On February 6, San Francisco’s Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone met with teachers from San Francisco’s archdiocesan high schools to discuss details of a new archdiocesan initiative, which asserts “that Catholic schools – as the first clause states – ‘exist to affirm and proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ as held and taught by His Catholic Church.’”
The San Francisco Chronicle reported that before the meeting a group of Catholic high school students demonstrated in the plaza in front of St. Mary’s Cathedral, near to where the meeting was held. The students expressed their opposition to the new initiative. The students were joined and supported by a number of LGBT activists, some of whom attended the protest, and/or weighed in on the protest’s Facebook page.
One was Gregg Cassin, who has led demonstrations in support of same-sex marriage and who has led retreats for students at Notre Dame High School in Belmont. Another was a man named Billy “Equality” Bradford. Also expressing support was Nick Andrade, a prominent parishioner of San Francisco’s Most Holy Redeemer parish and former member of the board of directors at San Francisco’s Catholic Charities. Andrade’s Facebook page says he is “married” to a man named Jim McDermott.
The problems at Bay Area Catholic high schools have been investigated in the pages of California Catholic Daily. From March to May of 2014, CalCatholic ran a multi-part series documenting the presence of same-sex “married” persons, and open homosexuals in the departments of religious education in high schools under the archdiocese of San Francisco. Included in the series was Woodside Priory, whose chair of the department of religious education,
Matthew Nelson, described himself as a “queer bohemian,” and his Facebook page included a picture of Nelson with three members of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence at an event promoting same-sex marriage. Nelson either quit or was invited to leave Woodside Priory shortly after the CalCatholic article appeared. Another article investigated Notre Dame de Namur, whose previous director of campus ministry, John Ottersberg, was listed on Bed, Bath, & Beyond’s registry page as having a July 18, 2009 wedding with another man. Ottersberg currently serves in the Campus Ministry at San Francisco’s St. Ignatius College Prep.
Other articles on Notre Dame High School investigated the school’s long-standing relationship with LGBT activist Gregg Cassin who attended Friday’s protest. Another article investigated the sister schools Convent of the Sacred Heart (for girls) and Stuart Hall (for boys). Three of the five teachers of religion at those schools are admitted homosexuals, and a fourth, Ray O’Connor, was for many years the coordinator of lector coordinator at San Francisco’s Most Holy Redeemer parish. In 2011 when a group of students from other parts of the country visited Convent of the Sacred Heart, O’Conner took them on a field trip to Most Holy Redeemer, to the office of the same-sex lobbying group, the Human Rights Campaign, and to the LGBT Museum in San Francisco’s Castro District.
All of those schools, while nominally Catholic, are run by religious orders, and Archbishop Cordileone’s options are limited. But with his new initiative he appears to be working to inoculate the other high schools against what Pope Francis has recently called the “new ideological colonization that tries to destroy the family.”
One homosexual activist commenting on the protest referred to Cordileone as a “dinosaur.”
St. John Bosco, founded the Salesian order, now the second largest men’s order in the Catholic Church. In his famous 1884 letter from Rome, the Magna Carta of Salesian education, Don Bosco wrote, “It is better to run the risk of expelling someone who is innocent than to keep someone who causes others to sin.”
According to the Feb. 9 Catholic Voice, Bishop Michael Barber is instituting a policy similar to San Francisco’s in the diocese of Oakland.
For those who wish to be and remain Catholic, these stand and will NOT be changed:
1) Gen 19:1-29; Rom 1:24-27; 1 Cor 6:9-10; 1 Tim 1:10; Jude 1:7;
2) CCC # 2357, 2358, 2359, & 2396.
Parents and their teens who oppose Church teaching should place their children in schools that are not advertised as “Catholic”.
The choice is theirs – to be Catholic or not.
The Church is not going to change its teaching to suit heretics.
No group or individual in the Church of Rome has a monopoly or exclusive franchise on the word ‘Catholic’. Heresy, as canonically defined, is not at issue here.
Link to the Code of Canon Law – which includes the responsibility to and of the Diocese Bishop regarding all Catholic schools – # 793 – 814.
https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/_INDEX.HTM
The Diocese Bishop has a duty regarding any schools that advertise themselves as “Catholic” within his Diocese.
No school should allowed to be FRAUDULENTLY Catholic.
Sacred Scripture and the CCC must prevail.
It is unfortunate that the previous Bishop – heretic George H. Niederauer was ever placed in charge in SFO.
He will have to answer to God for all the lost Souls in his Diocese during his tenure.
Let the heretics go.
Jesus will save the lost souls, not the archbishop or anybody else.
Send this article to Archbishop Cordileone.
It has many significant facts about schools within his Diocese.
Pray for strength for the Abp.
And his insistence on teaching truth.
Students do not run Catholic schools, and are not in charge. With their parents permission they can leave. Good bye and good riddance to all heretics.
If necessary, close down evil schools within the Diocese.
Students are better off in public schools than in schools that lie to students on matters of Faith and Morals, and fraudulently purport to be “Catholic”. Such Evil !
…and yet many still will insist on those they consider on the outside of the Church as causing this confusion. Good grief.
Please stop your schismatic activism. This is a faithful Catholic website.
I understand you are upset at my pointing the finger at enablers like you, mous, the very same who would distract from these ravenous wolves – I mean “teachers” – who are even now killing the life of Christ in the souls of children. And all under the umbrella of full communion.
But while you falsely label groups and people schismatic, I accurately call you out as a useful idiot who has no notion of faithfulness or the Faith.
Ann Malley, you do not attend a Catholic Church.
You attend a chapel by the SSPX, which is a group that is in schism and whose priests are all excommunicated for schism.
“The Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera published on 22 December 2013 an interview with Müller in which he was asked: “Now that the discussions have failed, what is the situation of the Lefebvrians?” Müller replied: “The canonical excommunication for the illicit ordinations has been lifted from the bishops, but the sacramental de facto excommunication for schism remains; they have departed from communion with the Church. We do not follow that up by shutting the door, we never do, and we call on them to be reconciled. But on their part too, they must change their attitude and accept the Catholic Church’s conditions and the Supreme Pontiff as the definitive criterion of membership.”
I do not appreciate the calumny, either.
Why would someone who sends their own children to be churched by those in mortal sin complain about these teacher? Pretty hypocritical if you ask me.
What does this mean, “Anonymous”? There is no such thing as “de facto excommunication”. The SSPX priests remain priests, and their masses are valid, so your statement that “whose priests are all excommunicated for schism” is crazy.
True, the SSPX should be within the Church. But note, very recent comments and commentary by Cardinal Burke, Abp. Athanasius Schneider, and Abp. Linga, all point to the likely upcoming need to “resist” even the Pope, if he continues to lead the Church away from its Deposit of Faith; the Holy Ghost does not counsel heretical actions, even if by a Pope.
This is not to say that Francis is a heretic, but he will commit heresy if he continues to blunder forward with the foolishness about “welcoming” the “gifts” of sodomites, and about recognizing “irregular” relationships as anything other than fornication and/or adulterous.
In other words, the orthodox of the Church now begins to raise the same kinds of questions raised by Abp. Lefebvre, Cardinal Ottaviani, and others, decades ago. No, they were not only about the liturgy, although that is crucial, but about the Church leaders moving away from the Faith itself. We are not animals, locked in a cage waiting to be thrown a bit of spoiled meat by the Pope. He, and his Zombie-Liberal pals are “servants” to the Church, not its rulers. Bad things are coming.
Latae sentantae excommunication. Automatic excommunication.
