How "Catholic" is Notre Dame?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So assuming it's highly unlikely to find a Jewish student there? Asking as the mother of a Cathokic/Jewish DD who has ND on her list....

I doubt you will find a Jewish undergrad at ND.

I wouldn't be so sure, especially Catholic / Jewish student. That said, there won't be many of them.

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I wonder at all the people who send their kids to or attend a Catholic school who are appalled they cannot get birth control at the campus health clinic. Isn't that like going to BYU and complaining there is no Starbucks on campus? Or to Brandeis and you have to eat kosher in the dining halls? If you go to a religious university, you should expect the tenets of the religion to be evident on the campus. Choose another school if you don't like that. Touchdown Jesus!

[Anonymous]

Back in the 1980s (could be the same today) - they didn't serve meat in the dining halls during the Fridays of Lent.

About the third week of Lent, every year, some kid writes into the Observer (student newspaper) - why can't I choose to sin on Fridays if I want to?!!

Listen - you had a choice of 2000 to 3000 colleges in America where you could have had meat on Fridays in a dining hall. Instead, you chose here. WHY?!!!

Probably ask the same question about why doesn't Notre Dame have 1) co-ed dorms 2) gay and lesbian societies 3) pro-choice rallies. 2000-3000 colleges in the US do... but no, you chose to go here...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ND alumna her from 12 years ago. I go to mass every week but am a very socially liberal person and did fine just there, and am probably a better person for going there. I knew a lot of people that were catholic just on paper. Since everyone is sooooo nice no one judges of people are super catholic or not. A visit is a must. Some of the things that people knock it for are actually not bad when you are a student. Yes the dorms are single sex but it isn't like that stops people!

You cant be a good Catholic and be socially liberal. They are in direct contradiction to one another.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:ND alumna her from 12 years ago. I go to mass every week but am a very socially liberal person and did fine just there, and am probably a better person for going there. I knew a lot of people that were catholic just on paper. Since everyone is sooooo nice no one judges of people are super catholic or not. A visit is a must. Some of the things that people knock it for are actually not bad when you are a student. Yes the dorms are single sex but it isn't like that stops people!

You cant be a good Catholic and be socially liberal. They are in direct contradiction to one another.

You better tell that to Pope Francis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ND alumna her from 12 years ago. I go to mass every week but am a very socially liberal person and did fine just there, and am probably a better person for going there. I knew a lot of people that were catholic just on paper. Since everyone is sooooo nice no one judges of people are super catholic or not. A visit is a must. Some of the things that people knock it for are actually not bad when you are a student. Yes the dorms are single sex but it isn't like that stops people!

You cant be a good Catholic and be socially liberal. They are in direct contradiction to one another.

You better tell that to Pope Francis.

+1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ND alumna her from 12 years ago. I go to mass every week but am a very socially liberal person and did fine just there, and am probably a better person for going there. I knew a lot of people that were catholic just on paper. Since everyone is sooooo nice no one judges of people are super catholic or not. A visit is a must. Some of the things that people knock it for are actually not bad when you are a student. Yes the dorms are single sex but it isn't like that stops people!

You cant be a good Catholic and be socially liberal. They are in direct contradiction to one another.

You better tell that to Pope Francis.

Or Jesus.

[Anonymous]

I had college boyfriend who went to Creighton; I believe it's a Jesuit college located in Omaha, NE. I have never visited Omaha but have heard ok things about the city.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ND alumna her from 12 years ago. I go to mass every week but am a very socially liberal person and did fine just there, and am probably a better person for going there. I knew a lot of people that were catholic just on paper. Since everyone is sooooo nice no one judges of people are super catholic or not. A visit is a must. Some of the things that people knock it for are actually not bad when you are a student. Yes the dorms are single sex but it isn't like that stops people!

You cant be a good Catholic and be socially liberal. They are in direct contradiction to one another.

You better tell that to Pope Francis.

Or Jesus.

Agree 100%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ND alumna her from 12 years ago. I go to mass every week but am a very socially liberal person and did fine just there, and am probably a better person for going there. I knew a lot of people that were catholic just on paper. Since everyone is sooooo nice no one judges of people are super catholic or not. A visit is a must. Some of the things that people knock it for are actually not bad when you are a student. Yes the dorms are single sex but it isn't like that stops people!

You cant be a good Catholic and be socially liberal. They are in direct contradiction to one another.

You better tell that to Pope Francis.

Pope Francis - and the Catholic Church - still considers homosexuality a sin and is still anti-abortion. Pope Francis may be considered "socially liberal" because he chooses to de-emphasize these facts and instead focus on the traits of Christian humility, charity and service that have been part of the church since the beginning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So assuming it's highly unlikely to find a Jewish student there? Asking as the mother of a Cathokic/Jewish DD who has ND on her list....

I doubt you will find a Jewish undergrad at ND.

Graduated from ND's law school in the 1990s. My class had one Jewish classmate who left after the first semester. No idea why.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So assuming it's highly unlikely to find a Jewish student there? Asking as the mother of a Cathokic/Jewish DD who has ND on her list....

I doubt you will find a Jewish undergrad at ND.

I wouldn't be so sure, especially Catholic / Jewish student. That said, there won't be many of them.

My niece. Next fall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So assuming it's highly unlikely to find a Jewish student there? Asking as the mother of a Cathokic/Jewish DD who has ND on her list....

I doubt you will find a Jewish undergrad at ND.

Notre Dame is 81% Catholic. I would think there's a Jew somewhere in there.

[Anonymous]

My friend is a pretty religious Catholic, his son is a junior at a Jesuit high school. His dream school is Boston College. They went to look at Notre Dame, and the son said "I'm Catholic, but these people are really Catholic."

Kids lighting candles and praying in the grotto, crucifixes in every classroom, etc. He thought Catholicism permeated the culture completely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about U Mich or U Wisconsin? Rah rah large schools like ND, in medium-small college towns

Purdue?

Wisconsin alum here. Not trying to be being picky, but Madison has over a quarter of a million people, so it is not a "medium small college town." That said, it is a great school in a great town, one of the best college experiences in America with top notch academics! I highly recommend it.