Amazing, San Franc. archbishop teaches gay marriage and homosexuality are evil

[1seeker]

Feast your eyes on this! Cordileone strikes again

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2942090/Archbishop-lists-expectations-Catholic-school-teachers.html
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-Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone unveiled a new handbook that calls homosexuality, same-sex marriage, abortion and birth control 'evil'

-Activists say handbook goes against Pope Francis' message of inclusion

-Handbook would take effect at four Bay Area Catholic schools in the fall

-Cordileone says additions are not meant to target teachers for dismissal


The Roman Catholic archbishop of San Francisco has unveiled a controversial document that instructs staff at Catholic high schools to refrain from saying or doing anything publicly that contradicts church doctrine.

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone's new faculty handbook describes homosexuality, same-sex marriage, abortion, birth control, sex outside of marriage, the viewing of pornography and masturbation as 'evil.'

The handbook additions would take effect in the 2015-16 school year at Archbishop Riordan and Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep in San Francisco, Marin Catholic in Kentfield, and Junipero Serra in San Mateo County.

[mikemac]

 

[Traditionalmom]

I remember when he was first made bishop. He's was a HUGE prop 8 guy and the homosexuals hate him for it. Now they are really gonna hate him. I thought it was a good choice when Benedict XVI made him bishop of San Francisco-home of the infamous Castro district and Most Holy Redeemer pro-sodomite parish.

[Miriam_M]

Here's the cbslocal article link:

Gay Sex, Adultery, Masturbation, Porn Are "Gravely Evil": SF Archbishop Clarifies Sexual Morality for School Staff

sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/02/04/san-francisco-archbishop-salvatore-cordileone-to-add-statements-on-sexual-morality-in-faculty-handbook-proposes-adding-clauses-to-teachers-contract-gay-sex-adultery-masturbation-porn/

And here's the reaction to amuse yourselves with:

http://action.groundswell-mvmt.org/petitions/discrimination-and-fear-don-t-belong-in-our-schools

We call on the Archbishop to cease his efforts to institute outdated and discriminatory "morality clauses," to retain workplace protections and to allow Catholic school teachers to focus on the work they are doing to educate thousands of Bay Area children.  The proposed changes directly contradict the Pope's teachings, the Catholic values of inclusion and diversity, and the free and open exchange of ideas, which is the hallmark of a good education. They create a culture of fear that denies staff the right to follow their own individual consciences and harms students. 
As people of faith who value education, equality and freedom of conscience, we ask the Archbishop to remove this language immediately.

Why is this important?

San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone has proposed that teachers and staff at Bay Area high schools within the Archdiocese accept "morality clauses" that condemn homosexuality as contrary to "natural law," contraception as "intrinsically evil," ordination of female priests as impossible, and use of assisted reproductive technology as a "grave evil." Every staff member is expected to "conduct their lives so as to not visibly contradict, undermine or deny these truths."
The Archbishop is also attempting to reclassify all Catholic school employees, including teachers, administrative staff, custodial and food service staff, as "ministers," a move that could eliminate anti-discrimination and other workplace protections for those staff members.  Students need a safe space free of judgment and fear. Not only is the move completely out of step with modern Catholic teachings and beliefs, but we could lose some of our best teachers and staff.

There ya' go. There's the modern Catholic Church for ya'.  And this is what the good bishop faces in his backyard every day.

[Miriam_M]

Teacher Directive Prompts Vigil at San Francisco Cathedral

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/archbishop-lists-expectations-catholic-school-teachers-28768128

About 100 people attended a vigil outside the Roman Catholic cathedral in San Francisco on Friday to protest the local archbishop's move to require teachers at four Catholic high schools to lead their public lives inside the classroom and out in accordance with church teachings on homosexuality, birth control and other hot-button issues.

The protest, which also included songs and prayers, came as Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone was holding mass for teachers from parochial schools throughout the three-county Archdiocese of San Francisco and then meeting with high school teachers to answer questions about changes he wants to make to their faculty handbook and employment contract.

"I chose to send my children to Catholic schools because I wanted their education to be grounded in love, compassion, and a strong sense of social justice," said Peggy O'Grady, a parent at Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory in San Francisco. "This effort by the archbishop will do the opposite, and would run counter to all I believe and value in a Catholic education."

Cordileone this week presented teachers at the four high schools owned by the archdiocese with a detailed statement of faith affirming that Catholic school employees "are expected to arrange and conduct their lives so as not to visibly contradict, undermine or deny" church doctrine on matters related to sexuality, marriage and human reproduction.

The statement, which the archbishop said would be added to the faculty handbooks, outlines the church's teaching that using contraception is a sin and that sex outside of marriage, whether it is in the form of adultery, masturbation, pornography or gay sex, is "gravely evil."

The archbishop originally had planned to hold a news conference after meeting with teachers on Friday. The event was canceled, and his media office released a podcast in which Cordileone said the document was designed to bolster the schools' primary mission of educating faithful Catholics and that "no teacher will be required to sign any kind of statement or oath."

"This is a document for an institution where clarity is very important. It is not anti-anyone or anti-anything," he said.

More troubling for leaders of the union that represents the four high schools is that the archbishop also has proposed adding language to their next contract that would identify all school staff as ministers of the church who "are bound to conduct all of their activities" without contradicting the church, "regardless of individual job description, subject matter taught or personal doubt or assent."

The U.S. Supreme Court has exempted churches and religious schools from having to abide by federal anti-discrimination laws for employees in "ministerial roles."

