The following comes from a November 21 Catholic Voice article:
In the days after the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States, Catholics across the country — from students to bishops — expressed their concern for immigrants, people of color and others whose futures were cast in doubt by his statements during the campaign.
Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles called for mercy and an end to deportations as he led religious leaders in an interfaith prayer service Nov. 10 for peace, solidarity and unity at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
Many students at Bishop O’Dowd High School in Oakland came to school the morning after the election “feeling frustrated, confused and powerless,” according to a statement from the school.
“We made a decision to create an open, yet bounded space for students to gather at 9:30 a.m.,” the statement said. “Many students chose to leave class and we allowed them to assemble on the Quad. Many students felt the need to gather with other students in an expression of emotion.”
The school reported that students returned to their regular class schedule about an hour later.
“Our students are to be commended for their hopeful messaging, prayer and calls to work together on issues of inclusion, love and respect,” the statement said.
A day later, students at Holy Names High School left their campus at 12:55 p.m. “We are walking in an effort to spread the message of solidarity and peace within our divided country,” Caree Carneiro, of the Class of ’17, told her fellow students.
As the students walked, HNHS marketing director Dallas Nelson wrote in an email, “…we heard plenty of car horns honking in solidarity, drew several people out of their houses to cheer us on and saw a number of Hillcrest students run to the fence and cheer us on. One jogger even joined our march!
“By the time we came back to campus, the mood was noticeably different. There were even glints of optimism and faith that we will all be able to move forward as one country so long as we make our voices heard,” he said.
Sorry for these upset students! Well, I read in the Friday edition of the website One Peter Five, that the Pope may decide, on Monday, to accept the SSPX into full communion, with the Church! Wonder if this is true? The SSPX, like many Tridentine Latin Mass groups of priests, have a great many priests, and their seminaries also are very full! The SSPX has a Third Order for laymen. I would like to join something like that, but only if they are in full communion with the Church! The Tridentine Latin Mass groups are faithful to Christ’s teaching, and unified in the Church’s sacred Tradition– so, worrisome “liberal apostate” doings, and documents such as “Amoris Laetitia,” will not be much of a bother!
It sounds to me like school authorities are allowing kids, who need teaching and guidance– to grow up as crazy, law-breaking radicals, who think they have every right to do as they please! America has faced far worse problems, of far greater significance— than a dumb election! And NO– our Nation is NOT truly “divided!” The problem is that we have too many IMMORAL, DISOBEDIENT Americans and Catholics– WHO REFUSE TO ACCEPT CHRIST’S TEACHINGS AND AUTHORITY, AND REFUSE TO OBEY THE LAWS OF OUR NATION!! Such people, along with these kids- are all SMART-ALECKS, TOO BIG FOR THEIR BRITCHES!!
Let’s see at least one Catholic kid– or even one Catholic school-teacher!– with a “hippie activist” pro-life sign, reading how PLEASED and THANKFUL they are, that the election hopefully produced a miracle, of saving thousands of lives, of unborn babies!!
Linda Maria is 100% Correct!
President-Elect Trump has raised many questions, such as ILLEGAL Immigration, Muslim teaching in their Koran that says: “Kill all of the Infidels that will not convert to Islam.” and wants to check them before receiving approval to Immigrate to the U.S.A. and the checking to be done by U.S. Citizens and Employees of the U.S. Government, not some United Nations employee whose alegance is not to the U.S.A.
Keep America Strong!
Let no Trojan Horse enter here!
WRONG! Your beloved SSPX is not faithful to Christ, contrary to your claim, because they are not faithful to the Magisterium.
“Confused and powerless” — ahhh, poor snowflakes — this is how so many Americans, and Catholics felt, and feel, under the jackboots of their leaders. Now, we have the promise of true(r) freedom under President-Elect Trump; no such promise is available under Francis, although the “correction” promised by Cardinal Burke, and others, could assist within the Church, too. People of the Zombie-Liberal persuasion need to recall Obama’s famous line, “elections have consequences.” Your time to enjoy these consequences is coming up very soon.
We will see what the Holy Ghost has in store for the Church. Francis has been a crushing disappointment to so many “practicing” Catholics (but happy-time to the moral liter of society).
would the school leaders have allowed a pro-trump faction act out their relief from trauma and confusion, as a celebration of life. did the catholic schoolchildren understand that the rights of the preborn were in play, with death in the womb possible until the day of birth. catholic bishops, even if a select few, need to have diocese-wide thanksgiving for the rescue of the unborn that resulted from this election.
Jesus told us to seek first the Kingdom of God. That means we must obey the Commandments. ABORTION is a heinous sin. Keeping ILLEGAL ALIENS out of one’s nation is NOT a sin, nor it is a fault. It is a virtue to uphold and defend a nation’s borders. Trump was flawed, but Clinton is demonic. To those who voted for her, get a life, grow up, and start behaving like Catholics.
I agree, but what’s the point of saying “Trump was flawed”? Has there ever been a candidate that wasn’t ‘flawed’ in some way? Nobody is perfect, in their job or otherwise. He won the election. The Republican party has the most prolife platform ever. Trump has promised constitutional judges. Trump plans to stop economic drain. Trump plans to secure the country. What’s not to like? So far, he’s the greatest president ever.
