Resources for parents and families regarding the 2020-21 school year and covid-19

Watch the January 3, 2021, ABC6 interview with Bishop Brennan and Superintendent Dufault about Our Catholic Schools' operations during the pandemic.

Click here to access "Covid-19 Vaccines - Answering Concerns."

• Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20201221_nota-vaccini-anticovid_en.html.  Letter from the Vatican explaining the morality of the 2 current vaccines.

• USCCB Statement: https://www.usccb.org/moral-considerations-covid-vaccines. A longer explanation of the ethics of the vaccine, approved by the USCCB.

• Ohio Bishops’ Statement: https://www.ohiocathconf.org/Portals/1/Bishop%20Statements/Ohio-Bishops-vacinne.pdf?ver=y7OHNpTaGQcG9qd-MaKqhQ%3d%3d, joint statement of the Bishops of Ohio in support of the USCCB statement.

• National Catholic Bioethics Center: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e3ada1a6a2e8d6a131d1dcd/t/5fd3ce39e679895094dd1e49/1607716409962/NCBCVaccineStatementFINAL.pdf.  Excellent article outlining the ethics considerations of vaccines and the Church’s teachings on them.

• Catholic Times Article: https://columbuscatholic.org/making-sense-out-of-bionetics. From the “Making Sense of Bioethics” series by Fr. Tad Pacholczyk.

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Click here for our "Diocese of Columbus Office of Catholic Schools Re-Opening Plan."