Can someone who attends a Church of England, anglican church go to a catholic school.?

Question

I heard you have to attend a catholic church in order to attend a catholic school.

Answer 1

Of course not. I am an atheist attending a Catholic School. There are many Protestants there, too.

Answer 2

At my Catholic high school, there were plenty of non-Catholics. There were Jews, agnostics, Atheists, etc. Some schools have you attend mass, but you just don't take the Eucharist (put your hand to the opposite shoulder and the priest will just bless you). You might attend masses, but there's nothing wrong with that.

Another thing - Anglican services are VERY MUCH like Catholic services. They're both essentially the same, except King Henry VIII made himself the head instead of the Pope way back when, so the king is the head instead of the Pope. Most of the actual religious content is the same.

Answer 3

That depends on the demand for places at the school. Most Catholic schools are heavily oversubscribed and there are not enough places even for Catholics who go to church every week. You'll only get your son into a school like that if you can fool the school into believing that your a practising Catholic and you live nearer to the school than the other applicants - and they've got years of experience in spotting imposters. There are some Catholic schools with spare places. If there aren't enough applicants from Catholic families to fill all the places, they will accept children from other families who respect the Catholic ethos. That's easier.

Answer 4

IDK about London ... or what Catholic School u'r talking about. Catholic state's (in the Papal States) are goverened by your local Arch - Bishop & Bishop. Additionally, each school may have different requirements. Like not any block is going to get into Oxford right? Well, some Catholic schools are more perstegious than others, and you may need a Priest or Bishop's recomendation to get into the school.

The local schools in my region of the USA are very accepting of other religions. Our local College is streamlined so much it's hard to distinguish the difference between the Catholic College and other Private Colleges to outsiders.

Answer 5

Church of England you say? And you want to attend a school full of Irish and or Spanish Catholics? Lots of luck.

Answer 6

Yes you can attend - as any child can attend a CofE school, however would you want your child indoctrinated with the hypocracies of the catholic church?

Answer 7

My daughter went to a Catholic school even although she was not Catholic. They did their level best to convert her ( who can blame them?) They were not successful however. This was a fee paying school, whether the non-paying schools are different, I am un sure.

Answer 8

All Catholic schools have to take a certain quota of non-Catholic pupils. Whether you'll get your kids in is another matter. They are very closed ranks.

Answer 9

No no no

You can totally go to a Catholic school and not be Catholic. I don't know why you'd want to.

Answer 10

i think your child can get in on merit. there is a really good all girl catholic senior school in my area and they take a certain amount of Christians. its something i will be looking into next year.