Go on students:
Protest a man who made his life through hard work by refusing to work (on your studies).
Teaching. Fail.
Stealing a quote attributed to Golda Meir:
Peace will come when Progressives begin to love their children more than they hate those who hold opposing ideas.
A wonderful quote from Golda Meir. One wonders why anyone of sound mind would pay attention to the hysterical ravings of privileged college students who need play dough, comfort dolls, comfort animals, cookies and hot chocolate, “safe spaces”, etc., etc. to cope with the results of a free and fair election. If their parents have the money, keep them sequestered for 10 more years in “universities” or someplace. They are not ready to face the real world. Or contribute to it.
I agree, but these are high school children. Their parents and teachers should be working towards developing their critical thinking skills instead of filling their minds with leftest propaganda.
The parents (Mr. & Mrs. Snowflake) of the privileged baby snowflakes MUST be so proud! They all BELIEVED the lame, lying news (scary Trump) & fake winning polls. How gullible? Brainwashed maybe? No thinking skills. Isn’t the lefty press really to blame for their shame?
Meanwhile, in the rest of America, little, struggling, working people are looking up with hope from sea to shining sea for the first time in a long time. Smiling and enjoying the experience of this great election victory.
Yes, and Golda Meir stood up for Pius XII while the liberals are still smearing him. She realized that Jews and Christians have a common morality in the Ten Commandments. Hitler hated that and even had an affair with his own niece. The left fools no one.
I feel different from these students. I am happy, optimistic. Break into laughter easily sometimes without reason except imagining how PEOTUS will Make America Great Again. I am loving the transition to power.
It is a cinch these students aren’t being taught true Catholicism from the Baltimore Cathechism!
Shame on the diocese of Oakland for allowing students to be taught garbage in Catholic schools. These youth are not going to be soldiers of Christ when they mature, but SNOWFLAKES. Being taught that everyone deserves a reward, and that safe spaces are needed is asinine. Birth control, abortion, harboring illegal aliens, and sodomy are not Catholic or Judeo-Christian virtues. No wonder members are fleeing the Church to become evangelicals. Ave Maria Purrissima !
All too typical of what’s left of the Church. No rules, the inmates run the place and the so called adults defer to the little cake eaters. Sorry to say it but it will be a very long time, if ever, until some semblance of sanity re-emerges. Thus continues Marcuse’s brand of situational ” tolerance” meaning it only exists for the left in furtherance of the Marxist social revolutionaries, whose numbers include this playschool’s administrators. This is 1984 stuff, folks
dupes
No mention of the fact that by electing Mr. Trump we avoided a person who is dedicated to murder by abortion, partial birth abortion, infanticide, euthanasia and a whole host of anti Catholic teaching.
But most threatening, whose mandate from the global elite was to dissolve the United States into the coming World Government. When that happens, the pro life movement will be shot at dawn.
Gosh – Now they finally know what it was like for so many of us when Barry ‘on the down low’ Soetoro squeaked his way in to office – even if Demi-Krat insiders who falsified petitions to put his name on the ballot later went to prison for fraud.
No – Do overs when it comes to the ‘fundamental transformation’ gaystapo, at least for their none of their pen and phone laws…
Or shall we see something new from Trump that Hitlary of Rodham would never have done?
Wouldn’t it be nice if just once Archbishop Jose H. Gomez would also pray that the Mexican criminal elements stop sending tons of poison drugs into this country that kill and destroy so many lives.
So, since these “Catholic” schools let their students out to protest a presidential election will they now take a positive step forward to also let them out to protest abortion at the next opportunity?
Why don’t these schools and students march to end abortion of unborn baby children in America. The Church and the Catholic Schools can join forces in a movement across the country to end abortion and to overturn Roe versus Wade. Now how is that for a novel idea. Jesus Christ Lord of Lords King of Kings True God and True Man is coming soon like a thief in the night. Pray America Pray the time is so short!
More reasons not to bemoan Catholic school shutterings.
What we are witnessing is the abomination of desolation. What is honest and true is evil; what is wicked and demonic is good. Catholic youth at a Loyola college were forbidden to hold a pro-American rally. Old Glory has been taken down from a Massachusetts college. There is public harassment of Gov. Pence and Mrs Trump. BUT, had anyone made fun of Obama and Michelle, all hell would have broken out. The young are spoiled brats who know nothing of patriotism, sacrifice, or Catholic virtues. Shame on the V2 Church.
It takes a special kind of stupid for this outrageous and maddening behavior to have been allowed to happen. Parents and teachers are required to teach the truth to students, but this is obviously not occurring in the Catholic schools run by the Oakland Diocese. Our faith and morality are shaped no longer by GOD’S law and tradition, but by those who want to be politically correct. God will not be mocked !
All may not be as it seems, kids being kids. I had a number of political goofball teachers and would have eagerly carried a variety of signs, if only for few moments respite from them.
Since even kindergarten children are being indoctrinated by the liberal elites, a solution would be to have your children home schooled. Since we can no longer trust even the Catholic school system, this is the only way we can be sure that truth will be taught and not liberal political correctness garbage.
More reasons to champion School Vouchers, Choice, and Freedom.