Canon 1364
Whoever is writing under the pseudonym of “Anonymous,” why are you persecuting the posts of a good Catholic, and excellent writer, like Ann Malley?? Your posts are babyish NONSENSE!! Plus– you LIE, with babyish nonsense, stating that Ann Malley is a member of the SSPX!! Why the LIES?? Of course– the SSPX is excellent, although not accepted, by the errant, irresponsible (though valid) post-Vatican II Church!! Anonymous, you are certainly NOT helping Christ and His Church — with your babyish posts!
Linda Maria, why do you commit and condone mortal sin?
As for being babyish: Psalm 8:3
Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected praise, because of thy enemies, that thou mayst destroy the enemy and the avenger.
St. Christopher, I am sorry for my terse reply but because of the very serious nature of this article, I do not want to discuss it here.
People seem to be missing the seriousness of this article. i do not want to add to the distraction.
But to be succinct: God expects us to hold to the Faith and the Church, no matter what we hear or see others doing.
Anonymous you are a distraction to the seriousness of grave problems within the Church. As for your quote to Linda Maria about sucklings, they are perfected in praise – not teaching and admonishing.
Perhaps if you opt for remaining at the stage of the spiritual life you should, in fact, stick to praise and leave the catechesis to others more apt to do the job.
I hope you follow this new mode of operation and cease being a distraction.
Ann Malley, you cannot get out of your punishment for sin by committing more sin. You cannot lessen your guilt by falsely accusing others. I think you should ponder this:
The last things are death, judgment, heaven and hell.
Death is the separation of man’s mortal body and immortal soul. It comes to all men as a result of original sin. It is a temporary state, for at the end of the world, all men shall rise again to be judged by Christ. Thus the whole man, body and soul, will be rewarded for the good or evil that he has done, body and soul, in this life.
At the moment of death, each human person is judged by God BASED ON HIS CONDUCT IN LIFE and goes immediately to his reward or punishment.Moreover, at the end of the world, Jesus Christ will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead. At that time, God’s whole plan for the world shall be revealed, and his mercy and justice demonstrated.
Heaven is the eternal state of perfect happiness resulting from the face to face vision of God, which is the reward of those who have served Him in this life.
Hell is the eternal state of torment and despair which awaits those who, in this life, have freely rejected God and the happiness which He offers.
Before the end of the world, there will be an intermediate state called purgatory.
This is very typical of activist. No one has blamed them for anything but they act like they treated so unfairly by nameless persecutors.
Where are you getting your tactics from, After the Ball?
Ann Malley, this isn’t about you and your quasi-religion.
This is an important article and I would thank you very much to not distract from the issues.
Ann Malley, why you persecuting a good Bishop who is trying to do his job according to Church teaching ?
There have been bad Bishops in San Francisco in the recent past.
It is not easy correcting and over-turning their purposeful blind eyes.
The issue is that the Catholic Church is infiltrated with many who do not know and or have the Faith, mous. That is not ‘my’ issue. That is your issue, that is if you are a believing Catholic.
Your posts would indicate otherwise, however, as you seem to opt for closing one’s eyes.
Please stop your distractions. This isn’t about you.and you are correct in saying it is not your issue.
You are not a member of the Catholic Church. You do not have kids in Catholic schools.
This is not about infiltration, it is about infidelity.
You yourself do not hold to the Catholic faith, so please, let those of us who are faithful discuss this without your distractions.
Anonymous says, to excellent Catholic writer, Ann Malley– “you are not a member of the Catholic Church. You do not have kids in Catholic schools…” (etc.) Anonymous, why do you ignorantly and maliciously mistreat Ann Malley, like a two-year-old?? Why don’t you act grown-up, and mature??
Linda Marie, Ann Malley is a member of an SSPX Church which is schismatic which according to the Catechism of Pope St. Pius V are a class of people, along with heretics and apostates are not members of the Church because they have cut themselves off from it. This is the clear teaching of the Catholic Church and Catholic Tradition.
From the Catechism of the Catholic Church:
2088 The first commandment requires us to nourish and protect our faith with prudence and vigilance, and to reject everything that is opposed to it. There are various ways of sinning against faith:
Voluntary doubt about the faith disregards or refuses to hold as true what God has revealed and the Church proposes for belief. Involuntary doubt refers to hesitation in believing, difficulty in overcoming objections connected with the faith, or also anxiety aroused by its obscurity. If deliberately cultivated doubt can lead to spiritual blindness.
2089 Incredulity is the neglect of revealed truth or the willful refusal to assent to it. “Heresy is the obstinate post-baptismal denial of some truth which must be believed with divine and catholic faith, or it is likewise an obstinate doubt concerning the same; apostasy is the total repudiation of the Christian faith; schism is the refusal of submission to the Roman Pontiff or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him.”
Linda Marie, would you please try to understand the seriousness of this article? And the danger of what is going on here?
Do you realize that Ann Malley’s error is the same as the teachers and students in these schools who decide that they know better than the Church?
Anonymous, understand that ‘Ann Malley’s’ error in your book is that she didn’t want her children to be scandalized and actually learn the Catholic Faith.
Needs must, and they often do. That seems to be your most serious issue as you seek to negate the very Catholic education to be had outside what you perceive as the Church.
As for ‘deciding they know better than the Church’,no, Anonymous. For it is not made up progressive malarkey that has been taught to my children, but rather what the Church has always taught – minus the slipshod notion that it’s all about interpretation. And that, sir/ma’am, is why there is a crisis. It was invited and manufactured.
Listen to Cardinal Burke, but better still, follow his example. And stop attempting to excommunicate and/or pronounce schism with only Anonymous credentials.
Satan be gone.
You teach your children that they do not have to obey the Church because it is too progressive. The schools (maybe?) teach the children that they do not have to obey the Church because it isn’t progressive enough.
What’s the difference?
One cannot progress beyond the Faith and Christ’s own words and claim lawful authority. Why? Because the authority derived is the very Word being denied.
That said, we are obeying the Church, Anonymous. For the Church is not some disembodied entity that began with the infusion of modern principles that are even now being wielded like a disease to destroy the Body.
Our Lord was and is God, friend. (Maybe) you don’t understand that which is why you falsely believe in evolution as pertains to Jesus’s own definitions.
I think you are just showing why obedience is so necessary. It is very easy to mislead yourself. You have to obey the Church.
This is the story here with the Catholic schools. Whether the kids were herded by gay activists or not, the prayer vigil indicates that they do not understand the value and the virtue of obedience.
Disobedience to Holy Mother Church always leads people astray and it never stops at just one thing.
You should obey the precepts of the Church. They should obey their bishop and not their own tenderized feelings for teachers who should not have ever been hired at a Catholic school.
This is the lesson why one must obey what the Catholic Church actually teaches and not the ‘interpretation’ that would consider it charity to not speak out against homosexual sexual relationships and cohabitation etc. (For while the magisterium does have the authority to manage doctrine, etc, they cannot manage documents which in themselves leave an opening for ‘legitimate’ misinterpretation. I understand that you do not see this, but think about ‘why’ Cardinal Burke is speaking out regarding what he would be compelled to do if the upcoming Synod, under the umbrella of ‘official’, should attempt to undermine the sacrament of marriage by going forward with the Kapser proposals)
It is the lack of precision regarding language and the clarification within ‘official’ documents regarding ‘how’ the documents that are to be interpreted that is the problem, Anonymous.
The prayer vigil is proof that these students are being misled as to what ‘charity’ is supposed to mean. For these issues you object to are being promoted as new interpretation of what ‘mercy’ means. That and ecumenical outreach.
So obeying the precepts of the Church is precisely what I do in seeking that which the Church has always taught so as to not subject myself and my family to the scandal of religious intent on reinterpreting charity,mercy, and now very clearly, the definition of marriage.
