sme

Could you post the details or pm me as we are looking for catholic schools in Perth and will be coming over in Sept. for Reccie, so would like to plan before hand .
Thanks for your help
Gillian

movetoperth

If they spent all day talking about Jesus, when did they do the work that kids in non religo schools do???

Or was it, if you have 12 apostles and take away 4 how many apostles are left? Then add Jesus whats your total....... or were they disciples

Lynn

brisnick

or maybe the maths question from hell.

this question is in two parts:

a) jesus had one jug of water and one loaf of bread. how did he feed 10,000 people?

b) where did jesus get the drugs from?

NedKelly

or, there were 20 christians in Rome who were thrown to the lions, how many were still alive at the end of the day?

or, how many nails did it take to nail Jesus to the cross? Did they use a club hammer or a claw hammer?

JAJ

Which was in response to my original remark:
"A school that *calls* itself a 'Christian' school is likely to have an evangelical leaning to it, which isn't everyone's cup of tea either."

I meant exactly what I said. Most Anglican, Presbyterian and Methodist (called Uniting Church in Australia) run schools tend not to have the word 'Christian' as part of their name. They might have a saint's name, or the denomination name, or the name might not immediately give away the denominational affiliation.

On the other hand if the school is a self-declared 'Christian' school as part of its name, it may well have a strongly evangelical leaning. As I've pointed out, like Catholicism, but for different reasons, this may not be to everyone's taste as it often involves some quite literal interpretations of the Bible and a worship style that's not for introverts.

I am of course open to correction.

Jeremy

JAJ

It's obviously a personal choice. Many mainstream Protestant parents (by which I generally mean Anglican/Methodist/Presbyterian/Baptist) would prefer to send their children to a non-denominational school as opposed to a Roman Catholic one (if that was the only choice available) - on the basis that the children would get whatever pastoral/spiritual education and care they needed at home, or at church, and there would be no need to deal with certain confusing or conflicting messages they might get in a Roman Catholic school.

I wonder how he feels about teaching the doctrine of "papal infallibility", for starters.

Lest anyone get a contrary impression, I've nothing specific against the Roman Catholic church and I fundamentally believe in respecting other people's religious beliefs (or lack of). And the sectarianism that afflicts parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland is a deeply distasteful aspect of society there, although one wonders how much it is to do with tribalism rather than genuine differences of religious belief.

All that said, the differences between Roman Catholicism and the mainstream Protestant denominations go beyond mere denominational wrapping and affect some pretty fundamental issues. In that context, it still seems odd why someone would wish to work in, or send their children to, a Roman Catholic school while not wishing to become a Roman Catholic themselves. Or vice versa.


Jeremy

movetoperth

Do you think as well that there is also the chance that if you go to a catholic school and are of some other denomination you could be the subject of bullying? Don't bullys tend to pick on someone who is different? JAJ mentioned the sectarian issues in parts of Scotland, i don't come from that part but have known people who do and wouldn't let their children talk to a child who "kicked with the other foot". I'm sure there are still people who, due to their backgrounds think like this and we all know how cruel some kids can be!

Lynn

spalen

There were non-catholic kids at my school and it made no difference, you'd have to be a pretty fundamentalist kid to use religion as a reason to pick on someone when there are just so many more inviting reasons to target someone for bullying so I'd say the chances were extremely slim.

The parents - woah yeah. Esp the really devout ones. dont hold your birthday parties on a sunday, dont celebrate halloween ( ie trick & treat ) because thats tantamount to devil worship (I'm serious - I know people who got accused of that by some zealous nutter at their kids school - mind you these people didnt have a TV because it TV was the devils-teaching... ).

Of all the most insensitve, uncaring, bigotted, people Ive ever had the experience to meet , those that hide behind Christianity or Religion are the absolute worst - the more devout the worse they get. Racists are racists - they dont proclaim to love everyone and at the same time sponsor throwing bricks at protestant school children on their way to school.

So many people use religion as a reason to fight or single people out for different treatment but I dont know of any religion whose teachings actually say that - its just that petty-minded people seem to want to cling to a cause and interpret it to support their own vindictiveness and weakness. ( Protestant vs Catholic, Everyone vs the Jews, Islamic loonies, Catholic Loonies (abortion-bombers), buddhists are the one exception - never met a nasty buddhist they dont fight much they're pretty cool but they dont run many schools unfortunately.)

MaoriPrincess

I am 25 and went through Catholic schooling even though we weren't Catholics. I went to a Catholic primary school, as did my older brother then went on to an 'all girls' Catholic high school. I loved my school years and especially high school. I loved being at an all girl school and wouldn't trade the memories and fun i had for anything in the world.

As we didn't grow up going to church as a family it was all a new experience for me once i started school but it never hindered my education or growth as an individual. Yes, there are the fundamentalist parents (and therefore children) you have to deal with and who look down their nose at you etc, but you get that anywhere and everywhere in life and it was great character building!!

While religion was a major part of the school and its philosophies it wasn't rammed down our throats as such, yes we had to attend church or service at the end of each term and do religious education classes, but for those who didnt' go to a religious school its not all about bible bashing. We learnt about a range of other religions (Muslim, Budism, Judaism etc) and learnt a lot about ourselves in the process.

My school was reasonly strict, as many religious schools are, and like any young students we pushed the boudaries. I wouldn't change my experience in Catholic schools, i had a number of excellent teachers that not only taught me educationally but taught me good lessons about life, morals, valuing other human beings and making our own choices in life (not that you can't learn those lessons in other schools).

I guess i am just really lucky that the system suited me. Talk to your children, ask them where they want to go and discuss their reasons for that. So many parents intent on doing 'whats right for their children' make decisions which are ultimately going to form their childrens lives yet never consider what the child, or in this case, young adult wants. I knew a number of girls at my school who had completely opposite expereinces to me and i know they would have done so much better in co-ed public schools. Its not always about the best school will get the best results for students. Some of my most highly successful friends and work colleagues (doctors, investment bankers and a lawyer) went through public schools in very low socio-economic areas.

Just food for thought....

THEOLIVERS

Catholic schools are not there to give out information on the likely religious alternatives, we send our children to Catholic school to be taught a high quality education in a catholic gospel centred community, within R E today children learn about all different religions to respect them and one day they might choose a different path if that be religious or not.

fraser

Exscuse me while I roll about laughing, how the hell are they going to choose a different path when they've been brainwashed from an early age about sinning and going to hell, no grey areas only sin and not sin.

uk+kiwi

So come on then.....own up.....who called me a fuss pot and didn't leave their name!!!! Not sure what the point was, I only ever click on 'karma' to actually send some myself. Do some people have too much time on their hands? Anyhow, it was bizarre as I have never been called that before. Definitely not me.

uk+kiwi

Possibly sounds a bit claustrophic? (beware the potential to rebel) Hopefully not an 'exclusive' community that it may appear from the outside.

Now what is it about a RC upbringing that can completely switch people off religion? My (half Italian) father had a strict RC childhood - daily mass until 18 - then left home and never set foot inside a church again (funerals excluded). Neither me nor my sister were even christened it just makes him completely jittery. So our completely non religious relaxed upbringing has resulted in 1 christian (cofE) and another half way there christian. We did of course have a good moral upbringing, but again pretty relaxed. I really don't know how my parents did it?

spalen

I got exactly the same mate, another mystery karma giver.

movetoperth

Me too!!!

Sounds like the sort of thing my mother would say

Lynn