Notre Dame extracurriculars

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Anonymous wrote:MY DC is interested in ND because of the strong school spirit and academics. But we are not Catholic. In fact, we are not even Christian. For people familiar with ND, are the kids there very religious? DC is very social and get along easily with kids but I don't know how that would work socially if the other kids were much more religious. Or maybe its not an issue at all. Would love people's feedback.

On one hand, it's very ecumenical -- they are taught about all faiths, encouraged to think critically, and certainly the environment is warm and welcoming.

That said, it's pretty Catholic! There are multiple places to go to Mass and many different Mass times. I think it probably has a much higher percentage of students who attend Mass than most other colleges.

This. I went to Notre Dame, and I like to say that you don’t need to be catholic to go there, but you DO need to be OK with Catholicism and being around lots of Catholics.

Yup. Perfect description. At 10pm Sunday night, lots of kids will head down to the chapel in the dorm. They may ask your DC if they want to come. If your DC says no, they won't care or judge at all. So if you don't want to be invited to mass, don't go to ND. But no one will care if your DC doesn't participate in the Catholiism around campus.