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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Once a week [/quote]

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)?[/quote]

Yes .  Missing mass is a mortal sin.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

Not Joking.  If the kids are ordered to go, it's a mortal sin to not go.
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That’s not how it works. [/quote]

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

No--not at all what Catholics believe! Actually nearly all the saints stood up to a superior. And if it is a sin at all, it would be venial sin, not a mortal sin. You were either poorly miseducated as a Catholic by some bad actors just wanting submission which absolutely did exist in the history of the Church (if this is it, please go and read the catechism and/or go to adult faith formation classes) or you are anti-Catholic.

Catholics believe that Mass is a celebration, a place of community, and an opportunity to connect with God through the sacraments. Daily mass is a gift, not at all required.

OP: Here is it very common to go to have a school mass once a week around here. Where I grew up in Baltimore, we usually went to mass the first Friday of the month and any holy days of obligation. We'd have a few other times--usually the day we got out for Thanksgiving Break, sometime in Advent and Lent, and the last day of school (or around then).

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DP.  You should educate yourself. The PP worded it poorly, but, yes, official Catholic teaching is that Catholicism is a federal territorial system with Bishop’s as the head shepherd of their territory (this is, of course, borrowed heavily from the governance system of the Roman Empire). Ordained, religious, consecrated, and lay Catholics do have an obligation to follow their particular Bishop’s teachings so long as the teachings are about and do not contradict the capital “T” Tradition.   This governance system can spring up in weird ways.

For example, while members of a religious order do not actually answer to a Bishop, any particular religious order cannot operate within a Bishop’s territory without the permission of that Bishop.  While not publicized, jurisdictions where any particular order is not permitted to operate.

So, years ago, when a Jesuit school in Massachusetts refused to bring down a pride flag, the local Bishop forbid them from celebrating the Mass and identifying themselves as Catholic. Those Jesuits had to respect that particular order from the Bishop.  Our kids go to a religious Catholic school (non-Diocesan). Students of non-Catholic denominations were permitted to do readings at their weekly school Mass (organized by grade).  Our Bishop got wind of it and he told the school only baptized Catholics were to do readings at Mass. The school complied even though it is not a Diocesan school.

There are plenty of resources on this topic of obedience to your Bishop and it is well established doctrine.

I don’t necessarily know if Bishops are  explicitly wording it as “kids must go to Mass once a week and on HDOs in schools” so the idea that forbidding your kid from that Mass is a mortal sin is probably a bit heavy handed by PP.

Yes, many Saints have been canonized for standing up to Bishops acting against the Tradition. Many have also been canonized for obedience and fidelity to the Tradition and their Bishops.  Your example here is a bit heavy handed. [/quote]

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