On 06/12/2007, CORNEL DACOSTA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi John and Michael > In the UK, Church schools are particularly attractive to parents. Indeed, > parents will lie/cheat and claim a Catholic affiliation for their kids to get > into one. Thus, they are over-subscribed. The main reason is because there is > an expection that discipline is better generally compared to the state > schools.....................................
> My views would be contrary to many Catholic parents. However, for me, the > benefit of the many in a given state is more important then the minority who > benefit (as illustrated by you) within a hot-house religious atmosphere. > Above all, I do not believe that faith schools are a force towards > integrating citizens in a state. QUESTION: My Dear Cornel, Did you send your daughters to a non affiliated school, or were they sent to a Catholic school ? Were they baptized, received 1st Holy Communion and perhaps even Confirmed ? Please share this with us - I impose on my Sons, the narrow path, rightly or wrongly, by example and by coercion. I would very much like to be enlightened, so that I can allow them the freedom, to not attend Church on a Sunday. I also ask this question, of our dear Kevin Saldanha w.r.t his own Children - let us all get enlightened here. Would you and Kevin compromise or give way to your spouses to hold the peace ? Our children are grown up and perhaps the cause is lost - which ever way, we brought them up. Our dear Selma is looking for guidance, so perhaps she might get enlightenment, whether she accepts it or not is another matter ! -- DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London, England
