Catholic High School

[Noel's angel]

My school smells of elderberries and its a 'Catholic' school. Its very Catholic by what it preahes and its Mission statement and what have you, but when it comes down to it, it is just pathetic. Ignorance is a big complaint I have-they proclaim what they think is right, not what the Church says. Our Head of Religion told my class that she nearly left the Church because we don't have women priests. GRRRRR

[shortysportychick]

oooo im sry

[shortysportychick]

ok my school might not be all that after all. i need your prayers!!!! most of the girls at my school havent been formed like i have. i wasnt expecting this. one girl asked me if i went to Mass because i wanted to or if i went cuz my parents made me. i told her i went cuz i wantd to and she said she had never met ne one who went to Mass "for fun". i told her i didnt go for fun i went because Christ asked me too.she told me that she only went to Mass like 4 times a year. i just shrugged my shoulders but i should have said something!!! the perfect opportunity to bring someone closer to Christ and i screwed it up!!!!

[TheOliverOrder88]

[url="http://www.cbchs.org"]Oh it depends...

Of course, if I went to a Catholic high school in the 1950s, I think I would have fit in.

BUT... well, the religion classes are all those "be a good person" religion classes, no real substance on basic ideas of theology. Most guys at my school don't care about Church, I get so frustrated when people groan about going to Mass. I think, "Oh its sooooo terrible being a Catholic, now isnt it?".... But there are some perks I guess... We have a chapel here, the campus ministry is remotely fulfilling (if you avoid all the liberals).

All in all, I would not want to go to a public school, the very small aspect of Catholicism that remains, is what I fight for and what I love about my school.[/url]

[Lena]

This is an interesting topic.....I'm starting to realize how liberal my catholic high school was (I've graduated in '04). I left with very little knowledge on my faith--the only thing I can remember from my Prayer class (held Senior year) was making a hand-held labyrinth out of dry noodles. Yea, that's my school.

So, I feel pretty lost most of the time with this phorum lol, I really am upset (looking back on it) on how little I learned in my religion classes. Maybe that's somewhat my fault---many things are self-taught right?

[tvu_srfan]

I go to public school but I heard a lot about the Catholic High Schools in the area. I know that in one Catholic High School only about 40% is catholic and the rest are either people who are really rich and their parents wanted them to go to a private school...or they were expelled from the County's school system so they ended up going there. I think the Catholic Elementary/Middle School is good, and I'm not sure about the all g irls' school or the all guys' but I think they're ok. I would have been going to Catholic School, but where I live the price of tuition is really, really high.

Edited April 30, 2007 by tvu_srfan

[Paddington]

This topic really caught my attention even tho I'm probably not a 'yoot' anymore.
I had a lot of cluelessness and negativity in my self during high school (Catholic High School), so I couldn't see it clearly at the time.
But, looking back on it, developing love for my fellow man, and becoming okay with the Catholic Church, etc.......I still truly think most (most, by far) students and their parents were nominal and lots of them were flat-out cynical.
With that and family, I developed an impression of Catholicism as a social club valuing things of the world.

[Fr. Antony Maria OSB]

At my school it's not too bad living out your Faith. We have Mass offered daily (thank you Benedictine monks who run the school , and there are so many monks and priests around that you can find someone to talk to or go to Confession whenever you want, but outside of appointment Confession is offered once each semester (Advent and Lent) during your Theology class. The Theology classes I've had have been very orthodox, my freshman and sophmore years being taught by priests (freshman teacher was the Prior of the Abbey and sophmore year was the Novice Master), and this year I'm being taught by the headmaster, who is a layman. Even though my parents don't like my school because of the emphasis they place on alumni and I guess there are some questionable things about who they let in/ back in after being suspended, etc., but going here has really helped me grow in my Faith. Plus, the Junior Retreat I went on this year and Kairos have completely changed my life, so the retreat program is also pretty good. So far as other's reaction to Catholicism, there are some people who really could care less, but most people (or those I hang out with, anyway) are into their Faith at least a little bit, and there are always about 10-20 people at the Daily Mass (granted, out of a school of 500 it's a small amount, but it's better than nothing), so I would say that my school really does foster growth in the Faith, and I am really glad that I'm going there.

May God bless and protect you always in all of your endeavors!

Your Brother in Christ,

Joe

[PyroPenguinX07]

Long time since I've been to these forums.

I attend an all male, private college prep in Cincinnati. As part of the curriculum we are required to take 4 years of religion classes. This year I took World Religions and am currently in Gospel According to Popular Culture which takes a look and tries to determine what types of things have been influenced by religions.

The other day we watched a clip of Dane Cook and his classic, dare I say it, rant on Catholicism. I found some parts of it hilarious, especially the handshake of peace. However when he got to the part that was a blatant attack on the sanctity of the Eucharist, thats where I objected.

