One of the best Bishops around.
Posted on 09/13/2014 4:14:49 AM PDT by markomalley
The Santa Rosa Diocese’s contract addendum by which teachers at Catholic schools will affirm their acceptance of Catholic teaching is reportedly still on track for implementation.“There is no intention not to do this [and] it will happen at some point,” said the communications director for the Santa Rosa diocese, Brian O’Neel, according to Petaluma 360.
Last year, diocesan Bishop Robert Vasa announced plans to have all parochial elementary and high school teachers within the diocese sign an agreement in their revised contracts to “bear witness” and affirm Church teaching. The moral addendum will reportedly include acknowledgement that contraception, abortion, homosexual marriage, and euthanasia are “modern errors” and grave offenses to human dignity.
The Cardinal Newman Society reported on Bishop Vasa’s statement saying that the plan was postponed in order to provide “an opportunity to teach [by] prepar[ing] presentations for principals and teachers on ‘matters of faith and morals.’”
“[BishopVasa] quickly understood that he had to do a little preparatory work first, so that is still where we stand,” O’Neel reportedly stated. “He is continuing to speak with educators and administrators so that the groundwork is laid.”
Bishop Vasa reportedly told Santa Rosa teachers that Catholic teachings cannot “be left up to a person’s own discretion.”
Despite some pushback, other dioceses across the country are following suit and implementing similar language in their teacher contracts. The Diocese of Columbus in Ohio, the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, the Diocese of Oakland, and the Diocese of Honolulu have all made efforts to revise contract language in order to strengthen the Catholic identity of their respective schools.
O’Neel reportedly speculated that the implementation of new contracts in other dioceses shows that bishops recognize “where culture and society are heading” and are striving to make necessary changes. “They understand that steps need to be taken in order to safeguard the integrity of how the faith is presented and passed on in our parochial schools.”
This is such a good thing.
How are they going to enforce it?
2) Anyone who does sign it and publicly violates the contract, gets fired.
3) No penalty for "secret" violation, since the Church doesn't do surveillance.
So you’re safe so long and you lie about it.
Depends on what you mean by safe? Safe from juridicial action on the part of the Church for violating the terms of the contract? Probably. Deception is deception. So what's so special about the Church in that regard? Does your employer approve of all of your extracurricular activities and do you tell all when you get in the office on Monday morning?
Are they safe from eternal damnation at their particular judgement for engaging in gross moral evil? No.
Mrs. Don-O had three parts to her reply. You have to read past the first part.
The only alternatives would be universal hostile surveillance, and/or brain implants to make you think and do as ordered.
Neither of which the Church is interested in.
Tattletales
Snitches
Canaries
Rats
Stool pigeon (my favorite)
Whistle blowers
One of the best Bishops around.
Re-affirm contracts: good
We’ve lost the culture war!
But lawsuits brought against the School will still be adjucated by juries and judges that will be against the Church and against these constraining “unnatural” morals: conclusion the Church will still lose a lot of these.
We’ve lost the culture war!
You have to rebuild the church and christianize the population again before things can swing back. We can still win elections with mostly flawed candidates, but things wont swing back through politics.
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