<p>Any thoughts as to academics, teachers, dorms, people, atmostsphere, better rep., etc. ?</p>
<p>I really want to go to St. George's but my mom thinks the people won't be as nice as at Portsmouth Abbey(plus the fact that she wants me to go to a Catholic school :-)</p>
<p>go to st georges. it is a christian school, right?</p>
<p>Too funny, nhfootballer. And, what would that make Portsmouth Abbey? St. Georges is Episcopalian in practice. Portsmouth Abbey is Catholic.</p>
<p>PA is catholic. St G is episcopal. they are close religions. mom is catholic. dad is episcopal. so i know how similar they are.</p>
<p>SGS is more academic than PA, but i heard that SGS is not serious.</p>
<p>I don't mean to divert the thread, but I must strongly disagree as to "how similar" Catholicism and Episcopailianism really are. Where should I start? Okay, let's begin with that one allows women to be priests, one does not. One allows gays to be priests, one does not. While they do have many similarities in religious practices, I feel that each religion's approach to certain modern issues is very different. Just my opinion.......</p>
<p>Both schools were founded by the same man -- Father John Diman.
SG while he was an Episcopal priest, PA after he converted to Catholicism as a Benedictine Monk. </p>
<p>Originally Episcopal (Anglican) and Catholic were very similar, 'tho the American Episcopal Church has diverged greatly and has become extremely liberal. In fact, the Episcopals are close to cult status in terms of simple numbers. There are barely 2 million left in the country.</p>
<p>In fif's humble opinion, Portsmouth Abbey (originally called Portsmouth Priory) is among the ugliest schools in the country.</p>
<p>I'd go with PA, 'cause I'm catholic ;)</p>
<p>Both are beautiful, but when i visited them, i had a much better feeling of the kids at PA that they were all a bit kinder than the children at St. George's. One of my friends is going to PA next year :)</p>
<p>not a religion teacher but there are many similarities between episcopal and catholic. one is communion. both believe it is actual body and blood of christ. the flow of the services is similar as well. everyone knows the differences like women but the theolical is similar. the difference is more on what people call doctrine.</p>
<p>Although I think this debate is amusing and I don't really want to get involved, I do have to say that although there might be similarities between the two religions, the differences definetely matter to both Catholics and Episcopalians (sp?).</p>
<p>Anyway, maybe we could bring this thread back to the original question? I'd really like some more opinions. Thanks. :)</p>
<p>Okay, fair enough. Let's bring the thread back to the original question. I don't know anything specific about either school. But, are you interested in learning about evolution, stem cell research and other potentially controversial science and public ethics questions? If you are, you might want to ask how they are taught at each of these schools. (At my niece's generally excellent Catholic middle school, they skipped the chapter on evolution, for example) So, my point is that you should find out if any of the doctrine issues come into play in the academic arena at each school. I do NOT know if they do, but I would find it a good question to ask if I had this choice to make....just my few cents.</p>
<p>I think St. George's is the better choice!</p>
<p>While I think both are good schools, I would have to put my support behind St. George's. Of interest to those on this forum, I was very impressed by the college counselor I met at St. George's.</p>