Update: Why Fr. Jenkins is in DC

Observers of the Notre Dame scandal have been abuzz since yesterday's report that the Notre Dame charter plane had flow to DC, speculating that Fr. Jenkins had used it to set up a meeting with Barack Obama.

Now an informed source tells me that Fr. Jenkins is in town for a multi-day seminar/symposium for high level Notre Dame donors, which has been planned for some time now and involves several speakers and events. Because the activities are private, they were not "advertised" to the wider public.

Of course, just because Fr. Jenkins has good reason to be in DC besides meeting with Obama, doesn't mean he might not have attempted to meet with him while he was in town. I'm trying to track down that possibility next.