Father Lopez Catholic High School Puns

https://twitter.com/dennisdoddcbs/status/1465779091232202752?s=21

The first was years ago and the second just happened today.

Nothing happened to me, but they just felt weird to be around, even as a kid that didn't understand pedophilia or know that's what the catholic church is known for.

Really ironic that school pushed my brother and I to grow away from religion lol.

Hi! I went to an all-girls Catholic high school in the South(ish). This list (Below) is from the published graduating class. I have the middle names as well, but for these purposes, have only included the middle names that are either used as first names or double names. Everyone was born in 2000 or 2001. The school was probably 90% white.

Out of 181 girls, Anna appears in 4.2% of first names.

• Anna (8)
• Lauren (6)
• Elizabeth (6)
• Abigail (5)
• Emma (4)
• Ellie (4)
• Catherine (4)
• Katherine (4)
• Claire (4)

However, a variation of the name Madeline appears 5 times in 4 different ways. (Madelaine, Madeleine, Madeline (2), Madelyn)

Catherine appears 7 times in 3 different ways.(Catherine, Katherine, Katharine)

Mackenzie appears 3 times in 3 different ways. (MacKenzie, Makinzee, McKenzie)

Lily appears 3 times in 3 different ways. (Lily, Lilly, Lillie)

A version of Alex appears 5 times in 4 ways. (Alexa (2), Alexandra, Alexandria, Alyx)

Out of 181 girls, 129 share a name with someone else. If you were in this class, you have a 72% chance of sharing a name with someone else. There are 52 girls in the class that do not share a name with anyone else. That is only 28%. There is a full list of "unique" or non-repeated names down below in the comments if you care to take a look.

Out of 181 girls, 34 went by nicknames on a daily basis. That is 18.7%. Out of the 34 nicknames, 31 were from girls with repeated names. 22 of those nicknames are repeated. Only 12 are unique.

Other interesting facts:

• Two of the Libbys had the same last name as well. The last name is not very common. They also both played field hockey. Confusing. I know.
• There are two sets of twins. Libby and Katie. Ellie and Carly.
• You might think that the 8 Anna’s were the most confusing, but most of them had second names or nicknames. It wasn’t the Lauren’s either. It was the Ellies. In some weird trick of the universe, three of the Ellies all played field hockey and three were in the AP classes together. Because of this, one of the Ellie’s actually went back to being called Eleanor. But it never really caught on.

I thought this was really interesting and am interested in your alls thoughts! Let me know if you would be interested in a middle name analysis! I’d be happy to do so haha. Clearly, I love to waste time.

**let me know if there is a better way to list long lists of names! I wasn't sure and am happy to edit!

Abigail, Abigail (Abby), Abigail (Abby), Abigail (A

Hey, I have a few questions rn.

I (17M) am gay, and honestly I’ve just recently come to terms with that. I am a junior at a Catholic high school in the U.S.

My closest friends always ask me if I’m gay, and I never really deny that I am, but I don’t confirm it either. Like it wouldn’t be a huge surprise to them if I told them, because I don’t exactly hide it too well. They also ask if I have a crush all the time, and I do, but it’s a dude who I really like. I don’t even know if he’s gay, either, so that’s that.

I don’t know when the right time to tell them I’m gay would be, or if I should at all.

I also have no idea on how I should know if my crush is into dudes.

Maybe I should wait a few years until this all blows over, I know it means nothing anyway right now lol.

Sorry I’m bad at writing these feelings out. I used a new account for this, also.

I do not believe that Roman teachings are incorrect- they just are not my own tradition. Theologically, many of the reasons I only want to talk about God and love the Faith are for reasons that Roman teaching often takes an opposite position on or takes a position that would not have drawn me to Christ. I really want my students to love Christ and I best can do that from my own theological leanings. The Syriac way of understanding God doesn’t work in a constant desire for things to be “systematized.”

I would just like any advice, direction, or even random thoughts in relation to this!

This is a throw away account

I already tried posting this on another throwaway account but I don't think it worked right.

I made a post on snapchat about remembering something absolutely ridiculous that happened in high school (irrelevant). Then, one of my old friends from high school messaged me about it, commenting that high school was one hell of a trip, and then he reminded me of the trauma party that was: THE RETREAT.

Okay, bestie, what’s The Retreat? (a placeholder for the actual name)

Well, here’s some background. I went to a catholic high school, a four year college prep school. There is a three to four day retreat offered in fall for students who are either Juniors or Seniors. The retreat is run by high school staff, primarily teachers and some guidance counselors, AND a group of specially selected students who are usually former juniors who went on THE RETREAT the previous year. Outside of those who run THE RETREAT, I think parents, and those who have attended, no one is supposed to know what happens at THE RETREAT.

This is where I’ll segue into why nothing is supposed to be known. Going in, most people think that THE RETREAT is just a Jesus retreat where we learn to love the Lord more as we end our time in high school. NO. NO.

So going in, they make you sign this paper saying you won’t talk about THE RETREAT before or after the experience so as not to destroy the experience for others. You sign it at the bottom, though I don’t think it was a real legal document because the font was weird and we were students. We were minors.

Truthfully I don’t remember a whole lot, but I do remember some. Going to THE RETREAT in short, included several sessions led by students and high school staff sharing some of the most intimate trauma possible with little to no warning. In the stories mentioned I will use different names. There was one boy, Tony, who told the story of being repeatedly sexually assaulted by another boy, this led him to think he was gay. Not only that but he shared going to parties in the woods, having lots of sex and drinking and doing drugs to the point of blacking out.

There were then several stories from girls, some sounded more alike than others. those who spoke, went over how they would starve themselves, cut themselves with razors, throw up and more. Some girls confided in how they were sexually assaulted and abused, some confessed about having sex in general, some about drinking. As someone who has a history of self harm, hear

What the title says. Almost no one will talk to me because I’m either a) not really part of the LGBT Community because bi doesn’t exist; b) I’m just pretending to get attention; c) I’m actually gay, but I’m just in denial because I’m Catholic; or d) I hate myself and everyone because I’m Catholic. Absolutely NONE of that is true and I’m sick of it! I feel that whoever I talk to in my school’s LGBT community hates me because I’m bi or Catholic. I was even locked in a bathroom and bullied for 3/4 of an hour because of my Catholicism. I haven’t experienced any backlash from my church community. I just hate that I can’t find any acceptance in an LGBT community that preaches acceptance. I just aggravates me to no end. I’m just looking for empathy, and they can’t give that to me. Thank you for listening to my venting.

https://nypost.com/2021/12/18/covington-catholic-graduate-nicholas-sandmann-settlement-with-nbc/

In 2020, Sandmann attorney Todd McMurtry told Fox News that lawsuits against “as many as 13 other defendants will be filed,” including ABC, CBS, The Guardian, HuffPost, NPR*, Slate, The Hill, and Gannett, which owns the Cincinnati Enquirer as well as other small outlets.*

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/20/686988268/video-of-kentucky-students-mocking-native-american-man-draws-outcry

Video Of Kentucky Students Mocking Native American Man Draws Outcry

Then weasel words from the NPR ombudsman

https://www.npr.org/sections/publiceditor/2019/01/25/688833473/unraveling-a-washington-mall-confrontation-frame-by-frame

Any impression you have on that school, or any other high schooler in the Des Moines area would be nice. Also, is it true that you can drive at 14.5 yrs old to school (with parental permission)?! If so that's kinda cool.