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Anonymous wrote:St. Athanasius in Vienna. They don't follow Vatican II and are friendly with (though not officially part of) SSPX. They have an affiliated school, St. Anthony Academy, that follows a curriculum straight out of the Middle Ages.

Holy hell, you weren't exaggerating! That's even how they describe it.

"Children in this younger stage love the chance to memorize and it is foolish not to take advantage of this opportunity...Mastery of the Grammar stage requires large amounts of memorization and this should be done when memorization is easy and agreeable. Thus, our younger students are taught to store away in memory large amounts of information which they do not yet understand completely. "

Whoa, it gets worse. From their handbook:

"2) Rock music should not be listened to at home or in the car:
Much of the music in the modern culture is inappropriate for children, not only because of the rock beat, but also because of the lyrics.

6) Internet
Children younger than high school should not have access to the internet except for educational purposes, and then only with a parent present.

8) Playmates
Great care should be exercised in choices of friends for your children. Allowing them to play with children who are permitted to see and do things that you do not permit, is the same as allowing it yourself.\

...- refrain from speaking about modern movies, television shows, music, computer games or video games while at school."

Girls must wear head coverings inside the church.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:St. Athanasius in Vienna. They don't follow Vatican II and are friendly with (though not officially part of) SSPX. They have an affiliated school, St. Anthony Academy, that follows a curriculum straight out of the Middle Ages.

Holy hell, you weren't exaggerating! That's even how they describe it.

"Children in this younger stage love the chance to memorize and it is foolish not to take advantage of this opportunity...Mastery of the Grammar stage requires large amounts of memorization and this should be done when memorization is easy and agreeable. Thus, our younger students are taught to store away in memory large amounts of information which they do not yet understand completely. "

Whoa, it gets worse. From their handbook:

"2) Rock music should not be listened to at home or in the car:
Much of the music in the modern culture is inappropriate for children, not only because of the rock beat, but also because of the lyrics.

6) Internet
Children younger than high school should not have access to the internet except for educational purposes, and then only with a parent present.

8) Playmates
Great care should be exercised in choices of friends for your children. Allowing them to play with children who are permitted to see and do things that you do not permit, is the same as allowing it yourself.\

...- refrain from speaking about modern movies, television shows, music, computer games or video games while at school."

Girls must wear head coverings inside the church.

I'm no Catholic, but this looks wonderful. I skimmed through the curriculum, and it looks like these kids are getting an excellent classical Catholic education. This is a prime example of Rod Drehers "Benedict Option." It's hardcore Traditional Catholicism. If you don't like it, don't send your kids there. There are Protestant schools like this as well. Conservative classical Catholic ( and Protestant) schools are the best way to counter the Leftist public education system. God bless these folks!

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Anonymous wrote:We found Blessed Sacrament in DC to be super duper conservative

agree

Weird I was gonna no to say that BS is pretty liberal-- as are most of the Catholic Churches IN DC proper. BS does have do a more traditional mass which I love but still does very liberal things which drive me crazy. That said I used to go to a little church I loved when in college but it was taken over by a Legion of Christ movement. I was out of there.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We found Blessed Sacrament in DC to be super duper conservative

agree

I'm really curious about BS. What makes it conservation, in your view?

We belong to BS. I think it's a mix - it's conservative in the old money upper NW/Chevy Chase kind of way. Lots of snooty people. It took me a long time to find a fit there, but I have met lovely folks there. I also think it's just sort of more old school, and there are a lot of older people there.

We came close to sending our child there many years ago, and I was shocked when touring the school to see no children of color there at all. That's changed a little, but I'd describe the conservatism there as partly a function of being a pretty homogeneous parish.

On the other hand, we were upfront when touring the school that our child's best friend had two dads and we would not ever say that was a bad thing. We were encouraged by the responses we received - all positive and welcoming.

I think there are some conservative parishioners, but there are a fair number of social justice liberal parishioners, too. Our child is in the school of religion and I've been really pleased that the focus for the grade this year has been on welcoming a refugee family.

This. I'm a BS parishioner and school parent. Lots of "country club" types who as a whole probably lean more Republican and can maybe come across as "stuffy". But theologically I haven't found it overly conservative at all. Also, our car certainly definitely wasn't the only one with the H sticker on it at school pick up/weekend mass.