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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]News flash people, not everyone goes to Catholic school solely for the religion.  Lots of people go for reasons the PP mentioned - it's a good school, teaches good values, kids get a good education, nice community, in the neighborhood, etc.  The fact that it is catholic is one (albeit large) aspect of the school, but it does not completely define the entire school.  Thankfully schools are well-rounded and people choose to attend them for various reasons. Even some non-catholics attend catholic schools (oh, the horror). This may come as a shocker to you, but Catholic school kids don't have religion all day (or even every day), they take other classes too, and they don't carry bibles everywhere they go either.  With your ignorant theory, all Sidwell kids must all be Quakers, and Cathedral/STA kids must all be Episcopal (light Catholics) - if not then they must be "hitch-hiking along".  Give me a break!  [/quote]

The Catholic religion is not just one aspect of Catholic schools. It is THE central reason they were founded and why they exist. Sine qua non.

Some are taking advantage of them for your own purposes. They are, in fact, hitch-hiking on an institution that was never really meant to serve them. The schools do this, not because they are at all interested in diversity, but rather they have some open seats and can use the tuition revenue. And as long as they represent a small minority of the student population, no one is going to notice a few non-Catholics.

Sidwell and Cathedral/STA are not comparable situations.

And please, the idea that the Episcopal religion is "Catholic Light" is offensive to most Catholics. There aren't variants of the Catholic religion. There is just one and its the only Church we believe in. Just listen to the Nicene Creed at Mass or Google it.[/quote]

Open seats?? Not in the school my son attends. There were many Catholics turned away, and non-Catholics who took their spots. Oh the horror!! 
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f there were academically -qualified Catholics and they could afford the tuition, your son would almost certainly not be there. Unless he plays football or something the school needs people with special talents for.

The schools are a little nervous about bringing kids in from middle schools they are not familiar with. Very frequently there are problems that prevent the child from going to school where they normally would.

The purpose of the school is to educate Catholics, to propagate the Faith and to build the Catholic community. Without the Catholic religion, there is no reason for the school to exist.[/quote]

I remember you from another thread. And you are SO wrong.  My son is smart, but not an athlete.  Just a bright, well mannered nonCatholic who scored high on the entrance exam. Sorry, but we do bump some of those mediocre Catholic students. [/quote]

But you really don't "get" the place.

Almost everyone there is there because it's a Catholic school. They want their religion and culture re-inforced.

You are there in spite of it being a Catholic school.

Huge difference.[/quote]

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