Cult of Environmentalism Takes Over Catholic Elementary School
Saturday, August 29, 2009 at 05:11AM The cult of enviornmentalism is being preached at St. Mary’s Resurrection Elementary School in New Jersey. In this Fox Report below, you’ll see Catholic school children start their day by pledging “allegiance to the earth and all Her sacred hearts”, an allusion to the Sacred Heart of Mary and Jesus. You’ll also hear them sing their song, “Whose the greatest mom of all? Earth Mama!”
It’s hard to believe that a Catholic teaches children to replace Mother Mary with Mother Earth as the “greatest mom of all”, because actually, Catholic educators, Mary isn’t just the greatest mom of all, she’s the Mother of God and the greatest saint of all.
Disgusting. If only their devotion to the Sacred Heart of Christ were greater than their devotion to the earth. I wonder how many nominal Catholics this school will churn out?
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If the earth was created by God and entrusted to humankind to care for, then how is a reverence for the earth an affront to God? Shouldn't your God be bigger that that?
you are a xxxxxxxx
I'm sorry, I should clarify. Amy Proctor, you are a xxxxxxx.
Having a conversation with you would be like having a conversation with a dining room table, I'm not interested in having it.
Charles,
Maybe the problem is with a school that confuses the Creator with the created.
Sensualp,
It is clear what a "conversation" with you would be like.
Amy, after the Rapture takes you, we will enshrine your blog in the Museum of Ancient Cults.
Do you have pets? If so, there is apparently an atheist group willing to care for them once the Rapture has come and gone:
http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2009/08/29/atheists-offer-care-christians-pets-rapture-question-animalloving-christian-evangelicals-address-pets-earth-rapture-heaven/
Wade,
I guess that means that you prefer some kind of modern cult?
What in Amy's post suggested "rapture?" Or is that your default caricature?
There is no such thing as a Christian doctrine that demands man 'care for' or 'reverence' the earth.
This is what Almighty God commanded:
and this
What part of dominion do you not understand? God cares for the earth, not men.
Excellent points as always, Johnny.
Boy, the liberals have been let out of their cages today! Name calling, quoting Barney Frank and changing the subject to, um, the rapture?
Does someone need Prozac?
You went from 8 X's to 7 X's. Your sort of like Malcolm X, but your like Amy X, and in the past people with X's were never required to alter their worldview. Amy X has suffered from intolerance on her own site. She was compared to a "dining room table." I shudder to think of the hate out there.......
I mean I am joking here, but the spin doctors would have been apoplectic had you name called......
All dogs go to heaven. BTW, how can anyone tell what Barney Frank is saying? He sounds like a mental patient on lithium.
Replacing "Mother of God" with "Mother Earth" is a prima face act of idolotry...period. As reverencing the earth. We are to respect it as part of God's creation but never worship it. A distinction that apparently escapes the clowns reaponsible for this.
Psalm 24:1
"The earth is the LORD's and the fullness thereof..."
I don't know about y'all, but I don't worship everyone I call mother. Having reverence for the earth doesn't mean you worship it, only that you value it highly.
As for the doctrinal nonsense, you might want to examine environmentalism from a Christian perspective. The theologian there says "In its proper sense, man's rule and dominion over the earth is that of a steward or a caretaker, not a reckless exploiter.", and "... it is helpful to realize that we are to exercise dominion over nature not as though we are entitled to exploit it but as something borrowed or held in trust. "
You might prefer a Catholic perspective such as that of Pope John Paul II who said ""There is a growing awareness that world peace is threatened not only by the arms race, regional conflicts, and continued injustice among peoples and nations, but also by a lack of due respect for nature.... Moreover, a new ecological awareness is beginning to emerge which, rather than being downplayed, ought to be encouraged to develop into concrete programs and initiatives."
God demands sole right of worship. No one and nothing else is to be worship, not the Earth, nor Heaven, nor any of the saints.
Charles, Pope John Paul II wasn't talking about the United States. You might want to consider Russia, North Korea, South America and a variety of the Middle East. Our initiatives are to protect people who cannot protect themselves.
MJ, I hope you don't think Catholics worship anyone but God. That is a common misconception for people who don't know what they're talking about or who know nothing of the Catholic faith.
Nice work Amy! I was actually surprised to see the negative comments! How is this in any way ok? I mean, yes, I agree with the protecting the earth and such as being extremely important. And yes, I think that this school is going to make some very earth conscience people. But there's a right way to do things, and there's a wrong way to do things. When you get a teenager saying that "God and the environment are One" one's initial reaction should be, "WHAT???" or "no no no, God CREATED the Earth and is HIGHER than the Earth." And the whole "Earth Mama is our Greatest Mama" deal... I don't know what exactly is being taught, because they could be teaching about Mary and just trying to find a cute jingle, but judging by the children's' comments, I doubt it.
