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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I'm just posing these questions for research on specific schools. Not trying to skirt any rules or reap benefits without respecting the Faith. We are a Catholic family with an LGBTQ (immediate) family member and we don't want our child to be exposed to homophobic rhetoric or practices. [b]Public school isn't working and the tuition at liberal privates is too much.[/b] I'd like to believe there are a few schools, even just one or two, (like McNamara!) that are welcoming to the gay community.[/quote]

I’m sympathetic to you because everything here, including education, is too dang expensive, but that doesn’t mean that your child is entitled to go to a Catholic school or that they should water down their beliefs to appeal to you. I’m Catholic and certainly struggle with certain teachings. But it drives me absolutely crazy when non-Catholics want to have their cake and eat it too. Please don’t be openly disdainful of the Church and then elbow your way into a space created for its members.

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The Catholic schools would be shut down if not for the tuition money coming from non-Catholics. The schools were never intended to be a place where Catholics could hide from the secular world. They were intended to give children from all backgrounds a chance to understand Catholicism and benefit from a classical education. To paraphrase Archbishop Hickey, it's not because they're Catholic but because we're Catholic. The fact that y'all can get people into the schools but not the pews should make you think a bit harder about how you treat those most in need of love and support. The schools that are extending support to marginalized groups are the best hope that the Church has for being relevant 50 years from now.  [/quote]

This post is filled with MISINFORMATION!

Catholic schools were founded in reaction to the public schools at the time tracing Protestant religious principles. Their founding had absolutely nothing to do with spreading Catholicism.

The “because we are Catholic” quote had to do with the Church keeping inner city schools open even though most of the Catholics had moved away from these neighborhoods.

It was not a rationale for letting large numbers of non-Catholics into Catholic schools so they can enjoy the lower tuition.

Where do you get this stuff? Just pull it out of thin air?[/quote]

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