My class thought I was being difficult, even the teacher thought so. However some others were silently agreeing with me. The problem is that Catholic schools are basically being abused for their reputation for academics and in our case, sports. I know my teacher meant well, he's been published in multiple magazines, yet there was still that sense of disbelief coming from him that someone was against this.

I asked what our favorite priest would say, he's a Jesuit, I could strongly say that I think he would agree with me. But hey like I said, its a school to serve a purpose.

[Lena]

[quote name='PyroPenguinX07' post='1262133' date='May 1 2007, 10:15 PM']Long time since I've been to these forums.

I attend an all male, private college prep in Cincinnati. As part of the curriculum we are required to take 4 years of religion classes. This year I took World Religions and am currently in Gospel According to Popular Culture which takes a look and tries to determine what types of things have been influenced by religions.

The other day we watched a clip of Dane Cook and his classic, dare I say it, rant on Catholicism. I found some parts of it hilarious, especially the handshake of peace. However when he got to the part that was a blatant attack on the sanctity of the Eucharist, thats where I objected.

My class thought I was being difficult, even the teacher thought so. However some others were silently agreeing with me. The problem is that Catholic schools are basically being abused for their reputation for academics and in our case, sports. I know my teacher meant well, he's been published in multiple magazines, yet there was still that sense of disbelief coming from him that someone was against this.

I asked what our favorite priest would say, he's a Jesuit, I could strongly say that I think he would agree with me. But hey like I said, its a school to serve a purpose.[/quote]

oh right.....the Crouton-o-Christ....a Jeez-it. The handshake one was pretty funny though...Dane Cook has his moments.

[Clare]

I went to an all girls Catholic high school. However, because it was all girls, there was a lot of feminism stuff going on. One of my religion teachers was literally waiting for the day when the Church would let women become priests. She was all set to become one. I mostly just found it annoying to have to deal with all the liberal people there, but since I had learned a lot about the faith before I went there I was ok. The thing that made me angriest was the fact that we weren't allowed to start a pro-life club because it was "political." Such a lame excuse and at a Catholic school too.

[TotusTuusMaria]

[center]J.M.J.[/center]
[quote name='MissScripture' post='676353' date='Aug 7 2005, 07:40 PM']Ok, looking at lifeteenchick257's poll got me wondering. How is it for Catholic kids going to Catholic High school. I know some people responded on her thread with Catholic HS stuff. I was wondering if anyone has had a really good experience with Catholic High School. As in it was actually Catholic, unlike my school...[/quote]

I went to a "Catholic" all girl's school.

It was only Catholic in name.

It was a feminist, liberal school. I was taught more than I cared to ever know about contraception and human sexuality. The health teacher liked to give visuals. My religion teacher did not have a theology degree, and wanted women to be priests. They were associated with numerous liberal sisters and nuns.

We had communion services every morning (I was usually the only one to attend). We had confession twice a year. And we had Mass on Holy days of Obligation (Yes, we were made to go school those days) and once per year for the grade level as a whole itself. It was not difficult to practice the faith when given the chance. There was also many times to be a witness for truth seeing as the school did not teach it. Oh, yes, and we also had first Friday adoration during which times Jesus was left alone! I could only visit him during lunch (and even then I had to do it risking getting a demerit for leaving the cafeteria.) I had to stop that as well because I felt it was going against obedience, so I would spend my study hours in there with him. It was really tragic.

I don't go to a Catholic school anymore. The best experiences I had were the times I was able to spend with Jesus alone in one of the most beautiful chapels. (It was a shame it was hardly ever used.) It was some of the best hours of my life. Just me and him. Other then that, considering the school, it was a very tragic year for me. I was left very disappointed and hurt.

So, my vote was: it depends.

In Jesus and Mary,
Marie

[TotusTuusMaria]

[center]J.M.J.[/center]
[quote name='MissScripture' post='676520' date='Aug 7 2005, 10:57 PM']I envy you! I graduated last spring and I've sort of started a battle with a letter I wrote to the Bishop. On the upside, maybe things'll finally change. It's really nice to hear that there are good Catholic Schools out there![/quote]


I've been thinking about writing my bishop. How exactly did that go? I mean, what happened to me was totally evil. I think the Bishop should know and be aware of all the terriable things that are going on over there. What happens when you write a letter? Did anything get accomplished?

In Jesus and Mary,
Marie

[Lterrebrood]

So..
I've been going to Catholic school since I was in second grade [I will be graduating high school in a few weeks]. I go to an all girls, Catholic high school. It's the same one that lifeteenchick527 goes to. It's a decent school, for the most part. Many of the people aren't Catholic, but they still have to go to mass because it's required. I think it is okay, but it's nothing like Catholic high shcools used to be, from what I hear. And what's hard is that schools are constantly changing with the times and it's hard to always keep up.

[Josie07]

I've never gone to a Catholic School.. but I honestly don't think I would want to..