How Catholic are SR and Visitation?

[Anonymous]

WE HAVE A WINNER

This thread is officially the biggest sock puppet thread in the history of DCUM.

[Anonymous]

How did this thread morph into a discussion about pre-Cana?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So because the priest messed up, you can accompany your civil divorce with a church annulment, and that's ok, because it's following the rules, but the PP's sister-in-law shouldn't have expected a church wedding even though there was a baby on the way -- i.e., it was high time she got married -- because she didn't follow the rules.

A legalistic religion.

Yep. So is Judaism, which Christianity came from.

However, as I said, PP's sister-in-law could have applied for a dispensation from the pre-Cana classes. What probably happened is this?

SIL was not a practicing Catholic. If she was, she'd know the rules regarding the sacrament of marriage. That's right, marriage is considered a sacrament so there is a period of preparation before it. I had to take classes before my daughters were baptized. (When I get my annulment, it will state that due to an impediment that the priest didn't note, the sacramental marriage never occured.)

The Church wedding was to satisfy older relatives.

She got pregnant and needed to speed things up.

She expected a priest who didn't know her (Since she didn't attend Mass regularly) to break the rules for her.

She didn't know to go over the priest's head to ask the bishop because she probably had no idea of the bishop's power over those matters since she wasn't a practicing Catholic.

If the SIL is still interested in the sacrament of marriage (doubtful), she and DH can take classes to prepare for it. Our parish offers them every 4 months for couples who have civil or non-Catholic marriages but want to have them "regularized".

Wow, i am the PP and no where did I ever say they sped things up because she was pregnant. They were engaged forever, practicing Catholics, precana, the works. Wedding planned. She wasn't sure she should mention she was pregnant but didn't want to lie and was afraid she might be showing some. Priest nixed it. They ended up having the ceremony at the wedding reception location since it was payed for in advance. It was awful.

Religions are nothing but cults. .

Then her priest overstep his bounds, ignored or knowingly violated canon law, and she should have gone to the bishop to report him. There's no canon law that has pregnancy as an impediment. That would have been covered in pre-Cana classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In parts of MoCo, a Republican kid is going to catch hell in public high school.

I'm not even a Republican. I'm a left-leaning registered Independent.

Like where?

Bethesda's Walt Whitman HS for one....I speak from personal experience.

[Anonymous]

Yes pp but imagine being a Democrat in some places in VA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In parts of MoCo, a Republican kid is going to catch hell in public high school.

I'm not even a Republican. I'm a left-leaning registered Independent.

Like where?

Bethesda's Walt Whitman HS for one....I speak from personal experience.

Seriously? I just moved to DC and would have thought such a wealthy high school would have a much more Republican bent! Guess I'm not in the South anymore

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In parts of MoCo, a Republican kid is going to catch hell in public high school.

I'm not even a Republican. I'm a left-leaning registered Independent.

Like where?

Bethesda's Walt Whitman HS for one....I speak from personal experience.

But yet no actual examples. Getting B O R I N G....

[Anonymous]

Your daughter would probably feel more comfortable at SR or Visi than you likely feel on this forum. A fair amount of rude comments from "Catholics." Lots of Catholics like myself believe the church doctrine is wrong about womens reproductive rights and same sex marriage. And marriage by priests who would surely prosper from the latter to the benefit of young choir boys.

[Anonymous]

Np, but also fairly liberal and dd is considering SR and Visi. Would you say it's about 60/40 Conservatives v. liberals at these two schools? At my daughter's old school (Catholic) I remember they had the kids do a mock election and it was like 90% Romney 10% Obama. Crazy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your daughter would probably feel more comfortable at SR or Visi than you likely feel on this forum. A fair amount of rude comments from "Catholics." Lots of Catholics like myself believe the church doctrine is wrong about womens reproductive rights and same sex marriage. And marriage by priests who would surely prosper from the latter to the benefit of young choir boys.

Sure, because married men never molest little boys.

[Anonymous]

To the Mom who thinks she's Catholic and says Church doctrine is "wrong" on abortion and homosexual marriage: you aren't Catholic, even though you think you are. Perhaps you are a cultural Catholic or "raised Catholic". But you aren't any longer. There are plenty of Protestant denominations that correspond with your current beliefs. You should join one of them. Same Christ, no problem. But don't say you're Catholic when you disagree with core Catholic doctrine. After all, its precisely the doctrine that seperates the various Christian denominations!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Np, but also fairly liberal and dd is considering SR and Visi. Would you say it's about 60/40 Conservatives v. liberals at these two schools? At my daughter's old school (Catholic) I remember they had the kids do a mock election and it was like 90% Romney 10% Obama. Crazy!

Not Catholic but whoa, it would have been great to NOT have Obama in office. One could only dream....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To the Mom who thinks she's Catholic and says Church doctrine is "wrong" on abortion and homosexual marriage: you aren't Catholic, even though you think you are. Perhaps you are a cultural Catholic or "raised Catholic". But you aren't any longer. There are plenty of Protestant denominations that correspond with your current beliefs. You should join one of them. Same Christ, no problem. But don't say you're Catholic when you disagree with core Catholic doctrine. After all, its precisely the doctrine that seperates the various Christian denominations!

I completely agree. Methodist or Protestant, maybe? Catholic, no way. Funny you mentioned this as I just read this blog yesterday that said the same thing.

http://themattwalshblog.com/2014/05/28/abortion/