Question for Catholic school parents: how often do your kids have required Mass in school?

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Weekly for Arlington diocese K-8
I believe twice per month for Arlington diocese high school

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Once a week required Mass in ADW elementary school, my nephew in an ADB school has the same. Once a week optional Mass, and once a month required Mass in an independent Catholic HS in MoCo

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Anonymous wrote:Once a week required Mass in ADW elementary school, my nephew in an ADB school has the same. Once a week optional Mass, and once a month required Mass in an independent Catholic HS in MoCo

I bet people are rethinking mass at school since the school shooting during mass. Also, is it standard procedure now to lock kids into the church during mass?

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Anonymous wrote:Once a week

And do kids go to hell if they miss a school mass (without a good excuse, of course, acceptable to God and/or the Catholic school)?

Yes . Missing mass is a mortal sin.

I know you are joking but daily mass is not required except holy days of obligation (and Sundays). Some idiots on here will think you mean it.

Not Joking. If the kids are ordered to go, it's a mortal sin to not go.

That’s not how it works.

That's how it works -- when a superior orders you to do something, it's a mortal sin to refuse.

The principal of my children's Catholic school is a priest, and two of the teachers are nuns. The school has weekly mass. My kids have missed school mass plenty of times over the years - probably one or two per school year - for appointments, illness, etc. and it has NEVER been an issue.

Sure, but that’s different from the militant PP who seems to be implying that she does not want her children at weekly Mass as prescribed by her Dioceses for her school.

I did not get that implication at all.

Here are the quotes:

“It’s actually quite useful because I can schedule appointments (like his weekly therapy) during that time and he doesn’t miss instruction time. Also we can go to mass with him if we wish, which is lovely.”

“To attend a weekly non-obligatory Mass? No. I can take care of that on Sunday.”

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I think “a conflict occurred that I didn’t expect/Larla is sick” is fine. I also don’t think the Bishop or your priest is going to come after you for missing once or twice over the school year.

If your attitude is: “the academic instruction is more important than the Mass, so I’ll use Mass as a flex period to do other things”

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“I don’t want Mass during the week for my kids, I’ll take care of it on Sunday”

then I respectfully wonder why you are in a Catholic school and I wonder about your understanding of Catholicism.

I am the first poster but not any of the other ones. My kid has daily mass, as I said originally. I schedule appointments during this time because he won’t miss instructional time. His principal and teachers approve. I am not concerned about his soul as he still attends Mass five days a week (the other 4 days and Sunday). I doubt very much that the poster here “concerned” about his soul isn’t attending Mass five days a week so that’s pretty disingenuous. Worry about your own soul, dude.

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Anonymous wrote:Once a week required Mass in ADW elementary school, my nephew in an ADB school has the same. Once a week optional Mass, and once a month required Mass in an independent Catholic HS in MoCo

I bet people are rethinking mass at school since the school shooting during mass. Also, is it standard procedure now to lock kids into the church during mass?

No. I am not concerned about my child attending Mass.

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Anonymous wrote:Once a week required Mass in ADW elementary school, my nephew in an ADB school has the same. Once a week optional Mass, and once a month required Mass in an independent Catholic HS in MoCo

I bet people are rethinking mass at school since the school shooting during mass. Also, is it standard procedure now to lock kids into the church during mass?

No. I am not concerned about my child attending Mass.

Maybe you should be.

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Anonymous wrote:Once a week required Mass in ADW elementary school, my nephew in an ADB school has the same. Once a week optional Mass, and once a month required Mass in an independent Catholic HS in MoCo

I bet people are rethinking mass at school since the school shooting during mass. Also, is it standard procedure now to lock kids into the church during mass?

Does your school lock the doors during the day? What’s the difference? Your kids are locked in all day.

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Anonymous wrote:Once a week required Mass in ADW elementary school, my nephew in an ADB school has the same. Once a week optional Mass, and once a month required Mass in an independent Catholic HS in MoCo

I bet people are rethinking mass at school since the school shooting during mass. Also, is it standard procedure now to lock kids into the church during mass?

No. I am not concerned about my child attending Mass.

Maybe you should be.

You’re not going to scare people into not sending their kids to Mass.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes it is weekly in the Arlington diocese schools.

Same in our school, but the littles (i think preK-1st?) only go once a month.

I’ll also add if there’s a holy day of obligation during the week, they go that day and not as usual on Friday.

For our (Arlington Diocese) school if there’s a holy day of obligation they go for a second time during the week in addition to their regularly scheduled Mass day.

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Anonymous wrote:Once a week

And do kids go to hell if they miss a school mass (without a good excuse, of course, acceptable to God and/or the Catholic school)?

No.