Religion on Application

sovereigndebt
Sun, 18 Mar 2012 12:14:30 +0000

moustache:

I’m not preachy or judgemental. Everyone’s faith journey is unique with their own circumstance and challenges.

But just know that any faith one retains in the heart is well worth the bumps in the road and the curves in the highway. I am always suspicious of those who claim to have never challenged their own faith, never examined key questions and never pondered the abject injustice of existential human life. Many Catholic colleges will not teach you doctrine, unless you sign up for a class in that, but will teach you to think about your faith from new perspectives and what it means to be Christian. How to think, not what to think…particularly if its a Jesuit college. Challenging one’s faith is the surest sign your faith is alive, as one friend of mine reminded me, and means YOU are alive. Its a very normal process and rather healthy.

You are not required to answer such personal questions, and in any event, schools are only really interested in your gpa, class rank, sat and some extra curricular activities to discern your character.

If I were you, I would grab the bull by the horns and take your thoughts, feelings, and ideas into a classroom (constructively) and ask those tough questions, keeping an open mind that you might achieve a powerful epiphany of your own.

Best of luck to you.