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Originally Posted by psicodude
It is very difficult for a non Catholic to get into a Catholic school in Calgary. Not impossible, but almost. All students are required to take 1 religious Ed. class per year. In order to take part in the grade 12 graduation ceremony, you have to pass Religion 30. You can still get your Alberta diploma without it though. Students are required to say prayers at the beginning of every day, and at the start of any formal gathering (meetings, assembly, etc.) There are crosses and pictures of the pope everywhere. Bottom line, it's pretty in your face.
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i was educated in the catholic school system in calgary and today i still don't practice any religion and nor do the people i still keep in touch with from high school (and there is about 50). I don't remeber being required to say prayer every day, maybe in elementary but not in high school. Religious education course was cool, not only was it a nice break from other classes, where we could lounge and grab a few zzz's, thanks to only ever watching movies and documentaries, but in religion 25 we were taught about other non-christian religions which was pretty interesting...as far as crosses and pictures of the pope everywhere, meh maybe at the school office, other than that i sure dont remeber my school being littered with them....also going to mass was always a good way to spend a mornining, with the whole school being in the church, you just slipped out the back door and headed to lindsay park or had a nice nap if you sat in the upper level...all in all it was not much different than going to a public school, oh except back then it was a lot safer...
as far as funding for the catholic school system, there is a huge demand for it and its been around for over a 100 years....