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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Absolutely not [/quote]

NP. Care to elaborate? [/quote]

The purpose of Catholic school is to educate Catholic children.  Not to be nearby, affordable, and small-but-not-too-small to non-Catholic children who will put up with Catholic teachings to escape from public school.  There are several non-Catholic students at my kids’ Diocesan K-8 school and, TBH, I’m not sure why they’re there.  They are excluded from receiving the sacraments and are surprised at how much parish life and school life overlap even though, once again, the purpose of Catholic schools is to educate Catholic children.[/quote]

That is true that the purpose of Catholic school is to educate Catholic children, particularly within the parish, but Catholic schools have long relied on non-Catholics and non-parish children to help their schools remain open. We are non-Catholics, but Christian, and chose to enroll our child in a Catholic school. I'm not sure I would do the same if we were a Jewish family, however. As it is, DS is very familiar with the Bible, Christian ideas, and most of the church routines and services will be very familiar. He will be able to attend mass with his class and instead of receiving communion as he usually does at our Protestant church (non-Catholics cannot take communion in a Catholic church), he will cross his arms and receive a blessing. I know there are several posters here who rail against non-Catholics who attend parochial schools, but I have not run into that attitude in real life.[/quote]

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