You should discern friends from enemies and adopt the demeanor of Cardinal Burke in your evangelization efforts
People fall for all kinds of crap and the internet is a breeding ground for lies. Just pray for them. Just because Cardinal Kasper is wrong, doesn’t make the SSPX right. The SSPX is a fraternity of suspended priests. It is not now nor has it ever been part of the Catholic Church. Just because someone says they are Catholic doesn’t mean they are. Just because someone tickles your ears doesn’t mean they are telling you the truth. Just because you don’t like the Catholic Church doesn’t mean you can set up an alternative church and call it Catholic, although a lot of suspended priests do that.
Ann Malley, yes the obedience is to the authentic Catholic teachings. Of course.
You know crap, Anonymous, because you just spewed it. For how on earth could a group of ‘suspended’ anything never have been legitimate if is now suspended? Why? Because something must be part of the group – in this case the Church – to fall under suspension.
Or do you punish other people’s children and put them on restriction when they don’t even know who you are or live next door.
You may want to take up your issue with setting up alternate realities in lieu of informed dialog regarding the Catholic Church. For just because Anonymous says so, does not, sorry,make it real.
Maddie, why are you aiding ignorance about problem in Church? And why aer you putting words of slander into other people’s mouths if not to aid in distracting from real problem inside “Catholic” schools?
https://www.sfarchdiocese.org/what-we-believe
Everyone, our good Archbishop is trying to turn a huge ship that has run aground over the past 40 years……he and we are fighting a spiritual battle. Please check out the archdiocese new website. What we believe is concise and to the point. Let’s support our AB’s efforts with all of our might. Saving souls is all that matters.
“…our good Archbishop is trying to turn a huge ship that has run aground over the past 40 years……he and we are fighting a spiritual battle.”
Very well said.
Maddie, you are correct, that Archbishop Cordileone seems to be a more faithful Archbishop, than his recent predecessors. Yes, we should all support him! However, why do you attack a good and faithful Catholic writer, like Ann Malley?? She speaks correctly, and justly, regarding the severe crisis in Catholic education! Many souls are lost, in the post-Vatican II Church, due to the irresponsibility of the Church, and her schools and institutions!
…thank you, Linda Maria. Being the product of a California Catholic school education, I’ve understood this disconnect for decades. But “Maddie” and “Mous” have an ax to grind. And it’s the ax that identifies, even more than a poster’s name – even if it is a new name.
I wonder if they troll Channel 7 news when stories break. Or tell reporters that they know nothing. (Remember Sgt. Schultz from Hogans Heros? “I know nothing. I see nothing.”)
Considering such defensive behavior is daily executed against news sources that speak out about the shenanigans perpetrated by our own government and political leaders, I would venture these folks are using the same playbook. That of distract, personally destroy, dissemble and move on.
Sad. But expected. For without the help of the above examples the corruption of Catholic schools would never have been accomplished.
Ann Malley, you are a product of these schools. We want the next generation to know the Church’s faith and morality and discipline and history accurately. We don’t want the next generation to be so ignorant and immoral. You went to these schools yet you married outside the Church; you failed to attend Mass for 30 years and then you left the Church for a wayward group of suspended Catholic priest who hung up a shingle. This is the seriousness that we are talking about.
I do not know what you were taught in these schools but either you did not pay attention, you rejected it or it was not taught to you.
Yes, you are a walking billboard for the need to improve the faith environment in these schools as are the two blocks worth of students with their signs and their lack of understanding.
No one is picking on you. We are faithful people trying to correct all errors. It is not OK for students in these schools to be taught by people who do not obey the faith and it is not OK for people who read this website to be taught by people who do not obey the faith.
You try to make it seem like those who call you out on your mortal sins must have mortal sins of their own, but that is not the case.
Yes, a was a product who knew the Faith from home and yet had it abraded from ‘religious’ at ‘Catholic’ schools. That is why I knew Tradition and the Faith when I encountered it – finally. I ‘knew’ the Lord’s voice, by way of grace, Anonymous.
You may want to stop thrashing the scandalized and those others who are even now educating Catholics to be Catholic and rethink your own mortal sins. And if you think yourself free of sin, you have not read your own posts and/or looked to the malice you ascribe to others, although by your own admission doing as much is not Catholic.
So absolutely, I am a walking billboard. I am a walking billboard of a scandalized sheep who had to go outside her diocese to find Catholic. And the reality that I know the Faith is a bur in your saddle, Anonymous. That is your only issue… at least judging by what you post.
Anonymous, perhaps she would listen to you more if you gave yourself a name, even a penname, as often you are confused with the “Anonymous” who is pushing so-called same-sex marriage. People cannot tell the difference at times. Until you choose a name, you are partially responsible for the confusion on here too.
Ann T I agree with you. Its hard to know which anonymous we are speaking to especially since there seems to be several. But this anonymous has been giving good posts. You can see their charity.
Ann Malley, if you knew the Faith, you would know that you cannot find Catholic outside of the diocese.
I am not in mortal sin. You want to think I am because of your pride and because you do not want to convert.
No one knows when their life will end.
Anne T., she isn’t going to listen to me if I have a name. She will just stalk me like she does abeca.
I am the anonymous who stands up for the Church’s teaching and yes, it is humbling when I share a “name” with someone who pushes same-sex marriage. It is part of the humiliation that the Lord allows, along with lies, false testimony, mean comments, derision, posters who refuse to answer an honest question but will mock and demean you. But named posters do not fare any better with those who have built their own version of the Catholic faith.
I’ve learned a lot about how little people really follow the Church’s teachings here. Anne T. you seem like a good charitable Christian woman. Abeca seems like she truly loves the Lord and His Salvation.
Nicely couched words do not charity make, Abeca. Your logic still astounds me. But I hope you had a great weekend.
Matthew 7:15″Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
16 You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles?
17 So, every sound tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears evil fruit.
18 A sound tree cannot bear evil fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.
19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
20 Thus you will know them by their fruits.
21 “Not every one who says to me, `Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
22 On that day many will say to me, `Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’
23 And then will I declare to them, `I never knew you; depart from me, you evildoers.’
“…Thus you will know them by their fruits.”This is precisely right, Anonymous, and why Catholics must cleave to that which was passed down – the Faith in fullness. Not Faith reinterpreted by those who would disguise themselves as angels of light to preach a different Gospel (…like those attempting to do a backdoor redefining of adultery at certain Synods).
So while you are preaching from ambiguity keep in mind the warning that was also given regarding what those who scandalize children will receive. Pretty stern stuff that. That is why you should step back and attempt to understand that those at Society chapels are seeking not to scandalize their children, but rather to pass on the fullness of Faith. For, as evidenced by this article, scandal abounds for many leaders within have become nothing but blind guides. And that leads to the pit.
Those who fled to the hills in Macabees were doing precisely what they should, Anonymous. For when the time was right they and their children were alive to retake the city. Try reading the signs of the times.
Either way you have an odd definition of ‘stalking’ and ‘humility’. You stalk named individuals for the purpose of instigation and purposefully remain anonymous so you can claim it is God’s will that you endure the humiliation of being confused with others.
Ann Malley I do not want to argue with you over this thread….nicely couched? Ann Malley isn’t that what you do when you agree with someone else? This is not about couched or not….its about THIS anonymous making sense here. Well anyhoo…..
I continue to pray for this good Archbishop. He is gentle and kind and deals with situations in his gentle ways. He must be feeling a lot of stress. It isn’t easy to deal with homosexual activist. Its a great spiritual battle. God bless this good Archbishop and help him get things done, even if its not at fast as people expect. Its not easy when we are dealing with evil forces, never easy and lots of times we do not get the results we pray for especially when we are out numbered and when people have free will and they choose away from God!
Ann Malley –
Regarding the SSPX – QUOTE:
” In order to make this clear once again: until the doctrinal questions are clarified,
the Society has NO canonical status in the Church,
and its ministers – even though they have been freed of the ecclesiastical penalty – do NOT legitimately exercise ANY ministry in the Church. ” UNQUOTE.
