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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There really isn’t much these two schools have in common. [b]Are you catholic or not? If so, then choose Gonzaga. If not, Landon.[/b] [/quote]

This sums up what I was thinking and about to write!

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It’s 2019 so that thinking is myopic. It’s not the 60’s or even the 80’s.[/quote]

To many, the idea of Catholic education for Catholic families has not gone out of fashion. We send or children to Catholic schools to reinforce our faith and values and to build the community. Its been going on quite successfully for a couple of hundred years here and is not subject to the whims of the latest 2019-era thinking.[/quote]

Having been part of that  Washington  Catholic community my whole life and my family going back to the 1800s I understand. But 100% of catholic families do not send their kids to Catholic schools and we understand everybody has their own needs and desires. There are thousands and thousands of Catholics that don’t send their kids to Catholic schools and that is okay.

Every child in CCD does not go to a Catholic school. The Catholic school or be an outcast mantra is literally the opposite of Catholic teachings.

Thanks to club sports kids in this generation are not as insular as the Catholic students of the past. They are friends with kids at Landon, Saint Albans, Bullis, public school, etc.[/quote]

+100 with one tiny correction: because the diocese will not allow independent Catholic schools to teach sacramental preparation (even though they do it a thousand times better, IMHO), kids at independent Catholic schools still have to pay to go to Sunday school. Frankly it is ridiculous and revolt worthy as a total money grab by the diocese. They should be ashamed.[/quote]

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