St Marys versus St Louis

[Anonymous]

Please stop trying to make Catholic school less Catholic. If you don't like regular Friday mass attendance, don't send your kid there. There are a lot of us who chose Catholic school because of this, not despite it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Uh, when I was growing up, we went to mass on SUNDAY. What happened to that? When did we start doing mass twice a week now? Why not three times a week? Or every morning before classes?

Or are Friday masses during school intended to be a substitute for Sunday mass, so parents can sleep in?

Friday mass is not a substitute for Sunday mass. If you don’t know that you honestly have no business chiming in on this thread.

Why not? I don’t recall a commandment that says “though shall honor Fridays.” So where is Friday Mass coming from? To give teachers a break? (Asking as a 40-year Catholic).

I think the belief is that weekly mass as a school helps to reinforce the students' faith and what they have been learning in religion class. Friday mass cannot be a substitute for Sunday, as Sunday is the Sabbath, and it must be kept holy per the Ten Commandments. Going to mass on another day of the week does not honor the obligation to keep the Sabbath holy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Uh, when I was growing up, we went to mass on SUNDAY. What happened to that? When did we start doing mass twice a week now? Why not three times a week? Or every morning before classes?

Or are Friday masses during school intended to be a substitute for Sunday mass, so parents can sleep in?

When I went to my local parochial school, we went to Mass three days per week (plus Sunday). You don’t sound very educated on what the Mass actually is. If you are Catholic, you should be grateful your child has the opportunity to attend more than once a week.

Mass attendance isn’t destroying academics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please stop trying to make Catholic school less Catholic. If you don't like regular Friday mass attendance, don't send your kid there. There are a lot of us who chose Catholic school because of this, not despite it.

I think PP was just asking WHY they go to mass on Fridays. I grew up catholic as well, and never went to mass on Fridays. Everyone I knew went to mass on SUNDAYS only —- and, like, worked and studied and learned Mon - Friday.

Friday mass was for old ladies, not young kids in school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please stop trying to make Catholic school less Catholic. If you don't like regular Friday mass attendance, don't send your kid there. There are a lot of us who chose Catholic school because of this, not despite it.

I think PP was just asking WHY they go to mass on Fridays. I grew up catholic as well, and never went to mass on Fridays. Everyone I knew went to mass on SUNDAYS only —- and, like, worked and studied and learned Mon - Friday.

Friday mass was for old ladies, not young kids in school.

Obviously you did not attend Catholic school... even if Catholic schools don't go to mass weekly, they go a minimum once a month for First Friday mass plus holy days of obligation.

[Anonymous]

If mass is so important, why not have it AFTER school hours on Fridays?

Oh, but we can’t do that! — that technically would be extra work hours for the teachers! So we must sacrifice 2 hours of classroom every week to go to mass, so that additional work hours aren’t needed.

Btw, I bet all those people who argue that “an hour of mass every week doesn’t affect academics” are the same people spending $75/week for an hour of tutoring. Lol.

[Anonymous]

We went to Mass 1x per month in my K8 Catholic school in PA. Weekly Mass is an Arlington Diocese trait.
FWIW I don’t think it detracted from the academics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If mass is so important, why not have it AFTER school hours on Fridays?

Oh, but we can’t do that! — that technically would be extra work hours for the teachers! So we must sacrifice 2 hours of classroom every week to go to mass, so that additional work hours aren’t needed.

Btw, I bet all those people who argue that “an hour of mass every week doesn’t affect academics” are the same people spending $75/week for an hour of tutoring. Lol.

If one weekly mass is the difference between acceptable and abysmal academics, then the problems run a lot deeper than the one mass

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If mass is so important, why not have it AFTER school hours on Fridays?

Oh, but we can’t do that! — that technically would be extra work hours for the teachers! So we must sacrifice 2 hours of classroom every week to go to mass, so that additional work hours aren’t needed.

Btw, I bet all those people who argue that “an hour of mass every week doesn’t affect academics” are the same people spending $75/week for an hour of tutoring. Lol.

No, I’m not spending money on tutoring. I do, however, understand what it means when I send my child to a religious affiliated school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If mass is so important, why not have it AFTER school hours on Fridays?

Oh, but we can’t do that! — that technically would be extra work hours for the teachers! So we must sacrifice 2 hours of classroom every week to go to mass, so that additional work hours aren’t needed.

Btw, I bet all those people who argue that “an hour of mass every week doesn’t affect academics” are the same people spending $75/week for an hour of tutoring. Lol.

Catholic schools are supposed to form Catholic children. I’m betting if Mass were after school, people complaining about Mass would be the first to have an excuse for why their kids cannot attend. Again, if Mass is so objectionable, there are plenty of non-religious private schools in the area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We went to Mass 1x per month in my K8 Catholic school in PA. Weekly Mass is an Arlington Diocese trait.
FWIW I don’t think it detracted from the academics.

My kids have gone to parochial schools in 3 other states and they all had weekly mass, it's not exclusive to the DoA.

[Anonymous]

In the Diocese of Arlington, every parochial elementary school goes to Mass once a week. Other dioceses have different Mass attendance requirements.

[Anonymous]

The problem is that all of you are talking about Catholicism as though it were monolithic. Like many other denominations, there are varying degrees, some more orthodox than others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If mass is so important, why not have it AFTER school hours on Fridays?

Oh, but we can’t do that! — that technically would be extra work hours for the teachers! So we must sacrifice 2 hours of classroom every week to go to mass, so that additional work hours aren’t needed.

Btw, I bet all those people who argue that “an hour of mass every week doesn’t affect academics” are the same people spending $75/week for an hour of tutoring. Lol.

This isn’t the thread for you. You aren’t interested in the religious/mass attendance/faith formation aspects of St. Louis or BSSM. Going to mass for 45 minutes a week doesn’t impact the rest of the academics at all.

[Anonymous]

Weekly mass in Catholic school is part of how they integrate faith into the school. Some Catholics go to daily mass. I’m all for welcoming people, but if you can’t understand that, Catholic school may not be the place for you.