Catholic Schools’ Impact on Faith Formation and Sacramental Practice
- Catholics who attended Catholic schools are significantly more likely to actively practice their faith, including the reception of the sacraments.
- Those concerned about promoting sacramental practice would do well to ensure that Catholic education remains a realistic option for today’s families.
Those who attended a Catholic elementary school are more likely than those who did not to say the following are “very” important to their sense of what it means to be a Catholic:
Those who attended a Catholic high school are more likely than those who did not to say the following are “very” important to their sense of what it means to be a Catholic:
More likely to believe the Eucharist is most meaningful to them.
Catholic High School Student
Non Catholic High School Student
Men attending Catholic high school are more likely to have considered the vocation of priest or religious brother
Catholic High School Men
Women who attended a Catholic high school are among the most likely to have considered the vocation of a nun or religious sister
Catholic High School Women
Proud to be Catholic
Catholic High School Student
Non Catholic High School Student
Catholic Faith is at least "among the most important parts" of their life
Catholic High School Student
Non Catholic High School Student
Keeping Catholic schools “viable and affordable” leaps out from the data as a pastoral priority.
-Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, Georgetown University, February 2008 as compiled by the Archdiocese of Chicago
