How many Dopers had a Jesuit Education?

bienville
4 years at a Jesuit High School, Philadelphia early 90s
4 years at a Jesuit University, New Orleans mid-90s
Note for Poll: since I’m not looking for what percentage have OR have not had a Jesuit education, I am not including a “No Jesuit Education” option in the poll.

Just curious.
The basic philosophy of this board seems pretty harmonious with the philosophical through-line of my own Jesuit education.

Even the rampant atheism here isn’t really out of line with my school experiences: I remember my Freshman year of high school finding my developing personal beliefs coming into conflict with my Catholic upbringing. I had a discussion with a Religion teacher at my school (himself, a priest), and he basically said “Yeah, sounds like you’re not a Catholic- and that’s perfectly o.k.”. I’d say that the lay faculty were probably equally divided between Catholics and secular humanists. I remember in one particular Religion class in Religion class ferchissakes! the teacher said something along the lines of “It’s not really important whether or not Mary was a virgin, it’s only the religious message that is important. The message of the story of the Virgin Birth is that Mary was a special person chosen by God. So, the religious message isn’t affected at all if Joseph was Jesus’ biological father” (yeah, Jesuits get excommunicated a lot).

Feminism was strong, Gay Rights was strong, Social Justice was strong.

In the first few months of my first year of high school six Jesuit priests and their housekeeper and her daughter were executed in El Salvador- they were targets because of their commitment to social justice and Liberation Theology- none of that “suffer in this life because you will be rewarded in the next life” nonsense. Having that event occur at the very start of my higher education had a profound effect on my “Question Authority” approach to education going forward (an approach that was welcomed and nurtured by my educators).
I got the idea to ask this question here partly inspired by seeing Latin and Greek in the “What Languages Were Taught at Your School” Thread, and partly inspired by the recent Pope Francis Threads. I’m cautiously optimistic about Pope Francis. Sure, compared to other Jesuits he’s pretty conservative but now that he gets the “Me Boss, You Not” coffee mug I can’t help but wonder if he’ll “come out” on some important issues.

I graduated from Loyola High School in Towson, MD in 1972. I then attended Loyola College in Baltimore for a year. I was in the process of becoming an atheist when I got to high school, and the Jesuits probably helped me along that path. Much later in life, I returned to Christianity, but not as a Roman Catholic.

I consider attending a Jesuit high school the best thing that happened to my mind when I was young. I was taught by a bunch of really smart guys who had the time and inclination to pursue intellectual interests beyond their teaching subjects, and who were willing to talk with students about anything.

I went to Regis High School in New York City, a Jesuit institution that Regis Philbin was named for (his Dad was an alumnus).

Class of '79.

Strake Jesuit College Prep, Houston, 1991.

Hey, Astorian. Regis too, class of '77. And one year of Jesuit college (LeMoyne College, Syracuse, New York.

I went to a Jesuit Law School.

Jesuit high school, 1960-1965. Not nearly as enlightened as the OP’s experience — the Vatican II reforms were just starting to gain momentum when I graduated — but definitely a greater emphasis on reason and intellectual rigor than I had experienced during my grade school education under Dominican nuns. Kind of a shock to find out that getting the right answer was sometimes less important than being able to describe (and defend) the process involved.

I particularly recall my junior year religion class which was dedicated to a logical proof of God’s existence. A far cry from “God exists because the Bible says He exists. Now hold out your hands.” whack

I put both. I attended a Jeb university (Saint Louis) for undergrad. In my grade school, I was taught by nuns, but our parish was run by Jebs and once a week a priest would show up to teach religion class.

I’m as un-Catholic as a person can be. I was already un-Catholic by the time I went to Saint Louis University and managed to ignore the whole Catholic trip while I was there. Now I’m Pagan. Every time I take the Beliefnet quiz, my score has Catholicism at the bottom. It didn’t take. Except that I still like Mary.

Liking Mary legitimizes saying “Mother of God” in a number of contexts, and it is a really cool thing to say. We Protestants don’t get to do that. We’re left with “Judas Priest”, which makes no damn sense.

“Mother of God” is not a phrase I actually use, not being Catholic any more. But I am attuned to the pagan Greek phrase “Mother of the Gods,” which is an epithet of Rhea/Cybele.

Funny, 8 years with Jesuits and I never heard the nickname “Jeb” until your post.
Was it used frquently at your school/parish?

Jesuit university, 20+ years later (1985-1989). I found exactly the same thing—critical thinking and deconstruction were extremely important, far more so than the actual beliefs. In my Freshman year I took an 8-credit class that combined my Philosophy and Theology requirements. It nearly wrecked me to have oral defenses rather than written exams, but it taught me a lot about building and defending a position.

I shortened the word “Jebbie,” which is slang for Jesuit. I never heard it until I got to college, when I heard other students using it and I had to ask what it meant. Also, that was in the '70s, the first time Jerry Brown was governor of California, and some magazine published a picture of him wearing a cassock when he was in the seminary, and the caption was “the Zen Jebbie.” Maybe it isn’t that common a slang word, I don’t know. Maybe it had become obsolete by your college days.

I’ve been involved with the Marianists most of my life, went to a Marianist college. They are the sworn enemies of the Jesuits. (not really, but there was always a friendly rivalry feel about it…)

I think it’s generally whatever the local Brothers private school happens to be.
Our local rival (high school) weren’t Marianists, they were Lasallian Brothers.
And they suck!

Does a high school run by the Brothers of the Sacred Heart count? If not, then just four years at Georgetown (1993-97), where the social justice aspect was most decidedly not on the agenda. (I chose that option just to play it safe.)

Several of my teachers, as well as the priests who came to say Mass, at the Nuns (Company of Mary) were Jesuits.

HS, St Francis Xavier. Teachers included several other congregations as well as jesuits.

University, more Jesuits.

Add that my paternal family has been Jesuit-trained for generations and it’s just been part of my life from birth.

Georgetown law here. Great place to stop in and talk ethics with some luminaries (thanks Father Drinan), but otherwise the curriculum seemed uninfluenced. Similar experience?

Same school name, other side of the country, 1993.

Ditto.

Yeah, a friend of mine who teaches religious studies describes his job as “taking away their Jesus”.

I was taught by de la Salle Christian Brothers. Does that count?