Are practicing Catholics welcome at prominent/traditional Southern colleges?

[Anonymous]

Tulane was pretty heavy Catholic when I was there in the 90s. Three out of four roommates were /are Catholic. They have a nice Catholic center on campus. I'm non practicing but did go to the St Louis Cathedral for Easter with my roommates as well as services at the Catholic Center a few times.

[Anonymous]

You'd find a lot of practicing Catholics (as well as former Catholics) in SE Louisiana and in Florida.

[Anonymous]

Do you really think your kid is going to go to church anyway? Rice will be fine. It is in the middle of a huge city.

[Anonymous]

Wow. People are spouting some serious bullshit here. I grew up Catholic in North Carolina, went to UNC and had lots of Catholic friends at both Duke and Wake. UNC's Newman Center was my home away from home.

I think OP is looking for personal experience with the schools listed, not prejudiced speculation.

[Anonymous]

I went to a big SEC school and had a ton of Catholic friends. It was never an issue for anyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went to a big SEC school and had a ton of Catholic friends. It was never an issue for anyone.

Ditto. And I seriously doubt your children are going to be quite as concerned about this as you are.

[Anonymous]

Despite the assurance from our friends in the south, I think a practicing Catholic is going to be more comfortable in the Northeast or Midwest. I'm not suggesting that there will always be problems in the south, but it's more comfortable when you aren't an object of curiosity defined by tired stereotypes.

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Anonymous wrote:Despite the assurance from our friends in the south, I think a practicing Catholic is going to be more comfortable in the Northeast or Midwest. I'm not suggesting that there will always be problems in the south, but it's more comfortable when you aren't an object of curiosity defined by tired stereotypes.

Sorry, any Catholic would be more comfortable in South Louisiana than Iowa.

Also if OP's 18 year old cares about this 1/10th of the amount that OP does they should probably just stay home.

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Anonymous wrote:Despite the assurance from our friends in the south, I think a practicing Catholic is going to be more comfortable in the Northeast or Midwest. I'm not suggesting that there will always be problems in the south, but it's more comfortable when you aren't an object of curiosity defined by tired stereotypes.

Sorry, any Catholic would be more comfortable in South Louisiana than Iowa.

Also if OP's 18 year old cares about this 1/10th of the amount that OP does they should probably just stay home.

What schools discussed on DCUM are in Iowa? As a practicing Catholic who has traveled a lot, I can say that Chicago, St. Louis, Madison, Ann Arbor, Boston, Philadelphia are FAR More comfortable than south Louisiana. The KKK (which started as an anti-Catholic group) is still active in South Louisiana.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Despite the assurance from our friends in the south, I think a practicing Catholic is going to be more comfortable in the Northeast or Midwest. I'm not suggesting that there will always be problems in the south, but it's more comfortable when you aren't an object of curiosity defined by tired stereotypes.

Sorry, any Catholic would be more comfortable in South Louisiana than Iowa.

Also if OP's 18 year old cares about this 1/10th of the amount that OP does they should probably just stay home.

What schools discussed on DCUM are in Iowa? As a practicing Catholic who has traveled a lot, I can say that Chicago, St. Louis, Madison, Ann Arbor, Boston, Philadelphia are FAR More comfortable than south Louisiana. The KKK (which started as an anti-Catholic group) is still active in South Louisiana.

You have no idea what you are talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Despite the assurance from our friends in the south, I think a practicing Catholic is going to be more comfortable in the Northeast or Midwest. I'm not suggesting that there will always be problems in the south, but it's more comfortable when you aren't an object of curiosity defined by tired stereotypes.

You and many of the other posters here are engaging in the same behavior. Yes, your statement does suggest prejudices against southerners' attitudes towards Catholics. For you and others, you're making statements that are untrue. Students at major colleges and universities of the caliber of Wake Forest, Vanderbilt, Emory, Tulane, UNC, UGA, are not going to view practicing Catholics as an object of curiosity. In such cities as New Orleans, Savannah, Tampa, Mobile, Louisville, Dallas, and Atlanta, there are many Catholics and yes--even Catholic cathedrals in some of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow. People are spouting some serious bullshit here. I grew up Catholic in North Carolina, went to UNC and had lots of Catholic friends at both Duke and Wake. UNC's Newman Center was my home away from home.

I think OP is looking for personal experience with the schools listed, not prejudiced speculation.

I grew up in NC and was raised Catholic as well. I attended both NCSU and UNC and never once heard any disparaging comments.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DC grew up in this area and has expressed an interest in attending school in a warmer climate (i.e., south of here). My family experienced anti-Catholic prejudice from Southerners in the past and I’m wary the claims of new found tolerance. Does anyone have recent experience regarding the willingness of traditional Southern colleges (so-called “Southern Ivies” such as Duke, Vanderbilt, Tulane, Emory, Rice, SMU and Wake Forrest) to welcome practicing Catholics? I wouldn’t want DC to have to hide their faith to be accepted by peers.

These schools have a healthy dose of students from other parts of the country.

Most aren't Catholic. A practicing Catholic wont fee comfortable in Winston-Salem, NC.

As a Catholic who grew up in WS, I agree. Heard a lot of anti-Catholic vitriol, unfortunately.

Interesting, I am from Winston Salem and was raised in a Catholic family as well. The only anti catholic vitriol that I came across was from my fellow students in Catholic school whose experiences turned them against catholicsim.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Despite the assurance from our friends in the south, I think a practicing Catholic is going to be more comfortable in the Northeast or Midwest. I'm not suggesting that there will always be problems in the south, but it's more comfortable when you aren't an object of curiosity defined by tired stereotypes.

Sorry, any Catholic would be more comfortable in South Louisiana than Iowa.

Also if OP's 18 year old cares about this 1/10th of the amount that OP does they should probably just stay home.

What schools discussed on DCUM are in Iowa? As a practicing Catholic who has traveled a lot, I can say that Chicago, St. Louis, Madison, Ann Arbor, Boston, Philadelphia are FAR More comfortable than south Louisiana. The KKK (which started as an anti-Catholic group) is still active in South Louisiana.

+1 this

[Anonymous]

South Louisiana is prominently catholic. They have parishes instead of counties, for example. Sheesh. Get your facts straight.