Thanks for posting this Amy!
My oh my! The pagan hatred shown here against Amy and the Church is bold-faced as it is foolish. Responsible stewardship of creation is one thing; Gaia-worship is quite another. The latter has no place in a Catholic school. Want your children to grow up tree-huggers? Take them to school elsewere and leave Catholic education alone. Good job Amy!
-Theo
WOW! First I am surprised to see so many ignorant Christians talking to this Amy person as if she is an alley cat, disgusting!
Furthermore, there is nothing wrong with being environmentally conscious, we are all called to be STEWARDS of God's creation, and we ARE Earth's caretakers! But at the same time this "Hail Mama Earth" crap is ridiculous and for any Catholic school to be teaching/implying that God's creation is higher than He or that this "Mama Earth" person is even real is ridiculous. How about saying the Ave Maria as they recycle start with that. Nothing wrong with environmental awareness, but there is definitely something wrong with HERESY, and singing to Mama Earth and that lady in her cassock is HERESY!
Well, Amy, you must be doing something right to get the liberals so wound up in such a short space of time.
This ne0-pagan cult of the earth is new secular religion that Pope Benedict has been warning about. It replaces God with the earth, the Truth with liberal politics and pieties. It has two sacraments, abortion and homosexuality. And its hallmark is what it calls tolerance, meaning that it's very tolerant - of all that agrees with it.
"I'm sorry, I should clarify. Amy Proctor, you are a xxxxxxx.
Having a conversation with you would be like having a conversation with a dining room table, I'm not interested in having it."
Because in either case you'd lose the argument.
wow amy i came across this blog and loved this ! you are excellent. we have an environmental committee at our catholic school which is great; but i would be livid if they taught our kids stuff like pledging to mother earth and calling the earth the greatest mama of all. it's actually sort of creepy. i wonder if the parents are aware of this?
I wouldn't this to be disgusting but misguided. It is great that the school is teaching these kids to respect the environment but the idea of mother earth is misguided. God created the earth and we are the stewards of it. Earth Mama is a pagan ideology that should not be taught in a Catholic School.
Gen 2: 15
Is 45: 18
Surprised no one quoted these.
It just seems to me that environmentalists care more about a paper plate than a human life since they promote the killing of children who live in the womb.
As for a religious perspective, Abortion is the killing of Jesus in the Least of His Brethren.
You simply can't love God and kill him at the same time.
God Bless!
Amy,
1) Amy thank you for creating this page and caring for the world.
2) SquareSpace rocks!
3) Insight Scoop rocks! (this Ignatious Press Blog site referenced your site)
4) Google Reader rocks! (this found Insight Scoop)
5) New Zeeland rocks! (never been there, but will go)
6) Added your Blog to my Google Reader under "Catholic"
Lastly, Mike Petrik watches Barney Frank a bit too much, Mike likes to quote Barney apparently, more than once. I have found that when anyone (including myself) complains or get irritated about a trait or behavior of another person. It is that trait or behavior which they see within themselves, like ‘talking to a table’.
Mike most likely would not mind if the wee ones recite the ‘Pledge of the UN’, in place of the old tyme ‘Pledge of Allegiance’. It’s as simple as that….if the kids actually did recite the Pledge of Allegiance in the morning, they probably replaced it with the pledge of mother earth….sorry I forget quickly.
Father,
I quoted Genesis 1 and Psalm 8 above. Cultivating the garden (Gen 2:15) in no way suggests that the earth is fragile and is dependent upon man's good graces to keep it going. The Spirit speaks in Isaiah that the earth will 'grow old and wear out like a garment' - but not because of man's neglect. In the book of Revelation, all the disasters that come upon the earth are triggered by God's will and are effected by angels, not human beings.
God is master over the universe and the keeper of the earth, not men. The 'stewardship' so oft referred to here is a 20th century invention of enviromentalists and has no origin in Holy Tradition, the Magisterium nor Canon law. Of course we should not wantonly pollute our waters, air, etc... but the idea that men are responsible for the earth's temperature and that carbon dioxide is a pollutant is rejected by many thousands of scientists.
The earth is neither fragile nor dependent on recycling aluminum cans and plastic bottles. Those are good things to do for other reasons but not because we are somehow 'saving the planet.'
Neither Jesus, the Apostles nor the Fathers and Doctors know anyhing of this attempt to baptize earth spirit paganism and claim it as a Christian doctrine.
