More Signs of Apostasy

This time we find even more of it coming from the Catholic church in Australia.

Some Catholic schoolgirls in Australia are being taught that God is gender-neutral. They're banned from using the words “Lord,” “Father,” and “Son” in prayers in efforts to be “gender inclusive.”

Top-tier Catholic schools in Brisbane, some of which charge up to $40,000 a year, are teaching their students to use “gender inclusive language” when referring to God, The Sunday Mail reports.

Students at Stuartholme School are taught to use gender-neutral language – including the word “Godself’’ in place of “himself.”

“As we believe God is neither male or female, Stuartholme tries to use gender-neutral terms in prayers … so that our community deepens their understanding of who God is for them, how God reveals Godself through creation, our relationships with others and the person of Jesus,” a spokeswoman said.

Similarly, Loreto College in Coorparoo has removed the word “Lord” from its prayers, as it is regarded as a “male term.”

“Loreto, as a leading school for girls, has a commitment to using inclusive language. There are occasions where gendered language may be appropriate, including references to specific religious and biblical figures,” Principal Kim Wickham said.

According to its website, Loreto’s mission is to “transform the Church and the world particularly by empowering women to seek truth and do justice.”

St. Rita’s also uses gender-neutral terms for God. “We strive to use gender-neutral terms for God, for example, ‘God and God’s people’ rather than ‘God and His people.’ ‘Spirit’ is also gender-neutral,” said Assistant Principal Richard Rogusz.

Brisbane’s top Catholic boys’ school, St. Joseph’s College, has replaced the term “brothers” with “sisters and brothers” and switched the term “brotherhood” with “international community.”

“This has been an area of growth for us in recent times,” a spokesman told Sunday Times. “We have made changes to a number of prayers to be more gender-inclusive.”

Andrea Dean, Catholic Office for the Participation of Women director, told the Sunday Mail she was “thrilled” that schools were using gender-neutral prayer.

“It’s terrific that they’re sensitive to the implications of how God is named,” she said.

“God is not of any gender. In the times the scripture was written, (Lord and Father) were terms of honor – most of the terms of honor were related to men,” she added.

Here;  https://www.christianpost.com/news/catholic-schoolgirls-in-australia-taught-god-is-gender-neutral-banned-from-using-father-and-son-in-prayer.html

And Jesus taught us to pray, "Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed by thy name." 

Next up, watch for denominations to insist that Jesus wasn't a male, but instead was intersex or transgender or maybe queer?