Are Heights families mostly practicing Catholics?

[Anonymous]

OP The Heights website tells you everything you need to know.

The Heights entrusts the spiritual formation of its students to the personal prelature of Opus Dei, an organization that fosters among men and women of every walk of life a profound awareness of the universal call to holiness and apostolate.

The School’s Christian orientation and spiritual formation are entrusted to Opus Dei, a Personal Prelature of the Catholic Church. Opus Dei’s purpose is to foster among men and women of every walk of life a profound awareness of the universal call to holiness and apostolate, pursued freely and on their own responsibility, in their ordinary work and place in society

Per it's website it is not a Catholic School!

"Although The Heights is not officially (canonically) a Catholic School, it does offer classes in Catholic doctrine as well as Catholic sacraments and liturgy. The curriculum and teachers for the Catholic doctrine program are reviewed and approved by the Archdiocese of Washington."

It teaches the teachings of a cult by it's own admissions. ie it's own website.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh gosh. You must not know much about Opus Dei. I’d do your research. Even Catholics find Opus Dei to be … too much.

Here’s a thread worth reading, but there are many more.
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/229287.page

Speak for yourself, heretic.

Ick. Seriously. If you are a Roman Catholic, then your church is led by a the Pope, whom you are supposed to believe is infallible when speaking ex cathedra. Both of the last two Popes have been clear that Opus Dei theology departs signifcantly from Roman Catholic Church doctrine. In other words, if you, OP (and the others on this thread who are giving the same vibes), believe in Opus Dei, then you aren't really a Roman Catholic at all. You are in cult that has splintered from the Roman Catholic Church.

No, this is not correct. Opus Dei is in good standing with the Catholic Church. It is not schismatic and not a splinter group. I am not a member of Opus Dei, but know people from it who are very good people. I do not expect it (or the Catholic Church, for that matter) to get any sort of fair treatment on a forum like this.

Yes, DCUM frowns on cults trying to force their beliefs on everyone.

DCUM frowns on anything not adhering to the pro-abortion, liberal narrative. Talk about forcing beliefs.

People who care about women want them to have bodily autonomy.

Including the autonomy to accept their fertility, take advantage of cyclical nature, and arrange their life as they see fit rather than being compelled to accept as normal the ritual poisoning of themselves with harmful chemicals so they can become male-analog worker drones on the assembly line.

[Anonymous]

I know plenty of people who have two or three kids who use natural family planning! What a bizarre statement to say if you have three kids you use birth control. A woman with self-knowledge can absolutely know when she ovulates! The pharmaceutical industry would love to keep women in the dark, and make you believe how erratic and unknowable the science of your body is. NFP is empowering. I caught two health problems before my doctor because I understand my body and because a cycle can tell you a lot about your health. I have been in many NFP groups over the years. Please stop making blanket statements! The people who have 13 children these days are people who are completely open to new life, this is different from using natural family planning.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh gosh. You must not know much about Opus Dei. I’d do your research. Even Catholics find Opus Dei to be … too much.

Here’s a thread worth reading, but there are many more.
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/229287.page

Speak for yourself, heretic.

Ick. Seriously. If you are a Roman Catholic, then your church is led by a the Pope, whom you are supposed to believe is infallible when speaking ex cathedra. Both of the last two Popes have been clear that Opus Dei theology departs signifcantly from Roman Catholic Church doctrine. In other words, if you, OP (and the others on this thread who are giving the same vibes), believe in Opus Dei, then you aren't really a Roman Catholic at all. You are in cult that has splintered from the Roman Catholic Church.

No, this is not correct. Opus Dei is in good standing with the Catholic Church. It is not schismatic and not a splinter group. I am not a member of Opus Dei, but know people from it who are very good people. I do not expect it (or the Catholic Church, for that matter) to get any sort of fair treatment on a forum like this.

Yes, DCUM frowns on cults trying to force their beliefs on everyone.

DCUM frowns on anything not adhering to the pro-abortion, liberal narrative. Talk about forcing beliefs.

People who care about women want them to have bodily autonomy.

Including the autonomy to accept their fertility, take advantage of cyclical nature, and arrange their life as they see fit rather than being compelled to accept as normal the ritual poisoning of themselves with harmful chemicals so they can become male-analog worker drones on the assembly line.

You’re mental.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh gosh. You must not know much about Opus Dei. I’d do your research. Even Catholics find Opus Dei to be … too much.

Here’s a thread worth reading, but there are many more.
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/229287.page

Speak for yourself, heretic.

Ick. Seriously. If you are a Roman Catholic, then your church is led by a the Pope, whom you are supposed to believe is infallible when speaking ex cathedra. Both of the last two Popes have been clear that Opus Dei theology departs signifcantly from Roman Catholic Church doctrine. In other words, if you, OP (and the others on this thread who are giving the same vibes), believe in Opus Dei, then you aren't really a Roman Catholic at all. You are in cult that has splintered from the Roman Catholic Church.

