Thursday, June 16, 2022

Bishop issues decree: School may no longer consider itself Catholic


“MASS, SACRAMENTS AND SACRAMENTALS ARE NO LONGER PERMITTED TO BE CELEBRATED ON NATIVITY SCHOOL PREMISES OR BE SPONSORED BY NATIVITY SCHOOL IN ANY CHURCH BUILDING OR CHAPEL WITHIN THE DIOCESE OF WORCESTER.

A Jesuit high school in Massachusetts that refused to remove BLM and LGBTQ flags is stripped of Catholic identity by Worcester bishop:

“The Nativity School of Worcester is prohibited from this time forward from identifying itself as a “Catholic” school and may no longer use the title “Catholic” to describe itself; 
• Mass, sacraments and sacramentals are no longer permitted to be celebrated on Nativity School premises or be sponsored by Nativity School in any church building or chapel within the Diocese of Worcester; 
• The Nativity School is not allowed to undertake any fundraising involving diocesan institutions in the Diocese of Worcester and is not permitted to be listed or advertise in the Diocesan Directory; 
• The name of Bishop Emeritus Daniel P. Reilly must be removed from the list of the Board of Trustees of Nativity School. 
This decree is effective immediately. 
I order that this decree be published. 
Given at Worcester, Massachusetts, this the tenth day of June, in the Year of Our Lord, two thousand twenty-two.

Read more: https://worcesterdiocese.org/news/bishop-issues-decree-on-nativity-school

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