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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s a top 50 school and it’s Jesuit.  What’s not to like?  [/quote]

Is being Jesuit a positive?[/quote]

If someone said that about a Jewish school, they”d be accused of being anti-Semitic. Catholic hate isn’t cool, PP.[/quote]

It's not hate. Inquiring why that's a positive. [/quote]

The values, service orientation, & beliefs.

I'm Catholic. If my children were going to go to a Catholic college, I'd look first at Jesuit and Augustinian. Not sure I'd consider others. 
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Notre Dame isn't good enough for you to consider?[/quote]

Agree, PP is making a distinction without a difference. Benedictine colleges are great as are Holy Cross, etc.[/quote]

I suspect PP was making a distinction based on the philosophies of the orders, which are quite different.[/quote]
If your kid plans to study philosophy, theology, or get really involved in on-campus religious life it is perhaps something to consider but for everyone else I'm not sure why it really matters.[/quote]

You are very literal. Their philosophy guides the school’s ethos and values. How open are they to other faith traditions? How welcoming are they of LGBTQ+ students? How much do they value open and free discourse? That’s why it matters. [/quote]

Multiple people on the thread; I'm the one that mentioned Benedictines, etc.  My point was that Jesuits are not the [b]only[/b] Catholic order that shares those philosophies, yet people on DCUM seem to think so. They just don't know about the others. Villanova, for example is Benedictine, and the Hallmarks of Benedictine Education are incredible, including hospitality, which literally means welcoming everyone; and community, which is a call to work with and for everyone, religious of all faiths and non religious; etc. [/quote]

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