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167 Year Old California Catholic School Removes Statues of Mary and Jesus to be More Inclusive

Officials feared the statues of Jesus and Mary were alienating.
MarinIJ reported:

Removal of a number of statues and other smaller Catholic icons from the campus of San Domenico School in San Anselmo has raised concerns among some parents.

In an email to the school’s board of directors, Dominican Sisters of San Rafael and the head of school, Shannon Fitzpatrick objected to the removal of the statues and other steps the school has taken in an effort to make the school more inclusive.

“Articulating an inclusive foundation appears to mean letting go of San Domenico’s 167-year tradition as a Dominican Catholic school and being both afraid and ashamed to celebrate one’s heritage and beliefs,” wrote Fitzpatrick, whose 8-year-old son attends the school.

She added, “In our time here, the word ‘Catholic’ has been removed from the mission statement, sacraments were removed from the curriculum, the lower school curriculum was changed to world religions, the logo and colors were changed to be ‘less Catholic,’ and the uniform was changed to be less Catholic.”

Responding to follow-up questions Monday, Fitzpatrick wrote, “There are other families having the same concerns I do. Many parents feel if the school is heading in a different direction then the San Domenico community should have been notified before the signing of the enrollment for the following year.”

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Permalink Reply by Michael on August 26, 2017 at 9:29am

Disgusting. The church of Pope Francis.

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Permalink Reply by Flavia Talladen Schott on August 28, 2017 at 12:00am

Kyrie eleison!

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Permalink Reply by David Kaftal on August 31, 2017 at 11:59am

This is the same disgusting nonsense we've been seeing since the '70s. I remember back in the '70s or '80s there was a "Catholic" school in the U.S. — I think somewhere in New England, but I can't remember exactly — whose school cafeteria lunch was a meat dish ON GOOD FRIDAY. The principal of the school, a so-called nun, said that was so that the nonCatholic students wouldn't feel discriminated against by having to go without meat for lunch.