Vaccines Required for Catholic School

[YourNameHere]

Well said, Julian. Your suggestion is the best way to go!

 

[Anicette]

the fact the Church encourages the vaccines does not equate to make them a mandate, nor that anyone should not have his personal opinion.
There may be some steps before to find an acceptable situation for both parents for school and vaccinations before going to court to force one of them…

 

[pnewton]

This seems to be more a legal issue. I have never heard of a 50/50 split on making decisions for this very reason. This is a problem that will have to be rectified eventually.

 

[dochawk]

If your ex is open to having the boys at this Catholic school, the school may make an exception to the vaccine requirement –

I would have been horrified if any of the Catholic schools to which I sent my children made such an exception . . .

Although if it were the reason that my grandchildren are one vaccine short (that there is no non-aborted-fetal source!), I would be more understanding, I suspect. As it it, my daughter had to hunt high and low to find “ethical” vaccines for a couple of the rest, and is still hunting . . . . very much not anti-vax, but not willing to participate in these abortios.

This seems to be more a legal issue. I have never heard of a 50/50 split on making decisions for this very reason

That’s pretty much what “joint legal custody” (as opposed to physical, or “primary care, custody, and control” means).

hawk

 

[Frankenfurter]

You should teach them the Catholic faith yourself. You are their primary source of their education. Catholic schools can turn kids away from the faith too.

Just keep in mind that to teach the Gospel to kids, they learn not from a formal classroom, but your example, how you live.

Show them how God is incorporated into your soul. Use the opportunity to get your relationship with Christ together. They will learn from you doing that as well. They watch and copy what you do.

Teach the Gospel. When necessary, use words.

Catholic parishes have religious formation classes for folks like you too. No vaccines needed.

 

[JulianN]

They may not be a mandate, but one cannot use the Church as a basis for claiming a religious exemption. That is simply disingenuous.

And certainly no Catholic school should be making an exemption for anything other than medical issues.

 

[JulianN]

Catholic parishes have religious formation classes for folks like you too. No vaccines needed.

Where I was a DRE, they certainly were. Unless the child had a medical exemption. Since someone in faith formation is presumably a Catholic, there is no faith-based exemption.

 

[Anicette]

If a State let the choose to vaccinate or not, or let the choice for some vaccines, I don’t see why a Catholic school should do more and impose vaccines that are not a mandate.

 

[pnewton]

That’s pretty much what “joint legal custody” (as opposed to physical, or “primary care, custody, and control” means).

hawk

I know it is a state by state thing, and here there must be a primary conservator for this reason. It is simply not possible to both vaccinate, and not vaccinate for a given vaccine. It the parent cannot make that choice to vaccinate, does the other have the choice not to vaccinate?

 

[JulianN]

Because the state is required to accommodate a variety of religious beliefs. A Catholic school is not. And there is no Catholic faith-based exemption to vaccination.

 

[CatholicELATeacher]

That won’t be happening at my school, that’s for sure. The other Religion teacher is old school Dominican and I’m probably more old school than he is.

 

[Anicette]

Opposition to vaccination is not always because of medical condition or faith-based exemptions. There is as many reasons as people.

With this extreme view my child could not be enrolled in a Catholic school, because one vaccine is missed. Of course, as it is not a mandate where I lived, no school, Catholic or public would refuse enrollment!

As long it is not a mandate, the parents are not obligated to transmit medical papers of their child.

 

[dochawk]

It the parent cannot make that choice to vaccinate, does the other have the choice not to vaccinate?

If they can’t agree, they go to court.

It doesn’t work well at all in cases like this . . .

 

[JulianN]

Fortunately, in most schools, it is a mandate. In order to get an exemption, you have to provide some documentation of why you are requesting it. In a Catholic school, the general rule is that the exemptions are for medical reasons only. YMMV.

 

[Anicette]

As I said, If the vaccines are mandate by the State, the school have no choice than to followed the rule.
But it should never ask more than what the naw requiered.

 

[pnewton]

I can only speak for myself, but I would do what I think it best, and if that meant I ended up in court, it is better sooner than later, and at least establish parameters. I would deem that it is worth it for the welfare of my children. If giving in on decisions is done to avoid losing the power to make decisions, there really is nothing risked.

 

[Wife.of.Gabriel]

i think it is not a good idea to call refusal of vaccines a “crinimal behavior”.

I didn’t call refusal of vaccines “criminal behavior”. To clarify, the criminal behavior I was referring to is signing affidavits she knows to be a lie. She’s reported to have signed multiple affidavits stating that it’s against the Catholic religion to get vaccinations. Each incident is a separate crime and she could go to prison, if prosecuted.

 

[Jrp72]

As a public school principal, we are allowed to grant waivers to the vaccination requirements based on one of two criteria

1. Moral/religious objection…no way to fight this or verify its validity
2. A note from a physician stating the student is unable to receive vaccinations because of a health issue. ( Have seen this once in 15 years)

If there is an outbreak during the school year for diseases in which a student is not vaccinated, the student may be excluded from school for the period of time determined by the state board of health.

 

[vz71]

They may not be a mandate, but one cannot use the Church as a basis for claiming a religious exemption. That is simply disingenuous.

If it is not a mandate, why not?

 

[JulianN]

I’m sorry—I was unclear. I meant that the Church does not mandate vaccines as an article of faith. They are simply encouraged. Schools do often (and should) mandate vaccines.

However, one cannot claim a religious exemption in the basis of being Catholic—as if vaccines were somehow against our faith. They are not—quite the contrary.