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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think your son will enjoy the experience.

I went to public schools K-12 and then Catholic College for sports.

I learned there that lots of my D. 1 teammates had great experiences at Catholic HSes. 
A strong sense of community.
Strong values. 
High academic standards.

I agree, with other posters. [b]You are disrespecting the Church you are attending if you take communion without going through the classes and the First Holy Communion Process. The Catholic Faith calls the bread and wine the Body and Blood and it isn't supposed to be a symbol (as other faiths see it) but something more precious-the Presence, so it is intense. I have been to Temples and followed the crowd but if I don't agree, I don't participate in the ritual. [/b]

Gonzaga has a strong sense of service. 
I hope my son chooses to go there and is accepted.  It is more open (Jesuits welcome questions and doubt and philosophical growth) but I am sure the kids will make your kid feel welcome.

Just be aware that things could come up. (abortion, Gay marriage, etc.) Read the parent handbook before you sign!!

The poster who said that I cannot take Holy Communion even though I am not Catholic is wrong.  I will say it again.  There are other religions that are allowed to take Holy Communion in the Catholic Church, namely some Christian Orthodox religions.  I take Holy Communion on a regular basis and I did not go through the First Holy Communion process as you state.  I had my First Communion when I was baptized in a Christian Orthodox church.  I was also confirmed.  The Catholic church recognizes all three of these sacraments and I am allowed to take Holy Communion even though I am not Roman Catholic.  There are a lot of people who do not realize this.

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OK, OK. We get your point. The tiny fraction of the non-Roman Catholic population that you represent can take Communion because of some arcane RC church rule.

But all those other non-Catholics including all Protestants, Jews, Muslims, Bhuddists, Zoroastrians, etc, etc are not supposed to be taking Communion and priests should not knowingly give it to them.

And communion isn't the only part of the Mass that non-Catholics shouldn't participate in no matter how badly they want to appear to fit in.

Our non-Catholic users of the Catholic schools seem to want to invent this fiction that the five minutes a week in which we take communion is the only thing that separates Catholics and Catholicism from their faiths. That's because they don't know anything about Catholicism, or Catholic culture or the history of Catholic immigrants to America. What they know is that these Catholic schools are not the Public schools and that they are cheaper than the independent schools.

The schools, anxious to get these full-paying customers (or better athletes), are open to this if they have space available. That is after they perform their primary mission of educating the children of the parish or their alumni or the Catholic community at large.

And their children are not going to be badly-treated.

But it would be nice to read that non-Catholics on here considering a Catholic school actually developed an understanding of why these schools exist and who the people are that historically send their children to them and support the school.

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OK OK, I see that you have some sort of ax to grind about non-Catholics attending Catholic schools...the tone of your email is in poor taste and non-Christian-like.

I am the Orthodox Christian PP.  I attended a Catholic school for 6 years and was not allowed to take Communion.  The priest was poorly educated.  And this is not an arcane rule.  It is based on the fact that our church is in Unity with the Catholic church and that we believe in transubstantiation.  You seem to have a problem with this, and it is attitudes like yours that make people have disdain for the Catholic faith.  I eventually married a Catholic and now embrace Catholicism and have two kids who attend Catholic schools.  And guess what.  Both of them were baptized in an Orthodox church and had their first communion at that time.  So in a sense, their First Communion was their second communion.  Bet that bothers you too.[/quote]

I assume then that you too have spoken to your priest about your circumstance.  While you don't typically have to do RCIA when converting (which you seem to have done so you seem to be Catholic and not Orthodox any longer) from certain Orthodox churches some priests do require additional training before you are actually Catholic.  [/quote]

No I did not convert.  I am still Orthodox.  The rest of my family is Catholic.  The priest knows this.  I do not need to convert to take Holy Communion.[/quote]

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