background, with diocesan ordinands being slightly more likely that religious ordninands to have
been home schooled (5 percent compared to 2 percent). Among those who were home schooled,
the average length of time they were home-schooled was seven years. 2013 report on ordinations in the USA.
http://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/vocations/ordination-class/upload/Ordination-Class-of-2013-report-FINAL.pdf
Less than 45% went to Catholic schools...out of 2 million Catholic school students, the ratio is alarming!
Considering in the US that there are only about 150,000 Catholic home schooled children at this time, (mostly a Protestant thing still), this statistic of 4% is huge.
Father John Hardon said, “Home schooling in the United States is the necessary concomitant of a culture in which the Church is being opposed on every level of her existence and, as a consequence, given the widespread secularization in our country, home schooling is not only valuable or useful but it is absolutely necessary for the survival of the Catholic church in our country.”
http://www.ewtn.com/library/HOMESCHL/HARHOMSC.HTM
I would add the same is true for Great Britain--the survival of the Faith depends on home schooling.
Less than 45% went to Catholic schools...out of 2 million Catholic school students, the ratio is alarming!
Considering in the US that there are only about 150,000 Catholic home schooled children at this time, (mostly a Protestant thing still), this statistic of 4% is huge.
Father John Hardon said, “Home schooling in the United States is the necessary concomitant of a culture in which the Church is being opposed on every level of her existence and, as a consequence, given the widespread secularization in our country, home schooling is not only valuable or useful but it is absolutely necessary for the survival of the Catholic church in our country.”
http://www.ewtn.com/library/HOMESCHL/HARHOMSC.HTM
I would add the same is true for Great Britain--the survival of the Faith depends on home schooling.
