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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why does she feel compelled to want to attend a Catholic college/university ?
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OP here - none of the earlier responses were me.

She has a list of about 15 schools and three of them are Catholic (Jesuit I think) They are attractive to her because of location, mission (social justice), they aren't horribly hard to get into, and the cost is a little more affordable than some other schools on her list.

As I said, I grew up Catholic (very religious) but it I never would have considered a Catholic college.  She has not grown up Catholic and doesn't have any negative associations with the church. To be honest, I don't think she actually understands how conservative many Catholic churches can be.  [/quote]

Does she, and do you, understand how liberal many Catholic churches can be too? It sounds like you came from a very strict conservative family. Not all Catholics are like that, so you are limiting her choices based on a narrow view of Catholicism -- which by the way, has nothing at all to do with getting an education at a college founded by a Catholic order.[/quote]

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