Thanks, Mark. The only reason I found this story is because I'm an Army wife (and Catholic Parish Coordinator at our Army chapel) and since we're overseas, we get AFN (Armed Forces Network). They don't do commercials so Fox News puts on these stories that didn't quite make the cut for prime time news.
I was appalled that in a school named after the Blessed Virgin Mary they would have children sing about Mother Earth as being the best mother. The reality is that for decades now there has been a rapid decay of orthodoxy for the prize of looking relevent in the world. I heard on EWTN radio the other day a Catholic theologian talking about how the Church needs to catch up to the world on environmental issues. "Catch up to the world?" I thought we were to turn our back on the world and become disciples of Christ, not try to impress the world!
I am so sick of this environmental crap in the Church. It is subtly replacing orthodoxy. Environmentalism is a religion that parallels ancient paganism; worship the earth, the sun and its gods.
Jesus said the gates of hell will not prevail against the Church, so the only way for the Church to fall is from the inside out. Satan tries to deceive Catholics into replacing faith with wordliness so we can hold hands with our enemies who seek to destroy us and stab Jesus in the back, crucifying him anew.
You wrote: "pledging 'allegiance to the earth and all Her sacred hearts', an allusion to the Sacred Heart of Mary and Jesus."
You give the authors of this pledge too much credit! They are NOT alluding to Jesus or Mary! Remember -- this is a completely different religion these folks are trying to spread!
If the earth is your mama, then who is your daddy? The moon???
I just threw up in my mouth.
Wow. This is disgusting. Where's the bishop?
Amy Proctor, you are a xxxxxxx.
Having a conversation with you would be like having a conversation with a dining room table, I'm not interested in having it.
But you already are. Thus illustrating to the world what a petty, miserable creature you really are. You are a pitiable individual, Sensualp.
Green is the new Red. These people are just as dangerous as Stalin.
Amy,
I like your website! Thanks for keeping us informed.
Please look at the work of Constance Cumbey about the "rainbow" and what it's intents really are. It' scary stuff, but I would rather know than not.
Constance Cumbey and The Hidden Dangers of the Rainbow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9vpTnOvHeA
Again thanks for the info!
The school has definitely gone overboard. We can care for the earth, and even call it Mother Nature if we want, but honestly, teach the facts, mam, please. Leave out the silliness.
Most of the rest of you should seriously get a life!
Amy thanks for the post. To recycle for “enviormental reasons” is pure stupidity because it wastes resources, you recycle for “economic reasons” Ever notice that recycled paper costs more than virgin paper? That is because everything has a cost, and the cost to transport, clean, and reprocess is more expensive and uses more resources than to just trash the junk and start anew. What the enviro-Nazis want is ideological strict adherence to a principle, whether it makes economical sense or not. When one city wanted to stop recycling to save money, the enviro-Nazis said they couldn’t because they had just gotten the people trained. What they should be teaching the children are free-market based on liberty principles, or capitalism. That is where you make a decision on the best use of resource, which at times could mean recycling or trashing. It is pure egotism that makes environmentalist think mankind controls the Earth. The earth survived billions or years with out us, and survive billions more when we are gone, and what mankind does will have less impact than the dinosaurs. <p>
Also, notice how Mike Petrik’s posts make no sense, but are just the rambling of a sick propagandist, talk about stupid as a chair, you would never get a coherent argument out of him. The liberal lives in anther universe and should be pitied and ignored for they suffer from a mental illness.
I was not too surprised with all the earth-worship after I saw the sister/headmaster wearing a roman collar....Someone has issues with the Priesthood.
Mary-worship is just as idolatrous as Earth-worship because neither is divine. Honoring both in the right ways isn't wrong, however. The problem is that honor so easily slips into idolatry if you don't constantly keep your eye on the One who is divine.
amdgjmj, I almost thought this school must be Episcopal when I saw the woman with the collar. The best thing to do to kill faith is to run from orthodoxy as dramatically as you can. That's why these parishes look like they're still stuck in 1970 and sucking up the world rather than trying to please God or be a good disciple.
Gary, I don't know of any Catholics who worship Mary. That's of course a fallacy. We honor her, but no one but God is to be praised.
Quite the time to get back to the basics of Church teaching, what with all this buffoonery of making God an integral part of His creation, it is going very eastern in thought; not to mention the confused people who believe Catholics worship Mary, or any other saint for that matter, proper worship is left for God alone (Creator/Sanctifier/Redeemer), maybe more adults (Catholics included) should attend an RCIA class.