Tell me about Georgetown Visitation

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The atmosphere at Visi may be kinder and gentler than at NCS or other independent schools. The Irish, the dominant ethnic group there, are a gregarious, communicative and sports-oriented lot.

But non-Catholics should keep in mind that these are people for whom Catholic education and group identity and cohesiveness is important and who have chosen homogeneity over more diversity.

Visi and NCS do rarely compete for the same applicant pool.

Wow as a Catholic I find all these Catholic stereo types amazing. Indeed, I don't pick friends or where my schools attend school, etc., based on my religion. And I haven't met any other Catholics who do either. It seems that most pick a school because it's the right fit for their child and that the religious aspect is secondary. The sweeping generalizations are pretty shocking. There would be a lot of outrage if what was being said about Catholic's was substituting with Jews, Muslims, or whatever.

Then why are their Catholic Schools with student populations that are nearly 100% Catholic?

The obvious answer is that people select these school because they propagate their faith and because they want to stay inside the culture.

Or is it, as you suggest, just happenstance that all these Catholics find that its these schools that are the perfect fit for their kids irrespective of Religion?

I think posters like above are just jealous that they feel excluded from these wonderful Catholic schools and wish they had such a place to comfortably send their children. Of course they are welcome to apply to any of these schools, but they will not because they obviously have some sort of issue with Catholics in general?? Non Catholic here, who successfully enrolled her DC in a Catholic high school this year, and we couldn't be happier. Met some of the parents who all know I am not Catholic, and I was welcomed with open arms. I am sure my DC will thrive at this school, which teaches the type of values we embrace. And to learn about a new religion makes it even more rich.

[Anonymous]

The purpose of these Catholic schools is the propagation of Catholic faith and not to provide non-Catholics an opportunity to "learn about a new faith".