Patricia Jannuzzi: Catholic teacher of 33 years suspended by Immaculata High School for upholding Catholic teaching on homosexuality

Who can deny that our age is one marked by a great crisis, which appears above all as a profound "crisis of truth"? 

St. Pope John Paul II

Patricia Jannuzi's FB post

Patricia Jannuzzi, a Catholic who upholds the teachings of the Catholic Church on morality, has been suspended by the school she taught at for the past thirty-three years. Her "crime", her great "sin"? She did not sexually molest anyone, she did not commit a crime - all she did was articulate her opposition to homosexual activity and state that children actually need a father and a mother (Catholic common sense).  Immaculata High School of New Jersey, after receiving complaints from a number of individuals that Jannuzzi posted on her Facebook Page statements that opposed the evil of "same-sex marriage", suspended the very experienced teacher, and forced her to close her Facebook account. First Things carries a review of the tragic situation. 

The silencing of a Catholic for loyalty to the Magisterium is very, very grave.  From a civil perspective she has been deprived her rights of freedom of speech and expression, (as well as Catholics inhibited in judging for themselves what was said). From a Divine perspective, it simply means that loyalty to Christ is now an offense (according to what is more and more openly revealing itself as the "church" of Sardis), that will lead to silencing, perhaps even dismissal from one's job. This is "dry" martyrdom. 

Hatred being expressed by a man who self-identifies as
homosexual towards Patricia:she is a "nightmare dumpster human"

I encourage Catholics to read the comments addressed to Mrs. Jannuzzi: some seething with hatred towards her, and displaying utter ignorance of Church teaching. Shame on the bishops and priests to have allowed such corruption to enter Catholic schools! 

Sample of a comment against Patricia 

You will notice: all these dissidents portray the typical attitude of the liberal. Sweet and nice when you agree with them, but if you dare to say something contrary to their ideology, the "dove" changes into a hawk; out come the talons to tear you to pieces. So they have done so with our sister in the Faith, Patricia Jannuzzi. 

In his last book, prior to his death, our now sainted Pope John Paul II, directly addressed the issue of "same sex marriage", and termed it "AN IDEOLOGY OF EVIL". We must presume that the cowards - cowering before the juggernaut of sexual perversion - who run this school (daring to use the sweet and holy title of "Immaculata"!) would censure and denounce our saint as well. One wonders what they think of St. Paul or St. Jude? 

Catholics would do well to review the letter that was issued by the school and the school's spiritual advisor, Msgr. Seamus F. Brennan. It is very saddening to note that a churchman signed his name to a letter which claims that Our Lord is "welcoming of all people". Welcoming of what? 

Another example of opposition to Patricia teaching Catholic
truth at Immaculata High School

They signatories to the letter claim they uphold Our Lord Jesus Christ; but then to confuse the sinner and the sin by stating that Our Lord was ""welcoming of all people", is false. To then further claim that following Our Blessed Lord is being "intolerant" of so-called  "discriminatory behavior" is again  disingenuous and  absolutely false. Yes, Our Blessed Saviour loved all men, even His executioners; the Salvific Offering of His Sacrifice is available for all, but only "many" will avail themselves of it. Our Lord does not force people to love Him. Sadly, there are people in this world who hate Our Lord and His Church. To confuse being and acting is a grave philosophical error. What one is, is very different then what one does. That we are all created in God's image and likeness is true, but that we all sin is equally true. "sin is with us, if we deny that we are cheating ourselves, it means that truth does not dwell in us" (1 John, 8).  

The scandalous letter announcing that Our Lord is intolerant of
"discriminatory behaviors"; as well as Patricia Jannuzzi's suspension

The sinner needs to repent and confess. Our Lord's approach to the woman caught in adultery is our example: He was ruthless with the sin, but gentle with the repentant sinner. To the contrary, this letter is ruthless with opposition to "same-sex marriage", and seemingly homosexual behaviour, but falsely gentle towards being inclusive towards sin. At no time does the letter mention the Catechism of the Catholic Church on homosexuality.  

St. John the Beloved, who wrote so much about the love of God, equally wrote about sin. God is a God of love: yes! But He is also a God of Doctrine! Without doctrine, love is a false sentimental notion leading down the wide and easy path to Hell. "The man who commits sin violates order, sin of its nature is disorder...the man who lives sinfully takes his character from the devil.... if a man is born of God he does not live sinfully" (1 John, 4-9). 

As to "sensitivity awareness", I am not aware of it when Our Lord dealt with the "brood of vipers" (Mt 23:33); or St. Paul: "that is why God abandoned their lustful hearts to filthy practices...God abandoned them to their passions... practicing vileness with their fellow man" (Rm: 24-27); or St. Jude: "so with Sodom and Gommorah... pursued unnatural lust, they bear for our warning, their sentence of eternal fire" (Jude, 7).