– Pope Benedict XVI, March 10, 2009.
https://w2.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/letters/2009/documents/hf_ben-xvi_let_20090310_remissione-scomunica.html
Abeca, it is your seeming approval of Anonymous because he/she delivers their message in what you deign a charitable way that I take issue with. For it is the message that should take precedence.
So while you focus on ‘how’ the message was seemingly delivered it is precisely a charitable spin that has Catholic school students believing charity now means to be nice, and supportive regarding that which goes against nature… and God’s law. It is the reinterpretation of what constitutes kindness.
That said, one shouldn’t just be kind when one agrees with someone. And while you believe that Anonymous makes sense, the misfired charity of Anonymous is the same that could be leveled now at Cardinal Burke for he is speaking very clearly about what you have labeled ‘tone of schism’ when many other’s speak the same message.
Do you agree with Cardinal Burke? I would hope so. For he is pointing out much of what I have been saying…. or do you think *he* is denying the promises of Jesus when he says he would be compelled to resist?
DOTTIE: Thank you, but that has been made very clear. That is not the point being debated, at least not by me.
And the ‘doctrine’ in question is the ‘authority’ of the magisgerium to define/interpret doctrine. So if you do not mind giving way to an authority that seeks, seemingly to redefine marriage, then that is your decision.
I would stand with the Faith as outlined by Cardinal Burke. And if matters should come to that, he would indeed be outside of ‘official’ new interpretation.
Linda Marie,
Ann Malley is not a good and faithful Catholic.
Per her own posts she attends a Church of a schismatic group called the SSPX.
Here is the CURRENT STATUS of the SSPX (Society of Saint Pius X) directly from the Vatican web site:
” In order to make this clear once again:
until the doctrinal questions are clarified, the Society has NO canonical status in the Church,
and its ministers – even though they have been freed of the ecclesiastical penalty – DO NOT LEGITIAMTELY EXERCISE ANY MINISTRY IN THE CHURCH. ” – Pope Benedict – March 2009.
https://w2.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/letters/2009/documents/hf_ben-xvi_let_20090310_remissione-scomunica.html
Excellency, you are doing what you are supposed to do. Now, do more. Expel any and all homosexual sexualists from any position in Archdiocesan schools, not just its high schools.
Next, use your moral, and other, authority against religious order schools that refuse to give up their homosexual-enabling positions and faculty/staff. Among other things, it is in the Bishop’s prerogative to challenge the use of the word “Catholic” by any school that is clearly not. There are other things, including financial, that you could also do.
Finally, Excellency, use Canon 915 against Catholic school administrators and faculty and staff that are homosexual, or that refuse your direction. Make their positions fully public, offer them the chance to repent, then take appropriate action if they refuse you.
Excellency, your good efforts are but a very small first step; good to be sure, but only a first step. The hard part is yet to come.
Yeah, the hard part will be trying to keep the empty churches open . . .
Not really Peter, if the Churches close so be it, we can return to the catacombs, be a smaller and holier Church….with no sodomites
Catacombs were not regular worship places. They were too small, and the Roman government officials knew where they were.
Utter nonsense. The Catacombs of St Callistus, for one, have an entire underground basilica, dating from pre – Constantian times. More fake history from the LA Religious Ed Conference, or Notre Dame ‘ s theology department.
SC ~ You write ” use Canon 915 against Catholic school administrators and faculty and staff that are homosexual,..” The state of just being homosexual is NOT a criteria under Canon 915 for excommunication.
“C&H”: And, this was not said. However, the state of actively being a practicing homosexual, and demanding homosexual sexual rights inconsistent with the Church’s teachings, particularly if the offender is a public figure, will bring Canon 915 into play. Try to pay attention better.
“peter”: The Churches are largely empty because the Faith is not, and has not been, taught for decades. Other “Protestant” churches are facing emply churches, too, just look at many, many Episcopalian churches, with their fluttery Sunday Dress-Ups for Ms. Jefferts-Schori and her (most lesbian) gal pals. When you say that the Church’s Tradition is unimportant, then nothing else really interests people: why go to a church that does not believe in itself?
Pope Francis and the loony-tunes “Gang of Nine” or “Eight” whatever, are simply making things up as they go along. No sense teaching that homosexuality is a sin, then whooping it up and yelling “bravo” when a young man tragically “comes out”, as did Cardinal Dolan (instead of counseling him to be chaste, and to immediately go to confession). Abp. Cordileone is simply trying to state, “this is what we believe in” and show it to all faculity and students. If they do not agree, then they should leave.
Time to root out the rogue elements from these high schools namely Ottersburg, Seqeiera, O’ Connor et al and stop speakers such as Cassin from spreading his poison.
Amen.
Nicholas and SandraD you are totally right on!!!
So much for ‘Shepherding the Flock’ – when it is obviously far more politically correct to for Students to be “Herded”…
– In to Political Indoctrination Pens (aka ‘schools’) run by ‘Happy’ Homo-Anal Harpies and assorted Twysted Systers of indulgence; where young Catholics can be administered a large dose of ‘tolerance’, right up the ole educational wazoo.
Think of the Countless Young Lives (Mostly Adolescent Boys targeted by Homosex Ephebophiles) forever harmed far beyond the power of money to cure or even comfort; and the loss of Billion$ in Treasure (40% to Attorneys) that could have done so much Good throughout the world –
And Wonder at a Church made too Afraid to even Protect its own Children – when the ‘Happy’ Tolerance Gaystapo targeted them.
How Could the Catholic Church Allow this Filth to flourish in its midst, were it not for the Activists & Enablers who leech off the same Faithful whose house they are also burning down as an act of ‘tolerance’?
When barely 1-2% of the population choose to act out such sick hatreds & vile pathological perversions as make Sodom by the Sea a mecca for them – and yet they are 60-80% of the “Teachers of Religion” in the ‘small ‘c’ catholic’ Schools…
Then indulgent bohemian insanity like ‘Pander or Perish’ is the only permissible ‘gospel of the Gaystapo.’
*Here is a Great Analysis by a Good Man of the Real War Going On:
The Honorable Rick Santorum’s 2014 Commencement Address at Trinity Christian School
Of course, as everyone knows except McDermott, pedophile and ebephophile gay people make up a small percentage of the 2% of the population that is gay male. He wants to conflate being gay with being a pedophile to promote his own hate agenda. If this were so, there would be 2-3 million gay pedophiles in California alone, and it’s pretty clear there are not.
Sorry YFC no one is buying what you are trying to sell. Sodomites are the biggest proponents of lowering the age of consent
Please sign the online petition in support of Archbishop Cordileone.
https://action.groundswell-mvmt.org/petitions/archbishop-cordileone-thank-you-for-keeping-our-schools-catholic
Thanks.
Please sign this petition. Thank you.
I posted the petition in favor of the Archbishop. I know it’s not a “faithful” Catholic site, but groundswell is where the opposition is and where they got all of our children to oppose Church teaching. So please read the petition and sign it showing your support of our most blessed Archbishop.
Just remember that despite who signs a petition in favor that our archbishop is man of strong faith and trust that in Jesus there are no mistakes and He will correct all things in His time. We are the instruments.
https://www.sfarchdiocese.org/what-we-believe
Concise and tto the point. excellent.
I signed the petition!
Back when I went to Catholic High School, students who opposed Church teaching would be expelled.
And teachers who taught or behaved in opposition to Church teaching would be fired as soon as the behavior was proven.
And the “new initiative” doesn’t even require the high school teachers to sign it. The students on the church steps obviously don’t know what the Church teaches or they don’t care (nice job religion teachers!). Wonder about the K-8 schools?
I also wonder how much of the archbishop’s initiative, et al, is undermined by homosexual priests in the archdiocese?
