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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“We shelter the homeless, educate those hungry for knowledge, and care for the sick, not because they’re Catholic, but because we’re Catholic. They are Jesus in disguise.”  -- James Cardinal Hickey

Non-Catholics are welcome at our schools with the hope they will respect and support our faith practices even if they don't adhere to them.  The admissions are open to all who wish to participate.

Extra fees are required of non-Catholic families, not because they are not Catholic per se but rather because they are not contributing to the sponsoring church which uses the contributions of those who are to offset the costs of education.  In theory Catholic families have donated as much as those extra fees to the church and it is being returned in the form of a tuition subsidy.  That does not seem unfair or punitive to me.  Most high schools do not charge any extra fee to non-Catholics because they are not parochial (sponsored by a parish church) and thus funded separately.  Archbishop Carroll is the the only Catholic high school sponsored by the Archdiocese of Washington.  The others are certainly operated under the umbrella of the Archdiocese but they have the sponsorship of a specific religious group (the Christian Brothers, Jesuits, etc) or have independent funding.

Please do not let crazies on either side of the aisle discourage you if you find a school outside your faith to be one that would fit your family's needs.  There are an awful lot of us really nice people too, I promise![/quote]

Some of the people looking at Catholic schools though want to attend simply because they don't like their public and it's the cheapest private out there even with the extra charge for not being a parishioner. The people I'm referring to don't want anything to do with religion, catholic or other. As a catholic I've looked at private Christian schools but I've always been under the impression that if my child attended one of them, they would adhere to all the rules and follow all the traditions during school. While agnostics certainly could fit into a catholic school since they are open to the idea of a god, I'm not sure an atheist who is ardently against religion would really fit in attending any Christian school. My friend's child attended a Christian preschool where they sang about Jesus every day and the parents just sang along with the songs even though being Jewish, they knew at some point they'd have to tell their child that Jews didn't believe in Jesus. They knew going in it would be like that and just decided to support their child in a way that was also supportive of the school because they knew it was the best preschool in the area for them. Why can't parents attending Catholic schools be like this too? Is it too much to ask?[/quote]

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