Time for another "Mission from God."
Great news for all the NEA. Now more kids will be stuck in the suckie inner-city publik skuls.
As much as this both distresses and outrages me, it can also be viewed as a good news/bad news scenario.
Many of us know that the majority of parachial schools have long since ceased to be Catholic in any real way. A large number of them in this and other major cities cater to a mostly non-Catholic student body. Most schools teach - if not outright heresy & error, at least a very badly watered down version of Catholicism.
Along with these now built-in problems is the financial issue. These schools cost the local parish and the diocese huge sums of money to operate - AND they do not teach the faith. So, we are being robbed to pay for this charade.
This is largely the result of the nuns having burned their bras in the 60s, and refusing to teach - or demanding to be paid real salaries (despite the fact that they are on a vow of material poverty!). Hence the need for the hiring of a salaried all lay faculty.
There is also the monetary "black hole syndrome". Many pastors who have sticky fingers regularly will "launder" money through the school.....or will outright steal the Diocesan subsidy to run the school. While your local Chancery office may wish that I not write this - it is an open secret among the apostate members of the clergy. It is a joke to them.
So - as much as I do not wish to see the disappearance of the schools. There are really only two choices left: either make them function as Catholic schools for Catholic children, teaching and nurturing the faith in the young..........or shut them down.
I will give you one guess as to which of those two options my (your) Lord Bishop will opt for...........
This is exactly what the church wreckers of the New Order have dreamed of for the past 40 years, now it's coming to fruition.
It's not that bad though. I have to keep reminding myself we're in the midst of the glorious springtime fortold by John Paul "The Great".
Time for another "Mission from God."
There are several reasons for doing so,not the least of which is the money that was and still is being paid out,in the open and quietly,to the victims (male and female children and female adults)of some priests.And, many of these schools were opened 100 years ago,or so,when each group of immigrants demanded their own churches and Parrish schools,even though there were already perfectly good ones a block away.The trouble was...they were Polish.for example, and the other congregation was some other ethnicity.
There are also NOT enough Catholic pupils and almost NO teaching nuns now.The parochial schools that cater to the more affluent,are doing just fine and are even expanding! It's the schools that poor and lower middle class attend,that are closing.
I know all about this,because one of my oldest,dearest,closest friends is a principle of a parochial school.The one she began teaching in,many decades ago and then became principle of,closed last year...it's 100 year anniversary. She's now the principle of another one,since her school was closed due to the lack of pupils and yes,the money problems.
The church in the inner city must wake up and make sure their faithful vote for republicans who support school choice, voucher programs and tuition tax credits for the wealthy. Until then, many catholic schools will close nationwide.
Paging Jake and Elwood Blues,your services are needed,just dont piss off the penguin lol