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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a pretty typical gen X catholic, meaning I left the church 25 years ago. The church is far more conservative than it was a generation or two ago because the people who stayed are the people who are willing to put up with .. a lot. But my son is interested in ND and that's fine with me. It provides a classic college experience: solid academics, national reputation, fun sports, happy kids, strong alumni. [b]The Catholic part of it is a bit of a negative[/b] - it def leans more conservative than school like BC - but my kid can navigate that for himself. ND has always been a less hospitable place for women, so if I had a daughter I'd be less comfortable. [/quote] Is he OK with having a good portion of his dorm mates attending Mass on Sundays and also during the week? How about the single sex dorms with parietals? His dorm will also have at least one priest as the rector who will be setting rules for your son. He will be required to take Theology for at least one semester (maybe 2?). Your son can find the same things he likes about ND in so many other schools. South Bend isn't great either and it gets very cold there. Honestly he would probably be better off somewhere else. Oh, and if he still really wants to go there, be sure he doesn't bash Catholicism even minutely in his essays....he'll get rejected on the spot. [/quote] Sure. Why would other people attending church services be an issue. We live in NY and many of our friends have faith traditions that are not our own and ... it's not like we have to be OK with that. Of course we're OK with that. LOL, what? But also I went to ND so I have a pretty good idea how the school works. Did you? I think you'll find a minority of kids attend even a single non-mandatory Mass.[/quote] +1. Certainly there are opportunities for those who wish to partake, but thinking there's a cultural issue for those students not partaking would be a mistaken impression.[/quote] The PP specifically indicated they thought "the Catholic part is a bit of a negative," so if it's a negative, they very well could have a problem with so much worshiping happening on campus. There are 32 residence halls on campus and in those dorms there are 106 Masses every single week. That's a lot of praying. [img]https://i.imgur.com/xqYaMV1.png[/img] [/quote] I don't think anyone minds people doing their own thing. But as someone before said, "ND seems to do a fairly good job of subtly wvangelizing kids into the Catholic faith." That shit is a bit of a negative, to say the least. [/quote] It is not a negative when you are talking about the main Catholic university in the US. And yes, ND does do a good job of evangelizing students.[/quote]
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