The following comes from a June 9 LifeSite News article by Lisa Bourne:
San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone offered Bay-area Catholic teachers a different approach last week to affirming Catholic teaching through new language in faculty handbooks, gaining apparent support from a lot of his teaching staff.
Inviting faculty to be part of the process, and also taking responsibility for previously upsetting some people, the archbishop said he needed another method to achieve the goal of definitively proclaiming Catholic identity for the sake of young people attending archdiocesan high schools, and on June 1 he released a revised version of proposed handbook language.
“This rewrite has been well received by a large number of faculty teaching in the Archdiocesan high schools,” Archdiocese of San Francisco Vicar for Administration Father John Piderit told LifeSiteNews.
The proposed language has been one part of the controversy in San Francisco over the last several months stemming from some residents upset over the archbishop’s effort to reinforce Catholic identity and principles in archdiocesan high schools.
“The archbishop decided to change the addendum language because he acknowledged that the original language was written in a short-hand form, intended for those familiar with the teachings expressed in the Catechism of the Catholic Church,” Father Piderit told LifeSiteNews. “For people not familiar with Catholic dogma or theology or the structure of the Catechism, the language appeared insensitive.”
Father Piderit maintained that while taking a more pastoral tone, the new documents do not compromise on Catholic teaching. “None of the doctrines were watered down in the new version of the Addendum,” he told LifeSiteNews. “It is still the teaching of the Catholic Church.”
While a new draft document for the handbook language has been released, teacher contract negotiations are still in progress, Father Piderit said, and are nearing an end. Some found the terms “minister” and “ministry” that had originally been part of the proposed new contract clauses upsetting, and they are now not part of the suggested contract language.
“Clearly, the Archbishop feels that one can express well the central core of a Catholic school without having to use these words,” said Father Piderit.
In addition to a more pastoral tone, the new language also gives a more comprehensive view of Church teaching than the initial focus on sexual morality. Another goal with the document, the archbishop said, will be to give teachers a more profound understanding of Church doctrine.
“I have also begun discussions on finding ways to offer you, our teachers, opportunities to understand more deeply the truths the Church teaches, to help you better understand the ‘what’ and, especially, the ‘why’ of the full range of Church teaching,” Archbishop Cordileone said. “The document which is eventually finalized could possibly serve as a basis for how this will be done.”
Originally set to go into effect with the coming school year, work on the new proposed handbook language will instead extend into the school year, with an emphasis made on taking ample time and giving teachers the opportunity to study it and give feedback.
It would be interesting to see the actual document. Based on the Apb.’s record in Oakland, I smell capitulation; but I’m very willing to be pleasantly surprised.
Homosexual Acts, Fornication, Adultery, viewing Pornography are all MORTAL SINS. The unrepentant will spend eternity in Hell.
For those who want the exact wording of what the Church teaches regarding homosexual acts:
SACRED SCRIPTURE – Gen 19:1-29; Rom 1:24-27; 1 Cor 6:9-10;
1 Tim 1:10; Jude 1:7.
DOCTRINE of the FAITH – CCC # 2357 ,2358, 2359, 2396.
Those who are in public schools should never shame or embarrass the Church or scandalize adults or children by their behavior at any time – if they wish to retain their employment.
CCC: ” 2285 Scandal takes on a particular gravity by reason of the authority of those who cause it or the weakness of those who are scandalized. It prompted our Lord to utter this curse: “Whoever…
Remember that some teachers and some students are not Catholic.
If they choose to teach or attend a Catholic School they are foolish if they think Catholic Doctrine in entirety will not be upheld.
They have the choice of attending non-Catholic schools if they don’t like it.
But do not expect us to change any of our Faith for your benefit.
SFO has had a couple of TERRIBLE Bishops before Abp Cordileone.
This is why so few Catholics in the SFO Diocese are so ignorant about the Faith.
All literate Catholics must read the “Catechism of the Catholic Church” second edition (1997).
CCC: ” 1791 This ignorance can often be imputed to personal responsibility.
This is the case when a man “takes little trouble to find out what is true and good,
or when conscience is by degrees almost blinded through the habit of committing sin.
In such cases, the person is culpable for the evil he commits. “
Good to see the Archbishop wearing his Chargers hat! Yes, writing from San Diego.
Anonymous, I’m sure you meant “This is why so MANY Catholics in the SFO Diocese are so ignorant about the Faith” rather than “This is why so FEW Catholics in the SFO Diocese are so ignorant about the Faith.”
(Not trying to be snarky. It’s an honest mistake and I’ve made similar ones.)
Problem solved.
Case closed.
Next.
Righty-o!
Today the Archbishop of Minneapolis and one of his auxiliaries resigned because of the long-adjudicated child sex abuse scandals. NPR has traced coverage back to 1985. So, for 30 years we have endured a hierarchy that is unwilling and unable to deal with this scandal, and our pews have emptied as a result. The only good thing is that this AB resigned before he was criminally convicted, not afterwords like Bishop Finn. How these Bishops ever thought they could be role models for parents when they were covering up these shenanigans has always been beyond me. That we are finally starting to get to the bottom of it may mean we can finally start to see our Church reengage the path that the Holy Spirit lays out for us.
YFC,
They are NOT getting to the bottom of it yet. You’re living proof. When they do finally get to the bottom of it , even YOU will eventually be converted to stop offending God.
Dear Your Fellow Catholic,
Please check out Dr. Donohue’s TRUE letter he put out today on the Catholic League! There is a ‘witch hunt’ against all the Orthodox Bishops. The devil is having a ‘field day’ !!!!!!! It is quite obvious. Pray for Our Bishops, there is big time spiritual warfare going on attacking them.
Elizabeth, if you think he is the victim of a witch hunt against an Orthodox Bishop, rather than having to resign for his role in covering up the sex abuse scandal, then you are part of that coverup too.
It may be an act of extreme kindness,YFC, to say that the Archbishop and his auxiliary resigned. They were told to resign, got fired, or else. This is an initial step in the new oversight of Bishops and how they handle the sex abuse crisis. We may see more and more often. This Pope, at least, is not going to put up with the abuse scandal. Neither are the people in the pews. Maybe now people will start coming back to Mass.
Of course Bob One its all about numbers and not about Holiness ….