Maybe something the Catholic San Diego homeschool families could consider, besides praying, is rally together and protest with bright, bold signs featuring phrases like, "No Homeschooling, No Peace," or "Don't Marginalize Us Homeschool Folks." That kind of thing seems to work in California.
I'm sure other listeners can think of much better slogans.
"So when you see the abomination of desolation (Those who the Bishop calls the marginalized) spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (bring them to the center), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains". Here mountains can mean many things but homeschools might be one meaning...let this sink in for a few moments.
Overall if does appear, some in the hierarchy are doing their darnedest. in a similar to a family trying to make sn extremely good impression to neighbors around but internally are abusive to their own children.
They are like politicians who very friendly to those they want to win to their side, but neglectful of their needs of their constituency. All for show than substance.
Like shepherds who are making friends with the predators of his sheep at the expense of the herd to win approval in whole surroundings.
Such strategy will leave a whole in the middle.
And this is contrary to the principle of building community that start within going outward. from oneself to others. Which has integrity of purpose.
One more insult - these are probably *tithe paying* parishioners who are being denied use of the facilities they are paying for (and repeatedly being shaken-down for). So not only are their taxes going to public schools they don’t use, but their tithes are going to buildings they should have access to but are being denied.
(But apparently, non-Catholic groups can use them?)
These paragraphs -- quotes from "a source" -- make me wonder. I think these families likely are not absolutely accepting of everything in the parishes... they likely want something more traditional, and that is NOT OK:
“Some parishes just don’t want to deal with anything outside the norm,” a source explained, “but on the other hand, homeschool families haven’t always approached the parish well when there are issues. So that becomes part of the narrative.”
At the same time, sources have said that some diocesan officials have little experience with homeschooling, and that some have expressed suspicion about the theological commitments of homeschooling families.
“The homeschool stuff stands out in the chancery,” one source told The Pillar, “and not in a good way.”
Is there a canonical requirement to do sacramental preparation in your parish or is it just a policy? The article mentioned some homeschool families didn’t want to do the sacramental programs offered by the parish - if the bishop is the keeper of the sacraments, is this a legitimate requirement?
Another reason that Catholics may not want to enroll their families into Catholic schools...
In California, as well as four other states, there are no religious exemptions for vaccines, so parents are mandated to inject their children with shots "tainted" by abortion in order to attend Catholic (and other) schools. Religious exemptions were removed in California in 2015, which could absolutely be a cause of increased home schooling in that state.
We also lost our right to a religious exemption to vaccination for education in NY in 2018. Consequently, we removed two of our children from a Catholic high school that they were attending... which was housed at our parish facility. They completed their high school years as home schoolers.
Here's a modern "father" of vaccinology, Dr. Stanley Plotkin, speaking under oath about the use of aborted fetuses in vaccine development.
I have written a lot about this too. It's beyond unconscionable that Catholic schools/dioceses/the Vatican would mandate vaccines.
If you go to the main page of this substack and put "vaccines" into the search bar, you will get a lot of what I've written, including specifically about bishops and the mandates and about bodily integrity.
Maybe something the Catholic San Diego homeschool families could consider, besides praying, is rally together and protest with bright, bold signs featuring phrases like, "No Homeschooling, No Peace," or "Don't Marginalize Us Homeschool Folks." That kind of thing seems to work in California.
I'm sure other listeners can think of much better slogans.
"So when you see the abomination of desolation (Those who the Bishop calls the marginalized) spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (bring them to the center), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains". Here mountains can mean many things but homeschools might be one meaning...let this sink in for a few moments.
Overall if does appear, some in the hierarchy are doing their darnedest. in a similar to a family trying to make sn extremely good impression to neighbors around but internally are abusive to their own children.
They are like politicians who very friendly to those they want to win to their side, but neglectful of their needs of their constituency. All for show than substance.
Like shepherds who are making friends with the predators of his sheep at the expense of the herd to win approval in whole surroundings.
Such strategy will leave a whole in the middle.
And this is contrary to the principle of building community that start within going outward. from oneself to others. Which has integrity of purpose.
One more insult - these are probably *tithe paying* parishioners who are being denied use of the facilities they are paying for (and repeatedly being shaken-down for). So not only are their taxes going to public schools they don’t use, but their tithes are going to buildings they should have access to but are being denied.
(But apparently, non-Catholic groups can use them?)
These paragraphs -- quotes from "a source" -- make me wonder. I think these families likely are not absolutely accepting of everything in the parishes... they likely want something more traditional, and that is NOT OK:
“Some parishes just don’t want to deal with anything outside the norm,” a source explained, “but on the other hand, homeschool families haven’t always approached the parish well when there are issues. So that becomes part of the narrative.”
At the same time, sources have said that some diocesan officials have little experience with homeschooling, and that some have expressed suspicion about the theological commitments of homeschooling families.
“The homeschool stuff stands out in the chancery,” one source told The Pillar, “and not in a good way.”
Is there a canonical requirement to do sacramental preparation in your parish or is it just a policy? The article mentioned some homeschool families didn’t want to do the sacramental programs offered by the parish - if the bishop is the keeper of the sacraments, is this a legitimate requirement?
Another reason that Catholics may not want to enroll their families into Catholic schools...
In California, as well as four other states, there are no religious exemptions for vaccines, so parents are mandated to inject their children with shots "tainted" by abortion in order to attend Catholic (and other) schools. Religious exemptions were removed in California in 2015, which could absolutely be a cause of increased home schooling in that state.
We also lost our right to a religious exemption to vaccination for education in NY in 2018. Consequently, we removed two of our children from a Catholic high school that they were attending... which was housed at our parish facility. They completed their high school years as home schoolers.
Here's a modern "father" of vaccinology, Dr. Stanley Plotkin, speaking under oath about the use of aborted fetuses in vaccine development.
https://thehighwire.com/ark-videos/aborted-fetal-tissue-in-vaccines/
And some answered questions on fetal use in vaccines from this video and the original site:
https://soundchoice.org/
Good point.
I have written a lot about this too. It's beyond unconscionable that Catholic schools/dioceses/the Vatican would mandate vaccines.
If you go to the main page of this substack and put "vaccines" into the search bar, you will get a lot of what I've written, including specifically about bishops and the mandates and about bodily integrity.
Some might be interested in the issue of aborted fetal cells being present in the shots, which we've been told over and over isn't possible: https://leilamarielawler.substack.com/p/human-dna-in-covid-vaccines?utm_source=publication-search