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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm Jewish and went to a Catholic school in Alexandria (Ascension Academy) many years ago. My best friends there were another Jewish kid, a Muslim from Pakistan, and several Catholics. The thing that mattered most was the quality of the education, which in this case was very good. Times have probably changed, but the only place where Catholicism strongly intruded into the curriculum was biology. And we were taught Latin, though with some subtle differences. For instance, "servus" was translated as "servant" whereas most places would translate it as "slave."

There was no attempt to convert us and the other kids generally were friendly, although many of them had never seen a Jew before. And, I'll admit, I'd never seen a Muslim before. I found Mass interesting, especially the ornateness and (remember, this was 55+ years ago) the incense and the mass in Latin . . . which it isn't anymore. I'd run into a lot more discrimination a few years earlier at a local public school where the kids were generally Baptist and had been taught that Jews killed Christ. Most had never seen a Jew before and were both curious and repelled. Had I been involved in killing Christ? Or my ancestors.

[b]Focus on the quality of the education.[/b] If there wasn't much of a problem for a non-Catholic to go to a Catholic school 55+ years ago, there shouldn't be any problem today.[/quote]

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+2 My DH went to a private Christian Academy and is Hindu. This was 30yrs ago and is still friends with a lot of his graduating class. [/quote]

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