Catholic American advocacy group founded in 1973
American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property (TFP)
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Founded
| 1973
(
1973
)
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Type
| 501(c)(3)
Charity
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Registration no.
| 23-7325778 (
EIN
)
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Location
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Area served
| United States
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Key people
| - Raymond E. Drake, President
- John Horvat II, Vice-President
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Revenue
| $8,530,115 (FY 2012)
[1]
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Employees
| 60
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Volunteers
| 75
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Website
| tfp
.org
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The
American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property
, also known as
The American TFP
, and legally incorporated as
The Foundation for a Christian Civilization, Inc.
is a
Traditionalist Catholic
American advocacy group.
[2]
[3]
It is an autonomous organization which forms part of the larger
anticommunist
and
monarchist
[4]
international
Tradition, Family, Property
(TFP) movement founded by Brazilian intellectual, politician, and activist
Plinio Correa de Oliveira
.
History
[
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]
Founded in 1973, it is one of many "Tradition, Family and Property" groups (TFPs) and like-minded organizations worldwide, all of which are inspired by the work of the Brazilian intellectual, politician, and activist
Plinio Correa de Oliveira
. The first American group was incorporated in 1975 and established its first
hermitage
in 1977 in
Yonkers
,
New York
. The Yonkers location was subsequently closed and the hermits establishing their permanent hermitage on 70 acres in
Spring Grove
,
Pennsylvania
.
[5]
The Foundation for a Christian Civilization ("Foundation") was incorporated in 1973, drawing on earlier ties between Brazilians, who traveled to the US to develop a North American affiliate. The American TFP developed early connections with leaders of the
religious and political right
, including
Paul Weyrich
of
The Heritage Foundation
and the Free Congress Foundation and
Morton Blackwell
of the
College Republican National Committee
and the
Reagan administration
.
[6]
[7]
Founded to help fundraising for a Catholic counterrevolution against communism, it subsequently became a civil cultural organization that aims to uphold and promote the values of
Christian civilization
. The Foundation later merged in June 1992 with American TFP to form a single corporation identified as The Foundation for a Christian Civilization.
[5]
Organization
[
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]
The organization solicits funds as a non-profit charity,
[2]
not as a diocesan organization."
[8]
Its annual public reports to the
Internal Revenue Service
indicate that between 2002 and 2014 it disbursed $1,800,000 to support the St. Louis de Montfort Academy and $1,500,000 to support related organizations in North and South America, most significantly Canada Needs Our Lady, Associacao dos Fundadores and the
Tradicion y Accion
organizations of Colombia and Peru.
[9]
Activities
[
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]
TFP has continued its ties with the political right as a participating sponsor of the
Conservative Political Action Conference
,
[10]
and by signing statements issued by the
Heartland Institute
that opposed housing finance reform legislation,
[11]
and discussions of
climate change
in comprehensive energy legislation
[12]
and in the State Department funding authorization.
[13]
TFP Student Action is the university campus outreach of the TFP.
[14]
Its activities include distributing fliers and other literature on the streets of universities, sponsoring speakers on campuses, hosting student conferences, and organizing protests and petitions, especially against abortion and LGBT student groups at Catholic universities. Its most recent campaign is against the 96 Catholic colleges and universities that allow LGBT student groups.
[15]
In April 2009, volunteers of TFP Student Action traveled to the major cities of
New Hampshire
[16]
and
Maine
[17]
to distribute literature against same-sex marriage.
The American TFP provides the staff to run Saint Louis de Montfort Academy, a boys'
boarding school
in
Herndon, Pennsylvania
, that provides students with a traditional
Catholic education
.
[18]
It also operates Call to Chivalry summer camps, which express Oliveira's view
[19]
of
nobility
,
chivalry
, and the benefits of the feudal past.
[20]
The
Return to Order
campaign is an offshoot of the US Foundation for a Christian Civilisation. In 2019, it organized a petition against the
Good Omens
miniseries as mocking God's wisdom and making Satanism appear normal, light, and acceptable, but they targeted the petition at
Netflix
rather than
Amazon Prime Video
which distributes the series.
[21]
In 2021, they staged a protest at the
59th New York Film Festival
due to the festival showing the
Paul Verhoeven
film
Benedetta
, which they deemed blasphemous for its portrayal of lesbianism within the confines of a convent.
[22]
Criticism
[
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]
The American TFP has been cited in several articles by the
Southern Poverty Law Center
(SPLC) for their anti-LGBT views.
