{"id":31060,"date":"2014-04-08T09:14:40","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T13:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=31060"},"modified":"2016-09-30T15:56:52","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T19:56:52","slug":"catholic-schools-in-u-s-wooing-chinese-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2014\/04\/catholic-schools-in-u-s-wooing-chinese-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic schools in U.S. actively recruiting Chinese students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\u00a0The New York Times<\/a><\/strong> has an interesting piece this week about efforts by Catholic schools to recruit well-heeled Chinese students, children of diplomats and executives. At one point, it describes the journey of a young woman named Di Wang, an atheist:<\/p>\n

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When they arrived at DePaul two years ago, Ms. Wang and 26 other students from China underwent a three-week orientation before classes began.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\"\"<\/a>They got a primer on the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, ate pizza, toured nearby subdivisions and boned up on their English. Then they moved on to Catholicism.<\/p>\n

Bethany Duane-Dacles, a history teacher and director of the school\u2019s summer programs, says the seminars included videos, PowerPoint presentations and props like rosary beads. Students were taught the basics: the Ten Commandments, the hierarchy of the church, how to read the Bible and make the sign of the cross.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you don\u2019t know who Jesus is, it\u2019s really difficult,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Theology teachers tend to pass fleetingly through sticky terrain. The church\u2019s position on abortion, which directly opposes that of the Chinese government, is one such area.<\/p>\n

Ms. Wang, who plans to attend college in the United States, says she has enjoyed learning about church doctrine, which she sums up like this: \u201cDo good, avoid evil.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sitting in the school library on a recent morning, donning one of DePaul\u2019s black fleeces, she said her interest did not extend further. She intends to remain an atheist. Still, now, she does sometimes pray. \u201cThank God,\u201d she whispers to herself, \u201cfor this beautiful day.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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