AdAltareDei Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 (edited) When will they learn that you can't confine Catholicism to a few lessons a week in RE. Or that there's more to the faith than social justice. There's some very good schools out there I believe. Independant schools run by orthodox laity or the movements (regnum christi, opus dei). But the parochial/diocesan system is honestly pathetic, atleast in my country. I remember we were going to Mass and someone asked "why do we genuflect" and the response was "we're genuflecting to the Cross on the wall". Then I said "what about the Eucharist in the tabernacle?" and her response was then to describe the eucharist as a symbol, effectively denying transubstantiation (not that anyone in the class had heard that word before anyway). There is a lot more that I can't be bothered typing out. So, 1. Do you guys have any horror stories? (or good ones too ) 2. How do you plan to pass on the faith to your children seem schools are so ineffective? Edited May 3, 2009 by AdAltareDei Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missionseeker Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 1) I 've been at two very orthodox Catholic colleges 2) Homeschool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdAltareDei Posted May 3, 2009 Author Share Posted May 3, 2009 [quote name='missionseeker' post='1856225' date='May 3 2009, 01:04 AM']1) I 've been at two very orthodox Catholic colleges 2) Homeschool. [/quote] 1. Tell us about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 (edited) I like my Catholic school. I don't like that the norm is to stand rather than to kneel at all school Masses, but, the again, they're in the gym. Edited May 3, 2009 by Resurrexi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missionseeker Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 [quote name='AdAltareDei' post='1856228' date='May 3 2009, 12:05 AM']1. Tell us about it [/quote] Well, I was theology major at Southern Catholic College in Georgia. It's a good school. Has administration issues, but... Now I study sacred music at Ave Maria in Florida. Its intense. We've sung Schubert and Hayden Masses this year. Also Bach cantatas, and stuff from Brahms, Josuin, Victoria, Galileo, Donizetti, Handel, Mendelsohnn, and a few others that I forget. I suppose that technically, I've studied at the Catholic Universities, because I took chant at CUA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel*Star Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 When my children ask me a question about our faith, I generally respond, "How would I know? I only attended Catholic School for 12 years." Basically, it was a waste of my parent's money. The worse part is my parents, although disappointed in the religious training we weren't getting, did not teach us much either. We went to mass each Sunday and prayed before dinner. We had an Advent Wreath, nativity set and crucifixes in each bedroom. So, our faith was present, but there is so much I never learned. Fortunately, I found a Catholic bible study shortly after I got married and learned a lot there. Then about 2 years ago I was able to take a Church History class at our parish by a priest who was also a convert. I was dumb founded about what I did not know. However, we tried to pass on to our children all that we could. We home schooled them and used Catholic curriculum. I also was blessed to meet someone, who is now a dear friend, and was/is very orthodox. She helped recommend a great series to use for religion. Eventually my older children went to school. It is amazing that they are still Catholic since we, too, wasted money by sending them to a "Catholic" high school. From here on out we plan to home school. That is the best way to pass on our values and beliefs. We started on the journey and knew we wanted our children to be Catholic. We did some of what our parent's did and also did things we wondered why they did not. While we are not perfect about praying as a family every day, we find that time to be very valuable. In the beginning we prayed one decade of the rosary. However, we finally went for the gusto and now pray all five. Like I said, we aren't perfect, but we try. Also, we go to mass as a family. I think this is very important. All in all, I think home schooling is the key. If it was not so important and work so well, the government would not care if we home schooled or not. Since they are constantly trying to control our home schools and even trying to make it illegal, we know home schooling works. It is a matter of their values or ours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 (edited) Our all school Masses are actually pretty well done. I mean, Communion under one species alone, all male servers, the main Host is only about four inches in diameter. Another good thing is that the extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion are only nuns, teachers, and faculty. At the school of one of my friends who lives in another diocese, students help distribute Communion Obviously I don't like the music (except during Advent and Lent, when it's chant ) or the fact that many students choose to receive Communion in the hand, but those problems are pretty universal to Catholic Masses in the United States. N.B., I have no objections in the way Communion under both species is done in the East, but I think the normal method in the West, passing the chalice from minister communicant definitely leads to accidents. Edited May 3, 2009 by Resurrexi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurall_Creator Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 The Catholic high school in my hometown has girls in uniforms that have skirts that are so short it doesn't cover half their thighs. I don't really have to wonder why the teenage pregnancy rate is so high in my city. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdAltareDei Posted May 3, 2009 Author Share Posted May 3, 2009 [quote name='Resurrexi' post='1856262' date='May 3 2009, 01:27 AM']Our all school Masses are actually pretty well done. I mean, Communion under one species alone, all male servers, the main Host is only about four inches in diameter. Another good thing is that the extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion are only nuns, teachers, and faculty. At the school of one of my friends who lives in another diocese, students help distribute Communion Obviously I don't like the music (except during Advent and Lent, when it's chant ) or the fact that many students choose to receive Communion in the hand, but those problems are pretty universal to Catholic Masses in the United States. N.B., I have no objections in the way Communion under both species is done in the East, but I think the normal method in the West, passing the chalice from minister communicant definitely leads to accidents.[/quote] What about catechisis and religious classes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotusTuusMaria Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 (edited) 1) many. i went to an independent "Catholic" school run by crazys. they taught that contraception was ok and that there was a female priesthood. there hardly was ever a Mass. despite there being a priest present, the female "theology" teachers would lead a communion service every morning... i was the only one who showed up for a straight year (well there was this girl who came once). they would have first friday adoration and leave Jesus alone, exposed, in the chapel all day... it was so sad. I had to sneek away at lunch to see Him. in my second semester "theology" class on the Old and New Testament we watched episode after episode of joan or arcadia. .... theres lots of little stuff. Just little things we were taught that was slid in there... 2) home school. Edited May 3, 2009 by TotusTuusMaria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 1. Homeschooling. 2. Homeschooling. <3 homeschooling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princessgianna Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 [quote name='Arpy' post='1856295' date='May 3 2009, 01:05 AM']1. Homeschooling. 2. Homeschooling. <3 homeschooling.[/quote] Do you feel strongly about that? LOL I went to a Public school for first grade and most of second. About 3 more months to go for the school year and then the Catholic school (we were on a waiting list) had an opening so I transferred over. The public school was way more Christian than this Catholic school sadly! For two long years was I there! Learning nothing constructive! Finally my parents had all the garbage (friendship fights and wars between all the girls) I would bring home and lack of knowledge that I wouldn't! I am now home schooling and learning Nihongo, I love it SO MUCH!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcts Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 1. no. i went to Catholic school in elementary and i only have good things to say about what i learned there. our priest was very conservative and he made sure that everything was correct. 2. I plan on homeschooling my kids if possible unless i end up someplace with a really good Catholic school. If i end up living where i live now, I won't send my kids to the same school i went to because we now have a new and very liberal priest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puellapaschalis Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 1. Catholic primary school where to my knowledge I didn't learn very much about the Faith at all. 2. I don't believe I'm called to marriage. This can only be a good thing, because homeschooling is virtually illegal in the Netherlands, ideologically people are dead set against it (an acquaintance of mine - a Catholic teacher at a Catholic primary school, and she's one of the more Catholic teachers there - as in she actually goes to Mass and stuff - said that homeschooling put people's lives in danger. The closed-mindedness of Dutch people in this regard is shocking). All my acquaintances here who are a) Catholic and b) want to marry and have families both 1) bemoan the level of catechesis to be found in "Catholic" schools here, but 2) will insist that these trash pits are better than homeschooling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princessgianna Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 If the "Catholic" schools were actually Catholic, that would be awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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