Schools & Youth Archives - Page 77 of 103

Dismissed Lesbian Educator Refuses Catholic School's Monetary Offer

August 27, 2015/3 Comments/in Employment Issues, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A Catholic school in Oregon withdrew a job offer because the newly hired educator is gay. This is not a first going back to school, but this case is revealing the depths to which Catholic administrators will go to silence LGBT church workers. Read More

Springfield Diocese Sets Restrictive Expectations for Parents of Catholic School Children

August 24, 2015/13 Comments/in Hierarchy, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

A same-gender couple’s attempt to register their child in a Catholic school in the diocese... Read More

San Francisco Teachers Approve New Archdiocesan Contract by Slim Majority

August 21, 2015/6 Comments/in Employment Issues, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Teachers at San Francisco's Catholic high schools passed new contracts containing enhanced morality clauses by a slim majority, the latest in a months long struggle between Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone and Bay Area Catholics about LGBT inclusion. Read More

Lesbian Teacher Reinstated in German School, As Georgia H.S. Band Director Wins Employment Case

August 13, 2015/2 Comments/in Employment Issues, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The trend of church workers losing their jobs in LGBT-related employment disputes is not slowing, but thankfully community responses and legal improvements are pushing back. Below, Bondings 2.0 offers updates on several previous incidents, including the implementation of a Germany employment policy more welcoming of LGBT church workers. Read More

Catholic Expulsions Follow Boy Scouts' Decision to Welcome Gay Leaders

August 8, 2015/8 Comments/in Hierarchy, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A veteran Boy Scout leader who is a partnered gay man has been rejected by a... Read More

23,000 Signature Petition Asks Archbishop Chaput to Protect LGBT Teachers

August 6, 2015/1 Comment/in Employment Issues, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Fired church worker Margie Winters left 23,000 petition signatures at the Archdiocese of Philadelphia's offices on Monday, demanding Archbishop Charles Chaput end the firing of LGBT church workers and respect Catholic schools' autonomy. Read More

Lesbian Educator Comes Out At End of Twenty Year Career in Catholic Education

August 3, 2015/3 Comments/in Employment Issues, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

After nearly twenty years in Catholic education, Joan Grundy is coming out in her just released autobiography. In the book, A Deepening Life, she tells of being a lesbian employee in Canada's Catholic schools and shares the quiet ways she helped create change. Read More

Jamie Manson: Catholic Schools Must Say "No More" in Firing of LGBT Teachers

August 2, 2015/9 Comments/in Employment Issues, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Firing LGBT teachers from Catholic schools must stop, says a National Catholic Reporter columnist, at the same time the Archdiocese of San Francisco's disputed teaching contracts near resolution. Below, there are also additional updates in the cases of several fired church workers. Read More

Catholic Scouting's Response to BSA Policy Does Not Bode Well for Scouting

July 29, 2015/3 Comments/in Schools & Youth /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

The National Catholic Committee on Scouting (NCCS ) has responded to the decision by the... Read More

Teacher Resigns Over San Francisco Contract Proposals Which California Lawmakers Are Investigating

July 25, 2015/3 Comments/in Employment Issues, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Another teacher is leaving San Francisco's Catholic school system due to proposed contract changes targeting LGBT and ally employees, a resignation coming at the same time California's legislature holds hearings on the controversy. Read More