As the country grows less religious, parents struggle to place their
kids in classrooms where Catechism memorization doesn’t come standard.
Sarah Lennon’s son Ethan is just 7 weeks old, and she’s already
stressing out about his applications for primary schools. A lapsed
Catholic, she hopes to land him a spot at a sought-after
multi-denominational school in suburban Dublin—one of few alternatives
to the Church-run schools in her neighborhood.
“It’s quite urgent to have our name down early and have the Catholic school here as a back up,” Lennon said. “But the Catholic school may not admit our son, unless we have his form in early, because he won’t be baptized.”
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“It’s quite urgent to have our name down early and have the Catholic school here as a back up,” Lennon said. “But the Catholic school may not admit our son, unless we have his form in early, because he won’t be baptized.”
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/10/a-new-problem-in-ireland-where-to-find-a-non-catholic-school/280225/