Do Catholic high schools require you upload a baptismal certificate?
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Anonymous
False. Different rules for Catholics and non-Catholics. Also different tuition rates. |
Anonymous
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OP, it took me four seconds to figure out that Bishop O'Connell requires a baptismal certificate to qualify as a Catholic in that school https://www.bishopoconnell.org/admissions/tuition-financial-aid. Google each school name, application and baptismal certificate. Your parish should already have records on your kid. You need to talk to them about your "kerfuffle" and figure this out.
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Anonymous
I assume you never claimed your kids were Catholic so no, you wouldn’t have been asked for a Catholic baptism certificate. For students who indicate they are Catholic, however, some schools require the certificate as proof of the claim. |
Anonymous
No different tuition rates at SJC, but you are higher up in the priorities for admission if you are Catholic. As is true at most of the schools OP listed. |
Anonymous
| There isn't a parish discount in high school. But they do take more kids from feeder Catholic schools. Are you at a feeder now? |
Anonymous
| I’m Catholic, my kids aren’t. Don’t claim being Catholic if they’re not baptized, had first communion, etc they’ll still get in. |
Anonymous
False |
Anonymous
DJO and the diocesan schools in VA have different rates for Catholic vs non-Catholic. To qualify for the Catholic rate, you need to provide a Baptism certificate. BI takes either Baptism or Confirmation. |
Anonymous
SJC does not. |
Anonymous
| DJO=yes |
Anonymous
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DC applied to SCJ and Gonzaga last year. I don't believe that either school asked for his baptismal certificate. They may have asked for the dates of each of his sacraments.
Write to the parish at which your child was baptized and request a copy of the baptismal certificate. It will be very helpful if you can provide the date of the baptism (month and year is helpful; exact date is even better). This is just useful going forward should your child want to get married in the church. |