Religion at BC

trojaneagle
Fri, 26 Jul 2013 17:42:39 +0000

I’m a rising sophomore and the best thing I can say to anyone looking at Boston College is that yes it is a Catholic University but not in the same sense as many Catholic High Schools in the United States. In catholic high schools, they are almost teaching you and preparing you to be good Catholic citizens in the world. You say prayer during school or at the end of school and also talk about God. At Boston College, this isn’t the case. It isn’t really a catholic school more so than a University that was founded on catholic PRINCIPLES towards education. Men and Women for others, Educating the whole person, etc. They are not going to be telling you why God is good, why sex is bad, etc. Furthermore they are Jesuits which are very liberal catholics. Several fathers who taught me in Economics and Statistics would joke about Alcohol all the time etc. lol Coming into Boston College, I was also looking at schools such as USC and Michigan, and while they are at about the same level or maybe a little more “prestigious” than Boston College, I can confidently say that BC offers you a better educational experience. These Jesuits are damn smart and I was glad that I took philosophy and theology classes at BC.