[23]
According to the SPLC the TFP is a "virulently anti-LGBT".
[24]
Jesuit
priest
James Martin
, referring to the American TFP and to the organization
Church Militant
commented that “These online extremist hate groups are now more powerful than local churches”.
[25]
See also
[
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]
References
[
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]
- ^
"American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property", Charity Navigator
- ^
a
b
"Fundraising Disclosure Notice", TFP Student Action
Archived
2011-01-03 at the
Wayback Machine
- ^
"The Counter-Revolution: Who We Are"
.
The American TFP
. 17 April 2021
. Retrieved
1 September
2021
.
- ^
"The Colonial TFP"
(PDF)
,
Crusade Magazine
,
65
, Hanover, PA: The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property: [1], September?October 2003
- ^
a
b
"Mary Queen of the Third Millennium, Inc. v. The Foundation for a Christian Civilization, Inc.", United States Patent And Trademark Office, December 3, 2008
- ^
Power, Margaret (2011), "Transnational, Conservative, Catholic, and Anti-Communist: Tradition, Family, and Property (TFP)", in Durham, Martin; Power, Margaret (eds.),
New Perspectives on the Transnational Right
, New York: Palgrave-MacMillan, pp. 96?97,
ISBN
978-0-230-62370-5
- ^
Lernoux, Penny
(1989),
People of God: The Struggle for World Catholicism
, New York: Viking, p.
343
,
ISBN
0-670-81529-2
- ^
"Office of the Chancellor",
Pastoral Bulletin
, Archdiocese of Miami, October 17, 2007
- ^
The Foundation for a Christian Civilization,
Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax (IRS Form 990N)
, New York: Foundation Center,
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
. Retrieved 25 April 2015
- ^
Rick Santorum to CPAC: "Let's Talk About How We Can Build a Great America Again"
,
The American Conservative Union
, March 7, 2014, archived from
the original
on 2016-01-11
, retrieved
March 6,
2015
,
Participating Sponsors: … Tradition, Family, Property…
- ^
Free-Market Leaders Urge Senate to Reject Housing Finance Overhaul
,
The Heartland Institute
, April 23, 2014
, retrieved
March 6,
2015
,
Coalition members include leaders from … Tradition, Family, Property, Inc.
- ^
"[Open Letter to Senator Pete Domenici]"
(PDF)
,
Environment & Climate News
,
6
(4), The Heartland Institute: 7, May 2003
- ^
"[Open Letter to Congressman Henry Hyde]"
(PDF)
,
Environment & Climate News
,
6
(6), The Heartland Institute: 15, July 2003
- ^
TFP Student Action
- ^
"Scandal: Research finds pro-homosexual clubs at 96 Catholic universities"
Archived
2009-09-07 at the
Wayback Machine
- ^
"Gay marriage protesters make noise in Nashua"
[
dead link
]
- ^
Bloch, Jessica. "Protesters take aim at bill for gay marriage",
Bangor Daily News
, April 18, 2009
- ^
Saint Louis de Montfort Academy
- ^
Lernoux, Penny
(1989),
People of God: The Struggle for World Catholicism
, New York: Viking, p.
339
,
ISBN
0-670-81529-2
- ^
Power, Margaret (2011), "Transnational, Conservative, Catholic, and Anti-Communist: Tradition, Family, and Property (TFP)", in Durham, Martin; Power, Margaret (eds.),
New Perspectives on the Transnational Right
, New York: Palgrave-MacMillan, p. 99,
ISBN
978-0-230-62370-5
- ^
Flood, Alison (June 20, 2019).
"Thousands petition Netflix to cancel Amazon Prime's Good Omens"
.
The Guardian
. Retrieved
June 23,
2019
.
- ^
Shafer, Ellise (26 September 2021).
"Catholic Protesters Congregate Outside 'Benedetta's' New York Film Festival Premiere"
.
Variety
. Retrieved
29 September
2021
.
- ^
"Extremists of Many Stripes Gather at Values Voter Summit 2011"
.
Southern Poverty Law Center
. Retrieved
2018-07-23
.
- ^
"National Organization for Marriage Has a Rough Start to 2013"
.
Southern Poverty Law Center
. Retrieved
2018-07-23
.
- ^
Bruni, Frank (3 February 2018).
"Opinion | The Scariest Catholic in America (Published 2018)"
.
The New York Times
. Archived from
the original
on 7 February 2018
. Retrieved
30 January
2021
.
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