Devotion @ Brock

I recently had Holy Experiences at Brock University. Yes, Me! Holy experiences. With the dawn of lent I found myself in the little campus church at Rita Welch chamber, just outside of the Sankey Chamber. There was a little Mass conducted and ashes distributed all of which occurred in approximately a half hour long service. Catholicism, I found out is very widely distributed in Canada and may in fact be the major religion. I accompanied the Ash Wednesday service by attending mass the following Sunday evening.
In studying here, I realized that most if not all Catholic Schools in Canada are either eligible for or can acquire some type of support from the Ontario Government. This is much to the consternation of other denominations and some religions such as the Protestant and Muslim faiths have protested the practice as unjust. However I have found out that the Ontario school board does not regulate the schools that they support. That means either you or I can legally come in, open up a school (as long as there is no religious affiliation of course) and take in students with the charade of educating young minds. Canada, like the US, unless the school is funded outside of the government is not allowed to indoctrinate any religion on it's students.
One Catholic school, which shall remain nameless, conduct their religious exploits outside of the school board operational hours, which is either before the start of or following the cessation of the school day. Once you or your child attends a school, especially a catholic school it is done with a certain ambiguity that certain moral code and curriculum be adhered to in addition to the Ontario Curriculum. Having the advantage of Catholic Education for the majority of my pre-tertiary school years, may in fact leave me biased towards all the benefits that a catholic education may entail. What may constitute as a beneficial educational pursuit by me, may indeed be considered indoctrination by others. Canada is an ethnic kaleidescope of people, beliefs and cultures. We must always bear in mind that what is good for the goose is not always good for the gander and we must be mindful of the feelings of others. Respecting others so that we may inturn recieve respect.