child's ccd teacher publicly opposes catholic beliefs
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Anonymous
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my child's catholic ccd teacher is running for public office with aspects of her platform being directly opposite of catholic belief.
My immediate thought was to pull my child from the class and switch to a different teacher. However I don’t know if this is the correct thing to do or if it will make a difference. On one hand, I do not want a person with these views teaching my child religious education, especially during the year they will make first communion. On the other hand, I know nothing about the other teacher; this teacher could also share these views (and if they both do, then what?). Also, I would not expect these topics to come up in second grade necessarily. here could be other people in the religious education department at my church that share these views. These days it seems somewhat permissible for people to call themselves Catholic and support things that are explicitly against catholic teaching. This person has been a teacher and active in local government for years, so I think it’s likely that her views are known by those in charge. All of my local parishes have been merged, so I don’t have the option to go elsewhere if this is a pervasive issue in my parish. I don’t know how to handle this. I think at minimum I will speak with the director of religious Ed, but I’m not sure if I should ask to move classes (if it will even make a difference) and what to do if they say this a permissible position for a CCD teacher to hold. I would appreciate some perspective as I figure out how to navigate this discussion and situation. Thank you. |
Anonymous
| Her personal life is different. As long as she is teaching the values that is all that counts. |
Anonymous
| I wouldn’t keep my child in that class, they’d be gone already. |
Anonymous
| OP give us an example? Abortion? Political? |
Anonymous
Once she made her views public, they ceased to become her "personal" life |
Anonymous
| my diocese requires CCD teachers to sign something saying that they believe Church teaching. You should speak with the parish priest. She is publicly running on that platform and should not be publicly representing the faith. I also know how hard it is to get catechists so I wonder if they are aware… |
Anonymous
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Many Catholic churches around here are going to be more progressive towards gay marriage, and even things like abortion. I am not religious but affiliated with a Catholic institution where TONS of the people who practice are very progressive in their beliefs (and there are a lot of large, reputable organizations that are working to reform these).
Sounds like you need to find a more conservative church? Or maybe (if these are the issues I am thinking of...) reconsider if teaching people to being gay is a sin or that women shouldn't have autonomy over their own bodies is actually the "right" way to be? |
Anonymous
| I don’t know any Catholics who subscribe to all of the Catholic beliefs. A lot of the beliefs are bad. Good for the teacher. |
Anonymous
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So you don’t understand the need for separation of church and state?
Church = her personal beliefs and what she chooses for herself, and how she encourages people in faith in a church setting State = her best representation of the rights, needs and wants of all her constituents, many of whom do NOT share her faith. She still respects them and wants to serve them as people and as citizens, so she is informed by research, polls, consistent and group advocacy/voices, and proven policies when making decisions for the good of ALL constituents, not just the Christian ones. Do. You. Get. It? |
Anonymous
No, dingbat. I *personally* oppose abortion for my literal, actual person (my body). I respect that other people may need or chose to have abortions, for reasons including preserving their own life (as with the case recently where the fetus had no skull and zero percent survival rate, and the mother was subjected to sepsis) You can still make your PERSONAL beliefs and decisions publicly known. |
Anonymous
I've never heard of any school - religious or secular -- that teaches people to be gay. Besides it's not possible. |
Anonymous
Teaching people THAT being gay. |
Anonymous
I'm guessing abortion. Don't understand why OP wouldn't just be clear about it. Everyone knows the Catholic church's stance on it and everyone knows that a lot a Catholics don't pay any attention to it in their personal lives. |
Anonymous
| So don’t send your kid to CCD class that day that they teach what abortion is. |
Anonymous
| Hehe my nuns opposed many Catholic teachings and l loved them |