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Katrina5
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This is interesting…
I knew a fundamentalist protestant teacher who taught for two years at my old Catholic grade school.
That is, it took two years to get her out and clean up the mess she created.
We never knew how she got the job to begin with, found out later they were “desperate” for teachers at the last minute before school started.
When I met her later and talked to her, she admitted she had an “agenda” to “bring Catholics to Christ”, but the situation finally got too heated and she backed out. She didn’t know who I was when she told me this, or that I’m Catholic. She didn’t seem to care.
She is part of a very loud group of wives at my friend’s church. They don’t allow women to teach in their church.
I knew a fundamentalist protestant teacher who taught for two years at my old Catholic grade school.
That is, it took two years to get her out and clean up the mess she created.
We never knew how she got the job to begin with, found out later they were “desperate” for teachers at the last minute before school started.
When I met her later and talked to her, she admitted she had an “agenda” to “bring Catholics to Christ”, but the situation finally got too heated and she backed out. She didn’t know who I was when she told me this, or that I’m Catholic. She didn’t seem to care.
She is part of a very loud group of wives at my friend’s church. They don’t allow women to teach in their church.
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Lutheranteach
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I teach at a Catholic School this year. I would not say I have an agenda, but I also don’t hide the fact from students that not everyone believes the same thing they do. And there are certain things I simply don’t teach. I recuse myself and the principal comes to the class for 40 minutes and teaches religion that day. I’m amazed at how many 8th graders really think there are only Catholics, Muslims and Jews in the world.
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Katrina5
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At least you are honest!I teach at a Catholic School this year. I would not say I have an agenda, but I also don’t hide the fact from students that not everyone believes the same thing they do. And there are certain things I simply don’t teach. I recuse myself and the principal comes to the class for 40 minutes and teaches religion that day. I’m amazed at how many 8th graders really think there are only Catholics, Muslims and Jews in the world.
Things have changed so much when I was in school (1955-67) and Catholic faith permeated our lives. I doubt the kids you teach are as sheltered as we were, but I think it’s good that you let them know there’s a bigger world out there.
Our textbooks were Catholic-- music book was called To God Through Music, the stories in the readers had priests and Catholic families as characters, Geography class had stories of a boy and his father traveling around the world and going to Mass where, “it was the same Latin Mass in every country!”
So it wasn’t just a religion class. It was a Catholic “culture”.
I also remember being called a “Cat-licker” at the schoolbus stop, across from the “pup-licker” kids’ schoolbus stop. It was done in fun.
We weren’t told much about other religions until the higher grades.
We had nuns as teachers, or lay teachers who were Catholic.
Most of the students at the school where my parish is located are not Catholic. They have to wear the uniforms, and their parents are happy that they are getting a good education, and learning some self discipline, but we have no nuns.
Two of our Catholic schools will be charter schools starting this fall. They have to remove all the religious articles, pictures, etc. There will be no religion classes. In fact it almost sounds like it has be “godless” in order to get the $$$. Kind of sad, I think.
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kingal86
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I can’t believe the teacher pretending to be a Catholic called Communion “the bread thing”. I learnt what Communion was in RE in a secular English primary school (before age 12) when doing the Easter story, it’s one of the basic parts of Christianity (though I guess a lot of churches in America rarely have it).
And why wouldn’t he or she confess pre-marital sex? I guess she was embarrassed and feeling guilty about lying, or didn’t know the priest had to keep everything s/he said confidential? I wonder if the teacher went through a whole RCIA or claimed to have lost a baptismal certificate and somehow convinced the priest s/he was a lapsed Catholic?
And why wouldn’t he or she confess pre-marital sex? I guess she was embarrassed and feeling guilty about lying, or didn’t know the priest had to keep everything s/he said confidential? I wonder if the teacher went through a whole RCIA or claimed to have lost a baptismal certificate and somehow convinced the priest s/he was a lapsed Catholic?
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curlycool89
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As far as I was aware, there was only 1 non-Catholic teacher in our Catholic high school. The school board has an exception if there are no qualified teachers in a specific field. The guy was Greek Orthodox and taught grade 11 and 12 physics (I had him in grade 12, he was very good), so it’s not like it would be been too different to have a Catholic teacher.
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Rence
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Would a Cathlolic school hiring a new teacher request a baptismal certificate? When is it actually required to be presented? I’m assuming for marriage it would be required.
I only ask because I am my nephews godmother, and the priest never asked for any documentation, only took my word, that I am Catholic.
I only ask because I am my nephews godmother, and the priest never asked for any documentation, only took my word, that I am Catholic.
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Dale_M
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I think it would depend on the school. In the St. Edmond case (Fort Dodge, Iowa), the school merely asked the teacher to sign a statement saying that she would not publicly advocate “principles contrary to the dogmatic and moral teaching of the Church.” Being a Christian wasn’t necessary to be a teacher, just that the teacher would not be anti-Christian/anti-Catholic.Would a Cathlolic school hiring a new teacher request a baptismal certificate? When is it actually required to be presented? I’m assuming for marriage it would be required.
As for the priest not requiring a baptismal certificate for you to be a godmother… I don’t know.
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MarkEvans
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Rence, my wife was the Parish secretary for two years and the religious ed coordinator this year. She helped many families organized their sacramental records. I’m not excusing the priest who didn’t ask, but maybe he is under the impression that the front office takes care of the details? In my opinion and knowing how the Parish secretary works, providing sacramental records is a must-do. Of course in small Parishes, it is easy to know families and their sacramental records.Would a Cathlolic school hiring a new teacher request a baptismal certificate? When is it actually required to be presented? I’m assuming for marriage it would be required.
I only ask because I am my nephews godmother, and the priest never asked for any documentation, only took my word, that I am Catholic.
As a Baptism catechist I answer a lot of questions about who can be a Godparent. Unless you and your family are well known to the priest, he or the parish office should have had you provide proof of your Confirmation and be satisfied that you are a practicing Catholic.
The two issues are different. As a Godparent you must be Catholic as you have a duty to assist in the religious upbringing (catechesis) of the child. A teacher in a Catholic school needs to be a good teacher and respect the religious needs of the children.
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