Bob: (1) When you clean up a river you start at the headwaters and work your way down. That’s where this initiative starts. (2) The K-8 schools operate under their parishes, so the Archbishop already has a “handle” on them through the pastor who hires the principal. See the headwaters point above.
Tom Byrne –
I’m afraid you slipped through a worm-hole into the 1950’s where our stately pastors would supervise the parish school and children under their care and all under the direction of a Bishop.
The truth is today pastors (priests) have very little control over the operation of the schools, if any at all. Ask your pastor.
Pastors do NOT hire the principals of the Catholic schools.
Schools operate as islands-apart of the parish at which they reside. When is the last time you saw a priest serve as Principal of a school? They are certainly capable.
Faith, morals, catechetical instruction, sacramental prep. are performed by non-clergy lay people in the schools (many not Catholic).
The Archbishop does not have a “handle” on parochial schools in a meaningful way and by a long stretch. This may be the next battle for him to fight we will see.
CJ:
I have taught in this Archdiocese for many years and pastors certainly have the final word in parish schools, and although I’ve known of some who took a hands-off policy, I’ve worked for other who were VERY hands-on, and not afraid to step in when they thought something wasn’t going the way it should. The chain of command is right there and it just has to be taken up. Principals are hired and fired by their pastors, as the DCS will tell you, and they just do the record-keeping and credentials analysis.
Dear Tom,
God love you and thanks for your service and don’t know how long ago…
Chain of command is that the Arch Dept of Schools supervises the schools and a different department supervises the priests/pastors.
Titularly the priests ‘supervise’ parish schools but in experience only titularly. It is the norm today that pastors do not direct the schools. See recent post here on CACatholic on Star of the Sea, This parish-school configuration is typical and there are reasons for this.
Don’t get me wrong. I think it is a shame and should be otherwise. But the AB has to do this now in part because the laity of the schools have been supervising themselves, under their own versions of authority, calling in father for a Mass when they need it.
“When you clean up a river you start at the headwaters and work your way down. That’s where this initiative starts. (2) The K-8 schools operate under their parishes, so the Archbishop already has a “handle” on them through the pastor who hires the principal. See the headwaters point above.”
Excellent Points TB!
However – More easily said than done, particularly at an age when stories of the ‘homely ghost’ & his pal the ‘cross eyed bear’ are just as plausible to many youngsters.
I regularly see posters saying ‘Refer to the CCC’ for your answers – yet this is not a second grade reading level document, and along with many other teachings need not be watered down – but framed in understandable terms to those still dealing with the Santa Clause issue (real or store employee…) and similar questions of that age.
We Spend a lot of money on Books for children to read in class – but so few of them seem more than either ‘Christian Comic Books’ (with Jesus in a bathrobe hanging outside a tent with donkeys & cows & unicorns & bigfoot…) – or simply having no moral content to speak of.
Perhaps it is time to foster our own Great Books Program – from Kindergarten on up, and let the ‘Scholastic’ hustlers pedal their wares in the public zoo.
All of us are the Church.
My Pastor often said that Catholics are called to be counter-cultural. He is right. If one teaches in a Catholic school, it is basic that they are expected to believe, behave and encourage others to be Catholic. If a parent sends their child to a Catholic school they should expect a deep training in the faith. The reason we have Catholic schools is not to provide superior educational opportunities, although we have a tradition of doing that, it is to provide a Catholic education based on the truths of the Gospel. If that is what you want for your kids, send them. If not, send them to a public school.
Absolutely correct Bob One.
And we all need the courage to state what you have in your February 9, 4:19pm post to the SECULAR media.
If the secular media for one minute states that the Muslims, Amish and other Faiths tolerate religious disobedience or heresy or bad examples within their schools, they are liars.
Those who do not respect and adhere to Catholic Church teaching – goodbye !
I can’t believe I actually agree with you….
Nicholas that online petition you posted is Not!!! put out by a Faithful Catholic organization!
Click on at the bottom of the page where they state who they are!!! Don’t sign it!!!!
I posted the petition in favor of the Archbishop. I know it’s not a “faithful” Catholic site, but groundswell is where the opposition is and where they got all of our children to oppose Church teaching. So please read the petition and sign it showing your support of our most blessed Archbishop.
Just remember that despite who signs a petition in favor that our archbishop is man of strong faith and trust that in Jesus there are no mistakes and He will correct all things in His time. We are the instruments.
Those high school kids have been dupted by not receiving the truth of the teaching of the Catholic Church…..and this has gone on for perhaps 2 generations! Not surprised that the LBGT activists are involved! They have their agenda that they are trying to push. They need many prayers and also should not be allowed to be involved with any ‘Catholic’ school in any way!
Archbishop, you are right on and being a true shepherd! Know that many prayers are being said for you….stay the course…..do not be afraid.
Please, all faithful Catholics, this is even more serious than it seems. Click on the link that says San Francisco Chronicle and read the story and see the pictures.
As you know, the teachers were not required to sign anything.
Every other bishop that tried to do this was pressured out of it.
Read this:
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Where-does-public-life-end-for-Catholic-6057915.php
Archbishop Cordileone needs our support.
The problem is not just gay activists like Cassin. It is the teachers, the students, the parents who place personal freedom ahead of Catholic identity and morality.
Be sure to click on the Facebook link in the article and watch the video there.
There is also a Twitter link.
https://twitter.com/4ourTeachers
Here is the link to the address that Archbishop Cordileone gave at this Mass.
https://sfarchdiocese.org/home/archbishop/speeches-addresses/speeches-and-addresses/2015/02/07/knowledge-virtue-and-holiness-address-to-catholic-high-school-teachers-convocation-february-6th-2015
We need to pray and fast for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on all these people. This is just as serious as the Synod.
Please ignore the trolls and do not let this thread get hijacked.
From the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith:
“There are areas in which it is not unjust discrimination to take sexual orientation into account, for example, in the placement of children for adoption or foster care, in employment of teachers or athletic coaches,
Bishop Barber of Oakland Diocese:
[Pam] Shay, [Principle of Bishop Dowd High School] said that when Barber visited with teachers at O’Dowd and other East Bay Catholic schools last spring amid the controversy, many told him that they were worried that they would be fired for being gay. But Barber told them that he wasn’t worried about gay teachers.
“He said, ‘That’s fine,’ ” Shay recalled Monday. “He said, ‘They should be welcomed in our community, too.’ ”
IF true, “Anonymous” then the Bishop’s comments are regretful. First, an active homosexual (one tha thas a partner, or who is anything other than chaste) has no business teaching in any Catholic School.
And, why is this? Well, experiences gained from children of this writer who had openly homosexual teachers has taught that these teachers: (1) brought their “partner” to various formal and informal school functions; (2) often used the “homosexual movement” (Stonewall riots, and all that), with many personal references, to show the “evils” of discrimination; and (3) were active in many LGBT activities and were all over the internet, which causes scandal (at least to Catholics) in that these people, as teachers, are automatically admired by many students.
The Biship should say, “I am sorry, but we are a Catholic Diocese and school; homosexuals that openly live out their sexual orientation are incompatible with this Faith and cannot teach here”. Of course, repentent homosexuals, who are chaste, are a different matter, and would be welcomed as teachers.
It will never, ever, work to admit active homosexuals as school administrators and teachers. Among other things, how will they ever teach the Catechism of the Faith, where what they do is clearly labelled as “disordered”. Their daily conduct is a living dispute with the Church’s teachings. This is compounded by the fact that they might be good teachers and “nice” people. (However a pagan that does good works is not saved, unless he conforms his life to Christ’s teachings)
St Christopher,
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Where-does-public-life-end-for-Catholic-6057915.php
According to this article, last year Bishop Barber wanted the teacher’s personal lives to conform to church teaching. It was too controversial so now it has been amended to state that teachers in their public lives must conform to Church teaching. According to Pam Shay, it is alright for a gay teacher to be married to a same-sex partner; it is ok for a teacher to live in sin, it is fine for a teacher to march in a pro-choice rally. They just can’t march in a school sweatshirt or post pictures of themselves in a school sweatshirt smoking pot on Facebook.
