Most Reverend Robert W. McElroy
Bishop of the Diocese of San Diego
3888 Paducah Drive
San Diego, CA 92117
Bishop McElroy –
As you are certainly aware, the San Diego Unified School District and other public-school districts around the state of California are contemplating a vote to require a Covid-19 vaccination for students to attend in-person classes. The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has publicly acknowledged that they are considering a state-wide vaccine mandate for students who qualify.
The Diocese has to date complied with the CDPH mask mandate on students in Catholic schools and has publicly taken the position that it is required to do so because it is a public health mandate.
As parents of Catholic School students in San Diego, we would like to invite you to a public discussion about vaccine mandates from the CDPH or other authorities, and how the Diocese would direct Catholic schools in San Diego to respond to these mandates. The Covid-19 pandemic and the response from our schools impacts the safety and health of our children, and we believe it deserves an open dialogue with you and the Diocese to understand how you plan to protect them. Public school parents have been able to voice their views to their school boards; we deserve the same consideration from our Diocesan schools in San Diego.
We have reserved a location for this discussion at 6:30pm on Wednesday, October 13. If that does not work for your schedule, please recommend another day and time that works better for you.
Signed:
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
October 5, 2021
October 2, 2021
The petition has now reached one hundred signatures. This milestone confirms the growing desire among our community for an open dialogue with the Diocese regarding these important health policies.
Reached 100 supporters
September 29, 2021
221 Comments
Like many have mentioned, the statistics on hospitalization and death for children under 12 (especially in our region) is extremely low and does not warrant a state-wide mandate on a vaccine that has been linked to myocarditis in youth.
Born and raised a Catholic, grew up in a large Catholic family in San Diego. . Sent my children to school of the Madeline and now sending my oldest grandson to st Michael’sa and I am also a pediatric nurse. We can not allow this!
In the Spirit or Dialogue that Pope Francis encourages, please engage in this most important dialogue for the sake of our children, our families and the unity of our Holy Catholic Church. With love, Angela Santero
I am a 98 year old mother of four children educated in Catholic schools. I I do not agree with this mandate, the Government has no right whatsoever to interfere in what should be the choice of parents, period.
Please remember how Catholic schools managed successfully to stay open and students attending while public schools remained closed Please do not follow the mandate of SD county boasts of education. It is politically driven by the union and politicians
vaccines can harm children. heavy metals.
Dear Bishop, God’s peace and blessings to you. I humbly request that you keep San Diego and imperial County’s Catholic Schools safe and healthy by Not demanding that all children be vaccinated. Please know, that there is enough scientific evidence that this Covid’s Vaccine are not in any way good for anyone, and specially children and young people. This Vaccines what they do, is compromise the immunity of them that got vaccinated, and they keep on getting Covid, regardless of the Vaccine and boosters shots they got. Truth about this virus is out there loud and clear, So please, we ask you, do not demand School children to get this Vaccine. Please do the right and Godly thing you were call to do, to Shepherd your young and older flock to Spiritual Health and to the young flock to physical health. God who sees and knows everything will judge you and all religious leaders as well as all government officials for inflicting Humanity with such viruses. God bless you and give you courage to stand up against this government which is truly not for the people it governs, but for it’s own agenda of OWG. Jesus our Lord be praised for the courage you take to declare all the Catholic Schools free from vaccination. Prayerfully Rosa Wilson
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Most Reverend Robert W. McElroy
Bishop of the Diocese of San Diego
3888 Paducah Drive
San Diego, CA 92117
Bishop McElroy –
As you are certainly aware, the San Diego Unified School District and other public-school districts around the state of California are contemplating a vote to require a Covid-19 vaccination for students to attend in-person classes. The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has publicly acknowledged that they are considering a state-wide vaccine mandate for students who qualify.
The Diocese has to date complied with the CDPH mask mandate on students in Catholic schools and has publicly taken the position that it is required to do so because it is a public health mandate.
As parents of Catholic School students in San Diego, we would like to invite you to a public discussion about vaccine mandates from the CDPH or other authorities, and how the Diocese would direct Catholic schools in San Diego to respond to these mandates. The Covid-19 pandemic and the response from our schools impacts the safety and health of our children, and we believe it deserves an open dialogue with you and the Diocese to understand how you plan to protect them. Public school parents have been able to voice their views to their school boards; we deserve the same consideration from our Diocesan schools in San Diego.
We have reserved a location for this discussion at 6:30pm on Wednesday, October 13. If that does not work for your schedule, please recommend another day and time that works better for you.
Signed:
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
October 5, 2021
October 2, 2021
The petition has now reached one hundred signatures. This milestone confirms the growing desire among our community for an open dialogue with the Diocese regarding these important health policies.
Reached 100 supporters
September 29, 2021
221 Comments
We have two children at Our Lady of Grace with another scheduled to attend in two years. I will mince words about this, if you require my children to obtain this vaccine, they will not attend any diocese school ever again.
Like many have mentioned, the statistics on hospitalization and death for children under 12 (especially in our region) is extremely low and does not warrant a state-wide mandate on a vaccine that has been linked to myocarditis in youth.
Born and raised a Catholic, grew up in a large Catholic family in San Diego. . Sent my children to school of the Madeline and now sending my oldest grandson to st Michael’sa and I am also a pediatric nurse. We can not allow this!
In the Spirit or Dialogue that Pope Francis encourages, please engage in this most important dialogue for the sake of our children, our families and the unity of our Holy Catholic Church. With love, Angela Santero
I am a 98 year old mother of four children educated in Catholic schools. I I do not agree with this mandate, the Government has no right whatsoever to interfere in what should be the choice of parents, period.
Please remember how Catholic schools managed successfully to stay open and students attending while public schools remained closed Please do not follow the mandate of SD county boasts of education. It is politically driven by the union and politicians
vaccines can harm children. heavy metals.
Dear Bishop, God’s peace and blessings to you. I humbly request that you keep San Diego and imperial County’s Catholic Schools safe and healthy by Not demanding that all children be vaccinated. Please know, that there is enough scientific evidence that this Covid’s Vaccine are not in any way good for anyone, and specially children and young people. This Vaccines what they do, is compromise the immunity of them that got vaccinated, and they keep on getting Covid, regardless of the Vaccine and boosters shots they got. Truth about this virus is out there loud and clear, So please, we ask you, do not demand School children to get this Vaccine. Please do the right and Godly thing you were call to do, to Shepherd your young and older flock to Spiritual Health and to the young flock to physical health. God who sees and knows everything will judge you and all religious leaders as well as all government officials for inflicting Humanity with such viruses. God bless you and give you courage to stand up against this government which is truly not for the people it governs, but for it’s own agenda of OWG. Jesus our Lord be praised for the courage you take to declare all the Catholic Schools free from vaccination. Prayerfully Rosa Wilson
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We have two children at Our Lady of Grace with another scheduled to attend in two years. I will mince words about this, if you require my children to obtain this vaccine, they will not attend any diocese school ever again.