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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We toured it this past year and didn't get an overly religious vibe. I went to Loyola and all of the things mentioned- mass, campus ministry, etc were all optional. I never went to mass or did any CM activities. The core requirements weren't trying to get students to convert. I think anyone could easily fit into most Jesuit schools no matter what your religious inclination is. It's take it or leave it. Nobody cares much either way.[/quote]

+1.  I also went to a Jesuit school in the northeast (not St Joe's).  While the large majority of the student body was Catholic, as was I, I never stepped foot in church the entire time I was there and most of my friends didn't either.  The ones who did regularly attend mass on Sundays were typically hungover, and that was the full extent of their religious devotion.  I also don't recall ever having a single conversation with another student or, for that matter, professor -- including the Jesuit priests -- about anything having to do with religion.

I also know many St Joe graduates, and they're no different.  Sure, many are nominally Catholic, but they're largely from Philadelphia, which like New York and Boston are heavily Catholic cities.  It's a cultural thing more than a religious thing.  The idea that St Joe is "super religious" is just plain ridiculous.

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