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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP again.  
some potential issues (?)

1)the Catholic kids and their families will all know each other or will be friends-of-friends (Can see this happening?)

2)The Catholic kids will be getting out of bed at 8am on Sundays to go to mass and my kid will be heading to the Presbyterian church at 10am. (Not sure how likely this is or not for any of them in college?)
  
3)The Catholic kids and my daughter will get into theological debates over the sacraments, Mary and church structure.  (Have a hard time seeing my kid caring enough on her end ?)[/quote]

#3 will only be an issue if your kid is going out of her way to challenge those aspects of Catholicism. Some people can be very derisive towards Catholics about this and at ND that wouldn't be tolerated (i.e. a kid saying "you guys worship Mary and that's voodoo" would be both socially unpopular and also potentially get in actual trouble).

I do think your DD might feel a bit isolated if she is fairly devout, just because she's less likely to find other Presbyterians, or even just non-Catholic Christians, at the school. Other colleges often have strong organizations that are non-denominational where Christian kids get to know each other, have socials, volunteer, and do stuff like bible study. At ND, this is baked into the culture of the school but it's not non-denominational -- it's Catholic. So going to ND if she's pretty devout might rob her of opportunities to make those kinds of connects at another school.[/quote]

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