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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your kid will probably be fine either way, but can you and your spouse handle associating with Catholic parents?  [/quote]

Unless they’re bigoted like you, I don’t see why not. [/quote]

Let’s see.

They send their kids to a Catholic school because they want their religion and culture reinforced. They are expecting a more homogeneous environment.

You are sending your kids there in spite of it being a Catholic school and are hoping to skate by with as little of Catholic teachings rubbing off as possible. You are there because you don’t like the public school and you don’t want to spend the money for or can’t afford a secular private school alternative.

What could possibly go wrong???

The Catholic parents you meet aren’t stupid. They know why you are there. They also understand that if the school has open slots that they need to fill them and that you are almost certainly paying list non-Catholic, non-paishoner price. So that makes it a little more palatable.

No one is going to be impolite (usually). But they are not dumb. They know what is going on.[/quote]

My kids go to Catholic school but I honestly could not tell you which families are Catholic (other than the ones we see at Mass all the time. Or if they have a son named John Paul... kind of a giveaway) and which ones are not. They could attend other parishes, they could go to our church just at different times, they could just not go to Mass but may still be culturally Catholic. Religion doesn’t come up at class parties or kiss & ride. If they don’t make the sign of the cross before a prayer, I’d probably think their spouse is Catholic but they are not. It’s not a big deal.[/quote]

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