In other words, they do not have to conform to Church teaching at all. Just don’t leave any evidence that websites like CCD can find. (My interpretation.)
The new distinction is simply crazy, “Anonymous”. No “married” homosexual should ever, never, teach in any, any Catholic school. Any bishop, or priest, or lay person who says that this is fine needs to be sacked (or immediately resign).
The “public” lifestyle of being a sodomite is deeply offensive to Christ, and should be to His Church. Children, and their parents and grandparents, are not stupid, notwithstanding the beliefs of the Zombie-Left. If the Church, which says that homosexual sex is forbidden and that homosexuals are “disordered”, lives by its words, then homosexuals are so deeply morally flawed that their leadership of Catholic youth cannot be countenanced.
Sure, California Catholics in positions of power may fear reprisals to stating their beliefs but they should do this nonetheless. And, think of how much more important it would be for a “confused” Catholic student to avoid experimenting with homosexuality, or a homosexual who decides to forego sexual pleasure to find Christ in His Church, than for the Church itself to become more “accommodating”. This is the central problem with the upcoming Synod: a Church lead by leaders without much Faith will try to remove its foundations without the building collapsing. But, Christ’s Church is not a game of “Jenga”.
Yes, but it not just homosexual sex and marriage. It is all sin. All disobedience. The Catholic Church cannot collapse. We have God’s word on that.
…but her friends can betray Her and lead Her to crucifixion, Anonymous,whereupon She will imitate Her Spouse.
….and the promise that the Gates of Hell will not prevail means that Hell will not win or be victorious, Anonymous. Much like the Evil One did not prevail in killing Christ for He rose.
But you can choose Hell by your actions and people in mortal sin cannot rise by themselves.
Whoever this person is, would you stop your vicious, irrelevant misogynistic personal attacks on Ann Malley (and other usually female posters)? You are a bully, sir, and my experience with people like you is that when confronted face-to-face, you are pansies in person.
You’re correct, Anonymous,you can choose Hell by your actions.
Yet again, I thank you, Steve Phoenix. Your observations regarding what seemingly brave individuals will do when confronted is also my experience. That is why hiding behind the shield of Anonymous is so prevalent – much like those whom Pope Francis indicated are comfortably ensconced in their ivory towers.
God bless you!
From the Diocese of San Francisco: As effective professionals in a Catholic School setting, we all – administrators, faculty and staff – are required and expected to avoid fostering confusion among the faithful and any dilution of the schools’ primary Catholic mission. Therefore, administrators, faculty and staff of any faith or of no faith, are expected to arrange and conduct their lives so as not to visibly contradict, undermine or deny these truths. To that end, further, we all must refrain from public support of any cause or issue that is explicitly or implicitly contrary to that which the Catholic Church holds to be true, both those truths known from revelation and those from the natural law. Those of us who consider themselves to be Catholics but who are not in a state of full assent to the teachings of the Church, moreover, must refrain from participation in organizations that call themselves “Catholic” but support or advocate issues or causes contrary to the teachings of the Church… they must not only avoid public contradiction of their status as professional agents in the mission of Catholic Education, but are also called to conform their hearts, minds and consciences, as well as their public and private behavior, ever more closely to the truths taught by the Catholic Church.
There follows 15 affirmations which are Church teaching, including the belief in One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church and the truths of the CCC; the God given authority of the Magisterium and the infallibility of the Pope; the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist and the obligation to confess grave sin before receiving him and the requirement to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation; the existence of hell and the possibility of a person going there; the existence of Purgatory; the sacramental priesthood and the Church’s lack of authority to ordain women; the inviovility of human life and the sacredness of human life and the absolute rejection of intentional abortion; the promotion of chastity including the prohibition of all sexual activity outside of marriage; the evil of all extra-marital sexual activity incl, the use of pornography, masturbation, homosexual unions, adultery and fornication; the sinfulness of contraception; the sinfulness of homosexual acts; acceptance of marriage as between one man and one woman for life with exclusive fidelity; the preservation of civil laws requiring marriage to be between one man and one woman; the evil of artificial reproduction technologies and the evil of cloning and embryonic stem cell research.
This is paraphrased and shortened to fit CCD comment length. Please see the official statement here:
https://www.catholic-sf.org/ns.php?newsid=25&id=63175
Your thoughts on how gay teachers influence their students are very astute, Relaying their personal experiences of discrimination and other stories of hurt and rejection are very powerful. It alters the students perception of the Catholic Church as it becomes portrayed as an entity that causes hurt to people. People who stand up for the Church are belittled and demeaned and called names; their motives are questioned, they are falsely accused of doing or being things they are not and they are treated with contempt and have to endure derogatory comments about their character.
… and even more damaging is the influence of clerics who express similar attitudes.
Ann Malley, I saw your post above saying that you would stand with the Church as outlined by Cardinal Burke. Well you can stand with Her because Cardinal Burke is a loyal son of the Church. He always says exactly what the Church says.
He will never be outside the Church.
Cardinal Burke has updated a Catechism written by Father John Hardon. You can get it here:
https://www.mariancatechist.com/bookstore/index.html
… No, Cardinal Burke, if he stays his present course,will never be ‘outside’ the Church even if he should resist a legal proclamation/change. Faith demands that one defend it. I am already familiar with the link you provide, but thank you.
You have just made my point. Too bad there couldn’t be a name to go with your bold statements.
To Anonymous, DOTTIE, and all interested parties:
“Often, too, divine providence permits even good men to be driven from the congregation of Christ by the turbulent seditions of carnal men. When for the sake of the peace of the Church they patiently endure that insult or injury, and attempt no novelties in the way of heresy or schism, they will teach men how God is to be served with a true disposition and with great and sincere charity. The intention of such men is to return when the tumult has subsided. But if that is not permitted because the storm continues or because a fiercer one might be stirred up by their return, they hold fast to their purpose to look to the good even of those responsible for the tumults and commotions that drove them out. They form no separate conventicles of their own, but defend to the death and assist by their testimony the faith which they know is preached in the Catholic Church. These the Father who seeth in secret crowns secretly. It appears that this is a rare kind of Christian, but examples are not lacking. Indeed, there are more than can be believed. So divine providence uses all kinds of men as examples for the oversight of souls and for the building up of his spiritual people. (De vera religione, in Augustine: Earlier Writings, translated by John H. S. Burleigh [Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1953], 231.)
Exactly, Ann Malley!! And ONLY GOD can read our hearts and souls! People can say someone is in schism or a heretic, but that doesn’t make it so. God is our supreme judge! He will judge each of us accordingly! We will not be judged as a group of Catholics together. He will judge each of us, one on one, according to how we lived out our faith and obeyed his laws and commandments by the knowledge that He has given each one of us. I think you know what I’m talking about.
Ann Malley: Remnant Newspaper article to read by all interested. Read summay page articles: https://sspx.org/en/news-events/news/sspx-responds-to-false-accusations
RR and Ann Malley: Pope St. Pius V wrote is the Catechism of Trent on the 9th article of the Creed: I believe in the Holy Catholic Church:
With what great diligence pastors ought to explain to the faithful the truth of this ninth Article will be easily seen, if we attend chiefly to two considerations.
