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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We found it super religious, which my daughter was not expecting. It could have just been our tour guide, but he mainly stressed the 6 Jesuit mandatory core class requirements, the Campus Ministry and the daily and weekly mass. Community felt really close and engaged, just wasn't a good fit for my daughter (we are Jewish by the way.) [/quote]
You obviously went into your visit without an open mind -- maybe because you are Jewish?

St Joe's is not "super religious" at all.

The 6 "Jesuit mandatory core class requirements" that you deride only have ONE theology class:  "Faith, Justice, and the Catholic Tradition."  The other core classes are philosophy, English, history, and the First Year Seminar (which has nothing to do with religion).

Get real.[/quote]
I mean, she did also say that the other two things (out of three) that the guide stressed were "the Campus Ministry and the daily and weekly mass." I can certainly see how an open-minded kid could come away with the impression that a school was "super religious" after a tour like that.[/quote]

Two out of three my ass.  Nobody at St Joe's goes to daily mass.  Cut me a break.  She went into the tour with an attitude, and she completely misrepresented the core requirements consistent with that attitude.

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Wow, I'm Catholic and I see no evidence to assume she went in with an "attitude".  I thought her response was perfectly reasonable, but yours was not.  St. Joe's is a fairly religious school.  There are plenty of "St" schools that are not-- "St. Olaf's" isn't particularly nor is "St. John's" but St. Joe's is an actively religious school.  Nothing wrong with it, but it's understandable that a  kid taking a tour might be surprised by it.  And saying she "misrepresented" -- it's someone on a tour--they're not going to fully understand what is meant by their core requirements.  And that a tour guide mentions the mass schedule and campus ministry tells you it's fairly religious.  My kids who are Catholic thought it was too religious for their tastes too.  Your defensiveness is really off-putting.[/quote]

She did zero research before coming on here.  That's clearly the case.  I just proved it.  And, again, I have no connection to St Joe's.[/quote]

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