Bishop: why maintain schools that are 'Catholic in name only'? [CWN]

[CWN_News]

In a New Year’s Day pastoral letter, an English bishop asked the faithful to “join me in grappling with the two-fold task of planning how our diocese’s parishes and schools adapt” to new …

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[michaelmas]

Good point.

 

[DihydrogenOxide]

These schools are more dangerous to students’ schools than good, for the majority.

It mostly stems back to the acceptance of state/federal funding, and thus, the implementation of EOE. Half of the teachers are not catholic. I know, I used to teach at one.

That and they were overrun by muslim kids.

 

[sedonaman]

Re: “Is it time for us to admit that we can no longer maintain schools that are Catholic in name only? … We will not be able to find answers to these questions by human effort and planning alone …”

I don’t see why not. Looks like a no-brainer to me. Better no schools than ones that fill students with lies and misrepresentations.

 

[StJudePray4Me]

And perhaps the money is better spent on better religious ed programs for the majority.