St. Jerome's College betrays Catholic schools.Waterloo -- It never ceases to amaze how Catholic educators continually bow to the pressure of secular influence. The most recent example appeared in Kitchener's Record, May 19, 2006: "School Boards develop new ways to address the issue of oral sex among students." The reasons and "solutions" for the situation were expressed by the religion, family life and sexuality consultant with the Waterloo Catholic School Board, who stated: "Increasingly, younger students are engaging in oral sex because they are reaching puberty puberty (py  `bərtē), period during which the onset of sexual maturity occurs. sooner." She noted the Catholic school board must approach oral sex in a faith context. She did not elaborate on how that would be done. Meanwhile, the "sexual health" manager of the Waterloo Regions says, when speaking to the youth, "Keep the discussions open as opposed to shutting the discussion down by lecturing and moralizing mor·al·ize v. mor·al·ized, mor·al·iz·ing, mor·al·iz·es v.intr. To think about or express moral judgments or reflections. v.tr. 1. To interpret or explain the moral meaning of. ." The public health unit asked students in the Sexuality, Marriage and Family Life program at St. Jerome's Catholic University to design an optional curriculum support package, using a harm reduction, rather than abstinence abstinence: see fasting; temperance movements. approach. Two years ago, a professor from the same Catholic college created a program for public health called "Girl Time." It was explicit and inappropriate. It took a signed petition of over 700 parents to force the cessation of the program in public schools. Public Health has fostered a new immorality IMMORALITY. that which is contra bonos mores. In England, it is not punishable in some cases, at the common law, on, account of the ecclesiastical jurisdictions: e. g. adultery. But except in cases belonging to the ecclesiastical courts, the court of king's bench is the custom morum, and in the Catholic school system for over 20 years. Has it been beneficial to the formation of character and conscience of young Catholic students? Has the influence of public health ideology and sexual health reduced STDs, unwanted pregnancy unwanted pregnancy Obstetrics A pregnancy that is not desired by one or both biologic parents. See Teen pregnancy. , or abortions? The opposite is true. Statistics do not lie. Comment: Catholic schools in Ontario could go the way of the dodo bird as in Quebec and Newfoundland if well-meaning Catholics, parents, teachers, and trustees allow this sham False; without substance. A sham Pleading is one that is good in form but is so clearly false in fact that it does not raise any genuine issue. to continue. All of them must get organized to fight back. |
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