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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. It would be great to hear from families that actually have kids at Bishop Ireton (as opposed to people who don't know anything about the school but just have strong opinions on Catholicism and Catholic schools).

I'm a Georgetown grad, and the school's Jesuit identity had zero impact on the classroom environment or the social environment; while I had many Catholic friends, some more religious than others, the fact that I was not Catholic felt like a complete non-issue for me. I'd be quite happy for my kids to go to a Catholic school that was welcoming to families of all faiths and not focused on proselytizing, and I know many such schools exist. What I am trying to find out is whether Bishop Ireton is one of them.

Thanks.[/quote]

We are Georgetown grads and we have a recent graduate from BI.  BI is kind of like Georgetown in that it is as Catholic as you want it to be.   I think they have an early daily mass in the chapel, but DS never once went. The sacraments are over by high school so non-Catholics aren't excluded from anything, except Communion at the occasional mass. Students do have to take a religion class all four years, but those cover a lot more than just Catholicism.  In general, the BI kids seem to be very welcoming of others and form a very tight community that includes the non-Catholic kids.  DS has some non-Catholic friends from BI, but I have no insight into how many non-Catholics are actually there.

The clerical presence has been decreasing of late.  The last priest as principal left about six years ago.  There is one priest who serves as a chaplain and a couple of elderly sisters, but the rest is lay. It still retains a Salesian identity, though, in a good way.  I don't think there is any proselytizing at all - not that I ever heard of.  It's definitely not that kind of school.[/quote]

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