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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I see are the people that bash the Catholic religion endlessly and then when it comes time for high school or such, they want to put their non-Catholic kid into a Jesuit or other catholic high school, and then they want to know if it will be 'too Catholic'.  It's so crazy.[/quote]

I get what you are saying, but honestly, there is just so much disinformation and stereotyping about Catholics, Catholicism, and Catholic schools that this kind of enquiry about "too Catholic" is to be expected. You often see people posting who assume that Catholics are Creationists, biblical literalists, anti-science, conversion-bent evangelicals, all right-wing Republicans, all politically pro-life, all anti-LGTBQ+, etc, etc. etc. All of which is false. But if that is what one incorrectly thought going into the process, I can understand why they'd be cautious. Also, there is a lot of confusion about the difference between parochial K-8 and independent Catholic schools, and in particular what is taught in religion classes and how/why it is taught. And there are people who seem to think every Catholic school is the same and/or identical to the one they attended 50 years ago in their hometown. These are mistaken assumptions that merit questioning and clearing up.

Also, one need not assume that the chronic Catholic haters who post here anonymously are the same people asking questions about Catholic schools.[/quote]

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