‘Catholic’ Colleges Push ‘Pride’ Confusion

“Big Gay Bingo.”

“Fruity Party.”

“Pride Movie Night.”

These are all events promoted this June by DePaul University—the largest Catholic college in America—as part of its “Pride Month” celebration.

DePaul’s LGBTQIA+ Resource Center is sponsoring these and other “pride” events for students on campus. The Center offers students resources such as:

• training on “the use of gender-neutral and diverse pronouns,”
• guidance on how a student can change gender in DePaul’s systems,
• information about “all-gender housing” for co-ed roommates, and
• a list of “Trans, Non-Binary, Asexual, and Bisexual-focused websites.”

No information is listed on DePaul’s LGBTQIA+ Resource Center web page to help students understand Catholic teaching on human sexuality and the dangers of gender ideology.

Gonzaga University, Georgetown University, Fordham University, and Marquette University also feature resource centers with materials that affirm students in their “LGBTQ” attractions and “identities.”

Sadly, DePaul is not the only Catholic college encouraging students to celebrate disordered sexual attractions and embrace gender confusion as part of “Pride Month.”

The University of San Francisco, a Jesuit institution, invited “USF alumni, family, and friends” to march with USF at the NYC Pride Parade on June 28. The event page says the university is “excited to gather as a USF contingent and march in one of the world’s largest and longest-running Pride demonstrations.” It invites members of the LGBTQ+ community and “allies” to “represent USF and celebrate the spirit of inclusion, justice, and belonging together.”

USF also lists a separate event to march with University of San Francisco’s Pride Alumni Group at the San Francisco Pride Parade, open to “all USF community members.”

Georgetown University has a “Pride Month 2026 Schedule of Events” on its website, pointing students to events in Washington, D.C., including Pride Family Day, the Capital Pride Parade, and the Capital Pride Concert.

Other Catholic colleges made a point of posting on social media to celebrate “Pride Month,” including Notre Dame University, Seattle University, Loyola University Maryland, Loyola University New Orleans, Sacred Heart University, and St. Bonaventure University.

Villanova University, the alma mater of Pope Leo XIV, also posted on social media in June celebrating “Pride Month.”

Earlier this spring, the student newspaper at Villanova reported on the college’s annual Pride Week, featuring events such as “Gay Prom” and “Drag Bingo.”

A member of the college’s VU Pride student group was quoted in the report saying, “Drag is a good celebration of how gender is flexible and doesn’t have to be in the binary it is often presented as.”

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