictory.blogspot.com/2007/05/no-surprise-there.html
http://www.missioncapodanno.org/
http://catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=46456
http://www.officialcatholicdirectory.com/special-feature-article/catholics-in-the-military.html