No, this is not correct. Opus Dei is in good standing with the Catholic Church. It is not schismatic and not a splinter group. I am not a member of Opus Dei, but know people from it who are very good people. I do not expect it (or the Catholic Church, for that matter) to get any sort of fair treatment on a forum like this.

Yes, DCUM frowns on cults trying to force their beliefs on everyone.

DCUM frowns on anything not adhering to the pro-abortion, liberal narrative. Talk about forcing beliefs.

People who care about women want them to have bodily autonomy.

Including the autonomy to accept their fertility, take advantage of cyclical nature, and arrange their life as they see fit rather than being compelled to accept as normal the ritual poisoning of themselves with harmful chemicals so they can become male-analog worker drones on the assembly line.

Is someone forcing you to take chemicals? If not, what are you talking about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OPUS DEI

Members, particularly numeraries, often sign over their assets.

Leaving is difficult.
Former members may find it hard to connect with non-members or family, having been encouraged to distance themselves

Pelagianism (try, you can be perfect)

the constant control of your time, money, clothing, words and relationships typical of sects

an obsession with physicality, especially sex, bordering on Manichaeism.

Cult

Nonsense regarding former numeraries. My spouse is former Opus Dei numerary. We still hang out with Opus Dei people all the time- they could not be warmer towards us.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh gosh. You must not know much about Opus Dei. I’d do your research. Even Catholics find Opus Dei to be … too much.

Here’s a thread worth reading, but there are many more.
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/229287.page

Speak for yourself, heretic.

Ick. Seriously. If you are a Roman Catholic, then your church is led by a the Pope, whom you are supposed to believe is infallible when speaking ex cathedra. Both of the last two Popes have been clear that Opus Dei theology departs signifcantly from Roman Catholic Church doctrine. In other words, if you, OP (and the others on this thread who are giving the same vibes), believe in Opus Dei, then you aren't really a Roman Catholic at all. You are in cult that has splintered from the Roman Catholic Church.

No, this is not correct. Opus Dei is in good standing with the Catholic Church. It is not schismatic and not a splinter group. I am not a member of Opus Dei, but know people from it who are very good people. I do not expect it (or the Catholic Church, for that matter) to get any sort of fair treatment on a forum like this.

Yes, DCUM frowns on cults trying to force their beliefs on everyone.

DCUM frowns on anything not adhering to the pro-abortion, liberal narrative. Talk about forcing beliefs.

People who care about women want them to have bodily autonomy.

Including the autonomy to accept their fertility, take advantage of cyclical nature, and arrange their life as they see fit rather than being compelled to accept as normal the ritual poisoning of themselves with harmful chemicals so they can become male-analog worker drones on the assembly line.

“Accept their fertility” … are you ok?

Modern medicine does not = “harmful chemicals [resulting in] male analog worker drones on the assembly line”

Seriously are you OK?

The good news is that this post is telling readers everything they might need to know about the school to make an informed decision.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They may be abstinent? Wow. The world would be such a better place if people could just embrace who they actually are (i.e. gay, trans, etc.). Instead kids who were teased or bullied by peer or family members for being different are driven by deep shame to suspend their rational faculties so that they can deny what they know to be true about themselves. They tell themselves that everyone secretly shares the same struggles. They twist themselves into pretezels to accord with rigid, bizarre, and extremist beliefs that help them to suppress their natural inclinations. And worst of all, they turn all that self-loathing outward towards the condemnation of others. Anyone who is as focused as Opus Dei is on other peoples' sexual behavior is suppressing their own shameful (to their mind) truth about themselves. Time and time again leaders who have rabidly condemned others' sexual behaviors are revealed to be secretly gay or to be attracted to children, yet the lesson is never learned. I feel very sorry for those people who hate themselves so much. If you could just let yourself be yourself, you could save yourself (and others) a lot of pain.

I’d say the average Opus Dei participant is way less concerned with other people’s sexual behavior than people here seem to be with the behavior of Opus Dei participants.

+1 😂

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Oh gosh. You must not know much about Opus Dei. I’d do your research. Even Catholics find Opus Dei to be … too much.

Here’s a thread worth reading, but there are many more.
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/229287.page

Yes, I know all about Opus Dei, thank you.

Then you would agree that it would be pretty unusual to find lightweight or non practicing Opus Dei Catholics, right? It's a silly question. Opus Dei is rather intense.

"intense" It is a cult.

Amy Comey Barret is in a cult.

