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[quote=Anonymous]I'm an alumna of ND.  I am also cafeteria catholic (although these days barely even that).  Religious conservatism runs the gamut there.  You will find uber religious ppl attending mass every Sunday and some weekdays, and you will find people who could care less.  Dorms are single-sex, and have times where opposite sex cannot be in them (ie overnight)...although that rule is broken frequently (at least when I was there) in guy dorms, and only drunk or stupid people get caught.  You are required to take 2 religion classes to graduate, but they weren't anything ridiculous, and since you are catholic already, it certainly won't be out of left field.  Yes there are crucifixes everywhere, yes they serve fish or Lenten Friday's in the dining halls, and yes, a lot of dorms have priests and nuns as heads.  But overall, I certainly didn't feel like I was being forced to comply with some ultra-catholic agenda, and most students that I was friends with were liberal like me.  Also, I had a bunch of "out" gay friends there who were never harassed or looked down on, fwiw.  And it has the upside of being very tight-knit.  Going to the grotto is a spiritual experience regardless of how catholic you are, and one of the best things I remember is when the entire student body, faculty, and clergy met on south quad for an impromptu mass on 9/11.  While even then I wasn't very religious, it was...something special.  I loved my years there; it sounds like your DS would be a good fit![/quote]

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