2006-09-09 18:41:03 · 17 answers · asked by Kyle B 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It depends on what your divorce settlement says.
Usually you can take them to classes but they cannot receive sacraments without the permission of the legal guardians.
With love in Christ.
2006-09-10 17:04:10 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As the husband, you are still the head of the family, even though you have been divorced.
You don't say who has custody of the children, so I'll assume that you do.
Your present wife feels that a Catholic education would be good for your kids and good for the family. She's probably right.
If your ex has the legal right to say no, than so be it. If she doesn't, send the kids to Catholic school, and don't worry about it.
Things aren't likely to get much better with her, anyway.
2006-09-10 02:14:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Send your kids to Catholic school. Catholic schools are the cheapest form of private education your kids can get.
If you don't want your children to get the religious training just tell the school you are another religion and that your children should get "study period" instead of religious class. All they will have to put up with are the religious symbols. Catholic schools take non-Catholics these days.
But send them to that Catholic school -- they will receive a better education and be much more prepared to go to college than if you leave them in the public school system.
From my experience: Way back when, a student could apply for state scholarships for college. The Catholic School I went to made all of us apply and most of us got some kind of scholarship.
A friend in public school was never made aware that you could apply for a scholarship and never got one and had to suffer with college tuition.
It's really worth it.
(PS - If you want your kids to know about art and history, they need to know something about Christianity, even if they don't' believe, since the Church was a major patron of the arts and political influence and it is helpful to know the stories and the religious structure, so you can understand what you're looking at or what historical figures were referring to. You don't have to believe it, just know it.)
2006-09-10 01:52:23 · answer #3 · answered by Roswellfan 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If the kids are your ex-wife's kids, then she should have the final say...actually...the 2 of you should discuss it. THe current wife has NO business in it if they're not her kids!. Let her pop one out and she can start brainwashing that one.
P.S. - the person who said you need the church to know about art??? WRONG! You can study art and even go INTO churches without belonging to any one religion...besides, that's presuming A LOT...as if no other religion produced art, music, etc.! Shame on you...whoever wrote that above!
2006-09-10 01:57:38 · answer #4 · answered by Gwynneth Of Olwen 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I assume you mean Catechism? To keep peace, don't invite or even force your children to participate. Although your present wife is worried about the children's salvation and feels they need to convert to Catholism, if you aren't big on religion and your ex is opposed then you have no need to pit yourself against your ex. If your children become interested when they are older, they can make the choice on their own to take Catechisms.
2006-09-10 01:48:53 · answer #5 · answered by whozethere 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My grand kids are in Catholic school simply because it teaches them a level of respect they wouldn't get in public school these days. And really, a little religion isn't going to hurt them. In public school they would be forced to cater to the wants of the minorities, and be made to feel like they did something wrong, but in catholic school, they are the minority, since they are the only ones who haven't been baptised of confirmed, and they are accepted, AND, they don't have to listen to muslims going on about how much better their religion is, or be excluded from after school activities because they don't belong to the right clique like I had to and my kids had to.
2006-09-10 01:51:48 · answer #6 · answered by judy_r8 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you are not big on religion why would you let your kids have a catholic eductation. That is big. Use you head and learn about catholic schools.
2006-09-10 01:46:05 · answer #7 · answered by taurus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not up to your present wife, even so she means well.
Give your children a good education and leave religion out of it.
2006-09-10 01:45:01 · answer #8 · answered by pro_and_contra 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
How old are your children? Do they want to attend church?
These children are yours and your ex-wife's (right?) so you should probably decide about their religious education with her. If you don't really care about them belonging to or being educated about the Catholic church, and their mother is strongly against it, you probably shouldn't go against her wishes.
2006-09-10 01:48:04 · answer #9 · answered by WatersMoon110 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your ex-wife is their mother, not your current wife. Your current wife should not have a say at all regarding the religious path you and the children's natural mother choose for them.
2006-09-10 01:47:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