She’s not in Opus Dei….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know plenty of people who have two or three kids who use natural family planning! What a bizarre statement to say if you have three kids you use birth control. A woman with self-knowledge can absolutely know when she ovulates! The pharmaceutical industry would love to keep women in the dark, and make you believe how erratic and unknowable the science of your body is. NFP is empowering. I caught two health problems before my doctor because I understand my body and because a cycle can tell you a lot about your health. I have been in many NFP groups over the years. Please stop making blanket statements! The people who have 13 children these days are people who are completely open to new life, this is different from using natural family planning.

BS absolute BS they use BC the rhythum method does not work. Only thing that works is BC.

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Anonymous wrote:They may be abstinent? Wow. The world would be such a better place if people could just embrace who they actually are (i.e. gay, trans, etc.). Instead kids who were teased or bullied by peer or family members for being different are driven by deep shame to suspend their rational faculties so that they can deny what they know to be true about themselves. They tell themselves that everyone secretly shares the same struggles. They twist themselves into pretezels to accord with rigid, bizarre, and extremist beliefs that help them to suppress their natural inclinations. And worst of all, they turn all that self-loathing outward towards the condemnation of others. Anyone who is as focused as Opus Dei is on other peoples' sexual behavior is suppressing their own shameful (to their mind) truth about themselves. Time and time again leaders who have rabidly condemned others' sexual behaviors are revealed to be secretly gay or to be attracted to children, yet the lesson is never learned. I feel very sorry for those people who hate themselves so much. If you could just let yourself be yourself, you could save yourself (and others) a lot of pain.

I’d say the average Opus Dei participant is way less concerned with other people’s sexual behavior than people here seem to be with the behavior of Opus Dei participants.

Wrong the cult of OPUS DEI definitly interferes with it's members procreation. It is a cult for god's sake. And would love to control other women as well in this area. Why the hell do you think they are suing in court to stop abortions? Why the hell do you think Amy Comey Barrett is on the Supreme Court? They give a ton of monies to Erin Morrow Hawley the little handmaid tales shitty lawyer.

+1 😂

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Anonymous wrote:I know plenty of people who have two or three kids who use natural family planning! What a bizarre statement to say if you have three kids you use birth control. A woman with self-knowledge can absolutely know when she ovulates! The pharmaceutical industry would love to keep women in the dark, and make you believe how erratic and unknowable the science of your body is. NFP is empowering. I caught two health problems before my doctor because I understand my body and because a cycle can tell you a lot about your health. I have been in many NFP groups over the years. Please stop making blanket statements! The people who have 13 children these days are people who are completely open to new life, this is different from using natural family planning.

BS absolute BS they use BC the rhythum method does not work. Only thing that works is BC.

The current methods of natural family planning are light years away from the calendar system sometimes called the “rhythm method;” the use of that term bespeaks complete ignorance on the subject.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nonsense regarding former numeraries. My spouse is former Opus Dei numerary. We still hang out with Opus Dei people all the time- they could not be warmer towards us.

It’s possible the distinction here is your interactions with *former* (key word!) numeraries. (Current) numeraries represent about 20% of Opus Dei members. They are celibate, and they live in special residences where they lead extremely structured lives. They work, but their income minus basic expenses goes to Opus Dei.

These practices are what people are referring too when they say numeraries are isolated from the rest of society and allow Opus Dei to have nearly total control over its members.

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Anonymous wrote:I know plenty of people who have two or three kids who use natural family planning! What a bizarre statement to say if you have three kids you use birth control. A woman with self-knowledge can absolutely know when she ovulates! The pharmaceutical industry would love to keep women in the dark, and make you believe how erratic and unknowable the science of your body is. NFP is empowering. I caught two health problems before my doctor because I understand my body and because a cycle can tell you a lot about your health. I have been in many NFP groups over the years. Please stop making blanket statements! The people who have 13 children these days are people who are completely open to new life, this is different from using natural family planning.

BS absolute BS they use BC the rhythum method does not work. Only thing that works is BC.

Yep. My very catholic mother had 11 children using the rhythm method. My dad eventually got a vasectomy.

[Anonymous]

So, I don’t mind that schools exist that hold a different set of beliefs than my own. I don’t expect everyone to believe the same things I do.

What I don’t get, and what I DO mind, is whenever these threads pop up about The Heights and:
1. people say, “Hey, it’s an Opus Dei school, you should know what that is before you send your kid there!”;
2. The school doesn’t hide at all that it IS an Opus Dei school (and that’s fine! If it is, it should own it, and it appears to do that) https://heights.edu/student-life/faith/
3. Yet a whole crop of people pop up to say “No, no. We are such a lowkey school, everyone is wrong about our beliefs, and there are non-Catholics here too.”

The posters who said nobody ends up at The Heights on accident is correct. There are clearly a very specific set of beliefs that parents here either subscribe to, or are comfy with their kids being around. Why do The Heights’ defenders try to deny or downplay this?

I ask that in a supportive way…. Your school community exits to serve a purpose…. Why not own it and simply say “Hey, this school might not be for everyone, and we’re cool with that.”