First, as St. Augustine observes, the Prophets spoke more plainly and openly of the Church than of Christ, foreseeing that on this a much greater number may err and be deceived than on the mystery of the Incarnation. For in after ages there would not be wanting wicked men who, like the ape that would fain pass for a man, would claim that they alone were Catholics, and with no less impiety than effrontery assert that with them alone is the Catholic Church.
The second consideration is that he whose mind is strongly impressed with the truth taught in this Article, will easily escape the awful danger of heresy. For a person is not to be called a heretic as soon as he shall have offended in matters of faith; but he is a heretic who, having disregarded the authority of the Church, maintains impious opinions with pertinacity. Since, therefore, it is impossible that anyone be infected with the contagion of heresy, so long as he holds what this Article proposes to be believed, let pastors use every diligence that the faithful, having known this mystery and guarded against the wiles of Satan, may persevere in the true faith.
This Article hinges upon the preceding one; for, it having been already shown that the Holy Ghost is the source and giver of all holiness, we here profess our belief that the Church has been endowed by Him with sanctity.
Reports are that Bernard Fellay is talking again with the Vatican. Lots of prayers for his return to the Church.
I am sure if we pray God will answer our prayers.
I pray for everyone to become Catholic and for all Catholics to be faithful.
“(2) often used the “homosexual movement” (Stonewall riots, and all that), with many personal references…”
Actually – the Bar was named Stonewall (and had one out back for ‘fun’) but the Riot was actually the:
‘Post Judy Garland Funeral Riot by Drunk / Drugged / Depraved Drag Queen Riot.’
Actress Judy Garland was an Icon to the ‘Friends of Dorothy’ (of Oz & the Castro District too) – who may or may not have ‘transitioned’ in to the modern scene. However, back in the day Garland was as admired as much as POTUS Barry ‘on the down low’ Soetoro / ObamAcorn is today…
Although both frequently partied with the admiring elite of Hollyweird (from Mickey Rooney to Dennis Haysbert & klan) – back then at least Garland could sing.
Archbishop Cordileone, my son would be expelled from his school if he did what these students did.
As for this (from the article);
My takeaway is that the faculty of the four schools are unified in their disagreement,” said a teacher at one of the schools, who requested anonymity based on fear for her job.
The teacher specifically noted that there is significant concern and solidarity for those who could be targeted by the new handbook and contract language, including teachers in each of the schools who are in same-sex marriages.
“If that language remains, I believe there will be a mass exodus of educators,” the teacher said.
A Mass Exodus of Teachers is what you want!!!
They taught all those kids that lined up for 2 blocks and somehow, those kids knew that their teachers would find this decision threatening. You have to ask what they have been being taught.
Please support Archbishop Cordileone with prayer (especially prayer from the Word of God and the Rosary) with fasting, with Holy Mass offered for him and for the purification of Catholic Schools, and please revive your own souls in the Sacrament of Confession.
11 Whenever Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed; and whenever he lowered his hand, Am’alek prevailed.
12 But Moses’ hands grew weary; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat upon it, and Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; so his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
13 And Joshua mowed down Am’alek and his people with the edge of the sword.
14 And the LORD said to Moses, “Write this as a memorial in a book and recite it in the ears of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Am’alek from under heaven.”
15 And Moses built an altar and called the name of it, The LORD is my banner,
16 saying, “A hand upon the banner of the LORD! The LORD will have war with Am’alek from generation to generation.”
Song of Solomon 2:4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
The “dinosaur” needs to insist that Catholic schools teach that homosexual acts are gravely depraved and intrinsically disordered.
And may those who are perpetuating this go the way of the dinosaurs. We know who the dragons are.
Amen to that Ann T.
Dinosaur? No indeed. What is being taught by some of these teachers is just the OLD immorality wrapped up in a “fresh” but deceptive package and presented as something new when it is as old as the cults of Sodom, Gomorrah, the “prophets” of Baal and Isis and the final stages of the pagan Roman Empire. It is they who are the dinosaurs.
I am so sorry for the Archbishop, as well as Bishop Barber, of the Oakland Diocese– and many other faithful Catholic bishops! The Church decided, at Vatican II, on “religious freedoms for all,” and independent, “self-responsibility” for all Catholics, quasi-Protestant-style!! The Church government ceased altogether, after Vatican II. The Code of Canon Law, revised by Pope St. John Paul II in the 1980’s— is seldom used, due to the “taboo” in discipline!! Without correct discipline and leadership, the Church will eventually fall to pieces and die, worldwide— except, of course, the doctrine exists, on paper! And the Bible also exists, as well as various editions of the Catechism! Our Church is sadly IRRESPONSIBLE, and millions of people, and their children, pay a HUGE price, and risk the salvation of their souls— lacking correct, dedicated Church leadership! It is RELIGIOUS FRAUD that the Church is carrying out, since Vatican II! Pope Francis is no help, either! All the Church wants, is babyish, immoral, secular 1960’s “hippie love and freedom!” No responsibility, nor discipline!
Right now, channel seven news is investigating the misbehavior of the principal of Riordan High School, run by the Archdiocese of San Francisco, because the principal is showing sexual videos to the teachers and they are NOT happy with his behavior.
They need our Archbishop to support them in getting this man to CEASE AND DESIST with this pornography, which even includes underage students in the videos.
Any parent, teen, or other adult, who knew or knows of sexual misbehavior in any Catholic School and does not report it to the appropriate Bishop / Catholic Diocese,
is just as Guilty as the perpetrator for allowing sinful behavior to continue.
CCC: ” 1868 Sin is a personal act. Moreover, we have a responsibility for the sins committed by others when we cooperate in them:
– by participating directly and voluntarily in them;
– by ordering, advising, praising, or approving them;
– by not disclosing or not hindering them when we have an obligation to do so;
– by protecting evil-doers. “
The people who reported this crime were themselves punished for being whistle-blowers!
That’s one of the worst things about this entire mess.
I know the Archbishop has a lot of things to handle right now, but he needs to crack down hard on this high school, which has the sacred duty of forming our boys into becoming good, holy Catholic men – and porn videos are not part of the program for such holiness!
“The people who reported this crime were themselves punished for being whistle-blowers! ” – per SF Dad
1. Who did they report this to?
2. When did they report it?
3. Did they have any documentation, or additional witnesses?
4. What punishment did they receive, and from whom ?
Please be specific with your answers to each question.
He doesn’t need to be specific – just watch the news clip yourself from ABC News:
https://abc7news.com/education/i-team-investigates-sexually-explicit-photo-video-scandal-at-prep-school/506641/
The teachers themselves describe what happened, how they complained, and what happened to them as a consequence! I can’t believe this man is permitted to stay on as Principal of a Catholic High School.
Read the news reports, Aiden! You can also find the Channel 7 ABC News material, on Google. Someone using the “Anonymous” pseudonym, also gave the correct website, in the above post. A truly horrible situation! “Bad” Catholic employees should be immediately fired! And excommunicated, too, if they refuse to repent of their sins! The Church has a duty to God, to protect her children! The post-Vatican II Church, with all its “freedoms,” is irresponsible!
Here are the Top Ten Myths about sodomites:
http://www.tinyurl.com/10SodomiteMyths
Be sure to let all parents of boys know about Myth No. 8.
Still peddling this junk?
Still denying Christ and His Church?
I wonder if it is possible, in the City of San Francisco, to convince anyone that same-sex marriage is wrong, or that same-sex marriage should be a limiting factor in one’s reception of Communion. I suspect that most people, Catholic or not, know what the Church teaches but don’t believe it or subscribe to it. So, what is the Bishop and his Pastors supposed to do?
” So, what is the Bishop and his Pastors supposed to do?” They are supposed to preach the Truth Bob One, not matter what the cost is, even if it offends, causes people to leave, or any other result… We are to confront the world not get along with it
“Bob One” such a foolish question, for a Catholic.
