What denomination is our family (for catholic school admissions)
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Anonymous
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Sorry if this is a silly question but I was not raised in the US (came here as an adult) so I am not very familiar with private high school application processes. I am Catholic and DH is Episcopalian. Both our kids got baptized in the Episcopalian Church. We have attended mass at both Catholic and Episcopalian churches and our kids are familiar with service at both churches.
Our eldest will be applying to high schools next fall and a couple of the schools she is interested in are Catholic. What should we put down for our family denomination when asked? I am assuming we have to put Episcopalian for the kids because that's where they were baptized? Would this put them at a disadvantage in admissions? TIA |
Anonymous
| OP here. Just realized I posted in the wrong forum. Not sure how this can be moved to the private and independent school forum. Thank you |
Anonymous
| I'd put down Episcopalian. |
Anonymous
| Have they been confirmed catholic? If not, Episcopalian. |
Anonymous
| Sounds like you aren’t a member of a church and don’t attend regularly. I would be hesitant to put anything down. I would certainly not say catholic. |
Anonymous
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It might be an admissions preference if you are a registered parishioner at a Catholic church.
But just putting down "Catholic" on your form will not help you. Writing "Episcopalian" seems more honest. |
Anonymous
If your kids have not made any sacraments in the Catholic church, they aren't Catholic for this purpose. Catholic schools in this area give a fair amount of preference to kids whose parents have shown committment to Catholic education all along. They give a much smaller amount of preference to kids who have made their sacraments and have come from public or other private school. I would write "Christian". |
Anonymous
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If they haven’t received sacraments anywhere since baptism, I’d probably just put “Christian” so they don’t expect any records etc. that you can’t produce. Other than the baptism.
My guess is it doesn’t really matter- they are mostly looking for Catholic Church members up to date on sacraments & everyone else is in the “other” bucket. Or at minimum, Christian vs Episcopalian and won’t make any difference. |
Anonymous
| Episcopalian if that’s where the kids were baptized and they have not completed rites of initiation/conversion in a Catholic Church. |
Anonymous
This. The Catholic school will not count them as Catholic just because they have a Catholic mom and have been to mass a few times. |
Anonymous
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Don’t say they’re Catholic if you’re applying to a Catholic school because you’ll be caught flat-footed when they ask for baptismal or first communion papers.
It’s too late for a 7th grader, but I know a similar family whose kids decided to do baptism and first communion in 6th grade to prep for competitive Catholic HS admissions. Based on who I saw at Easter vigil this week, they aren’t the only ones to have this idea. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| I’d write Episcopalian because they were baptized as such. They certainly aren’t Catholic, but could convert of course. |
Anonymous
This is correct. My son was baptized as an Episcopalian, I’m Presbyterian, and DH went to Catholic schools K-12 and was baptized Catholic and did the Sacraments and everything. It did not count at all toward the admission process because they asked for baptismal records (only if baptized catholic) and for our parish (only if we attend regularly). It’s Catholic or not… they don’t seem to have a preference for choosing a Baptist over a Muslim, for example. |
Anonymous
| Put Episcopalian because that’s what Catholics consider a denomination. “Christian” isn’t. Agree you cannot put Catholic if kids haven’t made Catholic sacraments. But if it’s any comfort, my baptized Lutheran son is thriving at a top Jesuit HS. |