"Our teachers only just recently received a large amount of information to process in a short period of time," Archdiocesan Federation of Teachers President Lisa Dole, a social studies teacher at Marin Catholic, said. "To say that they are concerned would be an understatement. They are understandably worried about the legal ramifications of the term 'minister,' and they are hoping to have their questions answered by the archbishop."

The four schools — Archbishop Riordan and Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep in San Francisco, Marin Catholic in Kentfield, and Junipero Serra in San Mateo County — enroll about 3,600 students and are among a handful of Catholic schools nationwide with teachers represented by a labor union.

A rather ironic application of the term "vigil," given its history.

Additional news here:

http://www.catholic-sf.org/ns.php?newsid=25&id=63157

[Archer]

"I chose to send my children to Catholic schools because I wanted their education to be grounded in love, compassion, and a strong sense of social justice," said Peggy O'Grady, a parent at Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory in San Francisco.

A brilliant summary of modern catholicism.   

[VeraeFidei]

Here's the cbslocal article link:

Gay Sex, Adultery, Masturbation, Porn Are "Gravely Evil": SF Archbishop Clarifies Sexual Morality for School Staff

sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/02/04/san-francisco-archbishop-salvatore-cordileone-to-add-statements-on-sexual-morality-in-faculty-handbook-proposes-adding-clauses-to-teachers-contract-gay-sex-adultery-masturbation-porn/

And here's the reaction to amuse yourselves with:

http://action.groundswell-mvmt.org/petitions/discrimination-and-fear-don-t-belong-in-our-schools

We call on the Archbishop to cease his efforts to institute outdated and discriminatory "morality clauses," to retain workplace protections and to allow Catholic school teachers to focus on the work they are doing to educate thousands of Bay Area children.  The proposed changes directly contradict the Pope's teachings, the Catholic values of inclusion and diversity, and the free and open exchange of ideas, which is the hallmark of a good education. They create a culture of fear that denies staff the right to follow their own individual consciences and harms students. 
As people of faith who value education, equality and freedom of conscience, we ask the Archbishop to remove this language immediately.

Why is this important?

San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone has proposed that teachers and staff at Bay Area high schools within the Archdiocese accept "morality clauses" that condemn homosexuality as contrary to "natural law," contraception as "intrinsically evil," ordination of female priests as impossible, and use of assisted reproductive technology as a "grave evil." Every staff member is expected to "conduct their lives so as to not visibly contradict, undermine or deny these truths."
The Archbishop is also attempting to reclassify all Catholic school employees, including teachers, administrative staff, custodial and food service staff, as "ministers," a move that could eliminate anti-discrimination and other workplace protections for those staff members.  Students need a safe space free of judgment and fear. Not only is the move completely out of step with modern Catholic teachings and beliefs, but we could lose some of our best teachers and staff.

There ya' go. There's the modern Catholic Church for ya'.  And this is what the good bishop faces in his backyard every day.

I like how this is a "big story" because 100 people attended and some stupid woman has something emotive and baseless to say.

I wonder if the same media outlet gives as much column space to the outrages and disorder caused by what goes on in the Castro district, for example.

[Miriam_M]

I like how this is a "big story" because 100 people attended and some stupid woman has something emotive and baseless to say.

I wonder if the same media outlet gives as much column space to the outrages and disorder caused by what goes on in the Castro district, for example.

They (local media) consider what goes on in the Castro district perfectly wonderful (in our terms, "ordered.")   

[Miriam_M]

"I chose to send my children to Catholic schools because I wanted their education to be grounded in love, compassion, and a strong sense of social justice," said Peggy O'Grady, a parent at Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory in San Francisco.

A brilliant summary of modern catholicism.

Except that their definition of "love" isn't exactly a Catholic understanding of the term. 

(I know you know that.)

[Miriam_M]

Crisis Magazine has also published an article:

http://www.crisismagazine.com/2015/archbishop-attacked-over-catholic-schools

Noteworthy, as well, below the article is the Comment (long) by a user named "Nel" of 2 days ago.

[mikemac]

Crisis Magazine has also published an article:

http://www.crisismagazine.com/2015/archbishop-attacked-over-catholic-schools

Noteworthy, as well, below the article is the Comment (long) by a user named "Nel" of 2 days ago.

Does Nel ever hit the mark.

[1seeker]

http://www.ktvu.com/story/28028997/sacred-heart-cathedral-preparatory-school-students-rally-against-new-morality-clauses

Students Rebel Against San Fran Archbishop's "Morality Clauses"

SAN FRANCISCO (KTVU) - Students at San Francisco's Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory School are rallying against new "morality clauses" by the Archbishop that they call hurtful and discriminatory.

"We learn about social justice here, we learn about equality, it doesn't represent what our school is," said Gus O'Sullivan, a senior at Sacred Heart.

The document released by Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone aims to clarify Catholic teachings. Proposed morality clauses would be added to the teacher handbook for the coming 2015-2016 school year.

"I can't even describe the shock of reading something like that discriminates against so many people," said Mairead Ahlbach, also a senior at Sacred Heart.

[Parresia]

Crisis Magazine has also published an article:

http://www.crisismagazine.com/2015/archbishop-attacked-over-catholic-schools

Noteworthy, as well, below the article is the Comment (long) by a user named "Nel" of 2 days ago.

Does Nel ever hit the mark.

Darn right. 

[Bonaventure]

Nel has a background quite similar to mine.

In my view, Cordileone is a good man who has the backbone to stand for Jesus Christ.

[Jayne]

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