A bishop and priest are supposed to teach and live the Faith. Very easy to say, very difficult to do in this world.
Fr. Karl in an early blog referred to Christ’s own “Man Up” statement in the bible: “If the world hate you, know ye, that is hath hated me before you”. John 15:18. Not hard to understand: Go into the world, teach my Word, and many will hate you for it.
Christ was crucified, as were most of the Apostles and many early disciples. You never know what will come of saying what is True and Right, but, as a Catholic, you need to say it. That is what we are all “supposed to do”. (Even though the Zombie-Liberals love to suggest that the Truth is not worth the fight; just look at how fear of homosexual push-back derailed “Catholic” Bret Baier from speaking at a recent Legatus conference.)
There are obedient Catholics in the city of San Francisco.
Dear Friends,
I just signed the campaign: Archbishop Cordileone thank you for keeping our schools Catholic
It would mean the world to me if you could also add your name to this important issue. Every name that is added builds momentum around the campaign and makes it more likely for us to get the change we want to see.
Will you join me by taking action on this campaign?
https://action.groundswell-mvmt.org/petitions/archbishop-cordileone-thank-you-for-keeping-our-schools-catholic
After you’ve signed the petition please also take a moment to share it with others. It’s super easy – all you need to do is forward this email.
Thank you!
The Site offers Numerous ‘petitions’ – most of them appearing quite hostile to the Catholic Church and the Voters who made Proposition 8 Constitutional Law (turkey baster creationist court insanity notwithstanding) – but this one ‘petition’ cited does appear to at least pay some lip service to the Catholic Position.
Just a caveat to the ‘Wise Lurkers’ out there, that this internet package contains more than the contents listed here.
Yes Michael it is a hostile site to faithful Catholics…..but seemed a good choice to present a pro-Archbishop Cordileone petition right next to the oppostions. The momentum is building for our Archbishop and I’m sure we have more who support true Catholic teaching than oppose it–most of the signers in oppostion were High School kids that haven’t heard an honest agrument yet. Forget the other petitions and just focus on the “thank you” message of support to our Archbishop. Then pray hard for his continued courage against the evil rearing its ugly head. Thank you.
https://action.groundswell-mvmt.org/petitions/archbishop-cordileone-thank-you-for-keeping-our-schools-catholic
The 5 Stages of the Sodomite Agenda:
1. Tolerance
2. Acceptance
3. Celebration
4. Forced Participation
5. Punishment of Dissenters
Anytime immorality or disobedience wants to get the upper hand, the status quo is derided, ridiculed, portrayed as ignorant and insensitive, or as in not minding its own business.
A worthwhile addition to the ‘Debate’ was posted on ‘Renew America’:
Same-sex ‘marriage’ hurts no one? Tell that to the UK
By Gina Miller
https://www.renewamerica.com/columns/miller/150211
Even though they shun truth, reason and morality, the members of the radical homosexual movement do have on their side unity of purpose and single-mindedness in their “talking points.”
You will notice this in their statements all across comment forums, especially on Christian conservative websites that work to warn the nation and world about the manifold dangers posed by this militant sexual anarchy movement…
We have repeatedly outlined the inevitably disastrous consequences for our freedoms and the minds and hearts of our kids and future generations if this movement fully succeeds in cementing its demented agenda to destroy the meaning of marriage and to impose homosexual and “transgender” “rights” on the American people.
Loss of certain freedoms and liberties for those who oppose these things are a given, yet the homo-activists deceptively deny this in trying to sell their vile product.
On Monday, I got a glimpse into another country that debunks these homosexualist lies, and I want to share it with you. My editors at Renew America forwarded me an e-mail letter they received from a couple in the UK. In the couple’s brief note addressed to me, they easily shredded the lies of the sodomite movement:
The Pacific Justice Institute is not a Catholic affiliated legal group, although their positions & Defense of Student & Parent Rights in the Public Schools are in line with much of what is playing out in the Catholic Schools too.
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Failure can sometimes be ‘relative’ – and this article shows just how Far the Gaystapo feels ‘Catholic’ Schools must sink to meet their failing grade:
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SF Bay Area School Permits Queer Straight Alliance to Bully Students
https://www.pacificjustice.org/press-releases/sf-bay-area-school-permits-queer-straight-alliance-to-bully-students
A school district already in hot water for its controversial sex ed program has further infuriated parents by singling out and shaming students who don’t subscribe to politically correct views on gay issues.
Attorneys with Pacific Justice Institute sent a demand letter to attorneys for Acalanes High School late Wednesday over incidents last week where students were singled out and ostracized for their beliefs.
Students reported that, on Jan. 29, members of the school’s Queer Straight Alliance (QSA) took over all freshmen English classes to grill students about their beliefs and their parents’ beliefs on LGBT issues.
The QSA had students step forward to demonstrate whether they believed that being gay was a choice and whether their parents would be accepting if they came out as gay.
Students who did not step forward were ridiculed and humiliated…
Read about the “Book of Gomorrah” below, and how “of all the sins, the gravest is sodomy”, and how our obligation is to push back against these filthy demonic perverts.
http://www.bit.ly/1MhJIun
The Cardinal Newman Society has reprinted parts of an ‘Op-Ed’ published in the SF Chronicle – which is ironically more forthcoming about East Bay Politics than the ‘Digital First / Media News / Trying Times Syndicate’ that prints the east bay papers.
Unfortunately, the Chronicle has changed its internet protocols to allow access to stories (they want members / money) and this also blocked out the Opinion Piece that was generated outside their system.
Here are excerpts from Cardinal Newman, and I will look for the whole piece on other media, unless somebody gets there first:
“Archbishop Cordileone a ‘True Shepherd of Catholic Schools,’ Argues Newman Society’s Bob Laird
Despite severe criticism, Archbishop Cordileone is taking a stand and helping Catholic schools fulfill their true mission, argued Bob Laird, vice president for program development at The Cardinal Newman Society, in his San Francisco Chronicle op-ed.
“Statement of the High Schools of the Archdiocese of San Francisco Regarding the Teachings and Practice of the Catholic Church.”
The statement provides clear guidance for the moral conduct of archdiocesan teachers, explaining why they cannot publicly support causes or issues that are contrary to the teachings of the Church.
Revised teacher contracts that clarify and further affirm the schools’ Catholic identity and mission were also developed…
But the criticism thrown at Archbishop Cordileone is wholly undeserved, argued Bob Laird, defending the San Francisco archbishop as “a true shepherd of Catholic schools.”
“If the mission of Catholic schools is to form students both in knowledge and in faith, then he is simply doing his job”.
Obey the Lord. The Lord established the Holy Catholic Church. There is only One. Attend the parish that you are geographically assigned to. If there are problems at the parish, then God has given you the job to pray and fast and possibly complain. If you want to attend a Latin or Spanish or Tagalog or other Mass that your parish does not have, please do your pastor the courtesy of asking his permission, although this is not technically necessary. If things are happening in the parish that make you uncomfortable giving your tithe there, you owe it to your pastor to let him know of your difficulty.
We are Catholic. We are one body. It is not a coincidence that you live where you live and that you are assigned a parish. There is a God. Really there is and He is involved in every aspect of your life, most especially in your spiritual life. Do not be afraid. Pray for fortitude. Pray for humility. Pray for the gift of obedience.
To the teachers and students, you also must obey lawful authority. If you are Catholic, you must obey the bishop. If you are not Catholic and you have issues with the Catholic faith, then you must decide what your integrity is worth. You should not attend or teach at a Catholic School hoping that your example with help those stupid Catholics realize how dumb they are. You should accept everything the bishop says in your personal, professional and public life. It is not that difficult and it will save you from much trouble and sorrow.
Take heed: the enemy of souls often hides himself under the appearance of an angel of light . . . Hearken to the counsels of your superiors.’