Are you a non-Catholic family at a Catholic school?

[Anonymous]

Lets say they did sign without reading.

Do you know of one person ever that had a parish school try to control their outside activities based on this form?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lets say they did sign without reading.

Do you know of one person ever that had a parish school try to control their outside activities based on this form?

Not yet. But supposedly it is new.

I assume it is an attempt to have something in place in case an issue like what happened in Colorado (lesbian parents) comes up. By having this form in place, and telling parents, "You signed it" the ADW will be able to stifle any criticism before it starts.

Well, whatever. I know there's no way in hell I'd sign a form promising "I will not publically repudiate the teachings of the Catholic Church". I prefer to retain my right to repudiate anything I wish, thank you very much. But I guess that independence of thought and word is not the Catholic way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"They probably just signed without reading."

The irony drippeth.

People are busy. The school sends home a 5 page form to reregister, and tucked in on page five there's a paragraph to sign. I assume a lot of parents just sign and send back, not noyticing there's anything different. it's not like they sent home a special new form. That's probably why the people the PP mentioned didn't think there was some new special form.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lets say they did sign without reading.

Do you know of one person ever that had a parish school try to control their outside activities based on this form?

Not yet. But supposedly it is new.

I assume it is an attempt to have something in place in case an issue like what happened in Colorado (lesbian parents) comes up. By having this form in place, and telling parents, "You signed it" the ADW will be able to stifle any criticism before it starts.

Well, whatever. I know there's no way in hell I'd sign a form promising "I will not publically repudiate the teachings of the Catholic Church". I prefer to retain my right to repudiate anything I wish, thank you very much. But I guess that independence of thought and word is not the Catholic way.

Enjoy your freedom. Good luck in the public or other private schools.

You certainly shouldn't be sending your kids to Catholic schools. The good news is it's not required.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lets say they did sign without reading.

Do you know of one person ever that had a parish school try to control their outside activities based on this form?[/quote]

Not yet. But supposedly it is new.

I assume it is an attempt to have something in place in case an issue like what happened in Colorado (lesbian parents) comes up. By having this form in place, and telling parents, "You signed it" the ADW will be able to stifle any criticism before it starts.

Well, whatever. I know there's no way in hell I'd sign a form promising "I will not publically repudiate the teachings of the Catholic Church". I prefer to retain my right to repudiate anything I wish, thank you very much. But I guess that independence of thought and word is not the Catholic way.[/quote]

Enjoy your freedom. Good luck in the public or other private schools.

You certainly shouldn't be sending your kids to Catholic schools. The good news is it's not required.[/quote]


You've hit on precisely the point: freedom.

I want the freedom to send my children to a school (Catholic in this case) that teaches them what I want them taught and what I don't have the time to teach them. I'd also like them taught in an environment that doesn't send them mixed messages and confuse them. I choose Catholic schools because we are Catholics and not ashamed of it. Some on this thread are simply religious bigots that are incapable of understanding the rich intellectual and moral history of Church teachings. I don't begrudge them their skepticism; I wish they wouldn't begrudge me my faith.

[Anonymous]

Amen.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous]Amen.[/quote]

You can say that again --- and again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"They probably just signed without reading."

The irony drippeth.

People are busy. The school sends home a 5 page form to reregister, and tucked in on page five there's a paragraph to sign. I assume a lot of parents just sign and send back, not noyticing there's anything different. it's not like they sent home a special new form. That's probably why the people the PP mentioned didn't think there was some new special form.

The problem is you IMAGINE what happens and then state it as a truth.

Only 1 school has this form. Reregistration is done online. More importantly it is making sure you have your FACTS tuition payment set up.

[Anonymous]

I'm not sure how true this could be. I am a non catholic teacher at a catholic school. I obviously do not teach my own beliefs but I was honest when I was hired about my religion. In addition, we have 2 jewish teachers at my catholic school -- so they obviously have different beliefs as well.

Again, we all teach what the school/church mandates, but they can not control what we believe outside of school. Just as you can send your children to Catholic school but then alter the lessons to fit your family at home. How would they discipline you anyway? Hidden cameras and microphones around your dining room table and then kick you out? sounds ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Only 1 school has this form. Reregistration is done online. More importantly it is making sure you have your FACTS tuition payment set up.

Bull.

Sacred Heart Bilingual Catholic School:

http://sacredheartschooldc.org/documents/Admissions/SHCS_ApplicationForAdmission.pdf

St. Anne's Academy:

http://www.stannsacademy.net/documents/Re-Registration%20Form.pdf

St. Michael the Archangel School

St, Mary the Assumption

http://www.stmaryum.org/admissions/re_registration_form.pdf

(letter states that the form is new and explains the reasons for it)

St. jane de Chantal School:

http://www.dechantal.org/mediafiles/application-for-admission-form-cso-114.pdf

Blessed Sacrament School

https://www.bsstoday.org/page.cfm?p=233&LockSSL=true%2Ctrue%2Ctrue%2Ctr


And so on.

Look, if you like the form, you like the form. If you have no problem signing "I will not publicly repudiate the teachings of the Catholic church" then good for you!

But don't make like this is just one thing one school is requiring, or like I am making this all up. It's there for everyone to see!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure how true this could be. I am a non catholic teacher at a catholic school. I obviously do not teach my own beliefs but I was honest when I was hired about my religion. In addition, we have 2 jewish teachers at my catholic school -- so they obviously have different beliefs as well.

Again, we all teach what the school/church mandates, but they can not control what we believe outside of school. Just as you can send your children to Catholic school but then alter the lessons to fit your family at home. How would they discipline you anyway? Hidden cameras and microphones around your dining room table and then kick you out? sounds ridiculous.

Is your school an archdioscese of Washington school? If so, take a look at your schools reregistration form for students.

And no, no one can mandate what you BELIEVE outside of school. But apparently they can mandate what parents SAY outside of school.

Teachers, too, I assume?

[Anonymous]

My children currently go to a catholic school and I have been thinking about converting them to become catholic. They were baptized in a methodist church so the catholic church would recognize the baptism. I am catholic also but my husband is not. What is difficult to catch the kids up on their sacraments they had missed out on? What was involved?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is your school an archdioscese of Washington school? If so, take a look at your schools reregistration form for students.

And no, no one can mandate what you BELIEVE outside of school. But apparently they can mandate what parents SAY outside of school.

Teachers, too, I assume?

Have you ever heard of a case like this happening? I know one Christian school fired a teacher whose baby was born before the mandated 9 months after the wedding. But that was not a catholic school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My children currently go to a catholic school and I have been thinking about converting them to become catholic. They were baptized in a methodist church so the catholic church would recognize the baptism. I am catholic also but my husband is not. What is difficult to catch the kids up on their sacraments they had missed out on? What was involved?

Depends on the Parish. Holy Trinity in Georgetown had a significant program that addressed the exact situation you seem to have. The larger the Parish, the more resources and programs they have and the more likely they are to have a program for you. All these programs involve evenings spread over many months. But have been described as interesting and fun by participants I have talked to.

You will be surprised at the sheer number of adults and children that are involved in these programs. For a variety of reasons, lots of people from all walks of life and ages are deciding they want to become Catholics. Some of this seems to be disatisfaction with the direction of other mainstream US churches.

[Anonymous]

Perhaps one part of the problem is that the Catholic schools, in an effort to survive economically, have positioned themselves as welcoming to students from other faiths. That creates an expectation that, while you won't argue in school, you don't have to publicly uphold all aspects of the faith, even outside of school. This really is a switch from that position.