<p>A poster elsewhere said he/she had heard that Stonehill was "overpoweringly religious." Can any current Stonehill students or parents of current students comment on this? Do non-Catholic students feel comfortable at Stonehill?</p>
<p>The reason I posted this on another thread was because I am not a practicing catholic and teachers who attended Stonehill mentioned it would be great if i was fervent in practicing catholocism (nope) and a few students who go there said that there is a sect of students who are devoted and try to incoroporate religion into all classes, dorms and activities. I feel guilty for relaying these notions and making you worry</p>
<p>Beachlover, thanks for clarifying. Still, I’d like to hear from current Stonehill students about fitting in at Stonehill if one is not Catholic.</p>
<p>It’s not that big of a deal to be non-Catholic. I’m not religious at all and yes, there are definitely kids that are very into religion and wanting to incorporate it into everything, but there are definitely people that aren’t and people that are in between. I don’t go to church and don’t participate in any of the religious stuff and it really doesn’t matter, I’ve never felt uncomfortable at Stonehill because I’m not religious.</p>
<p>You do have to take a religion class as a freshman, but the actual stuff you learn about it depends on the professor. It isn’t a Catholic class…in mine we had units on Native American religion, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Catholicism. There was some talk last year where they were thinking about adding in another religion requirement, they had the students complete an online survey about it (I think?), but I haven’t heard anything about that so far this year.</p>
<p>I’m a student at Stonehill. The majority of students aren’t openly Catholic or religious. I know a few students that go to church regularly, but the majority don’t. Definitely nothing wrong with being non-Catholic and a student who isn’t would not feel left out or uncomfortable.</p>