I'm not overly religious myself, and not Catholic (although DH was baptised and is non practicing). DD goes to a Catholic school, and DS will too. I haven't found the religious curriculum to be too involved. IMO I think its important for children to learn about all faiths, I teach her about Christianity, Judaism, Islam and Paganism, we've also discussed Buddhism as well. When Paris asks us questions about things we say "Some people believe..." and it works fine. Now the difference here is she is baptised Catholic but I am still one who believes that tolerance and understanding of all religions is important. They do have Catholic rituals like Mass, morning prayer and other things but I have no problem with her learning these things because it is part of her "heritage" if you will, and whilst it is not something either of us necessarily "believe in" we want her to take part and when she is old enough to choose a faith that suits her we will support her no matter her decision. And we do encourage her to question things now, and we try not to give her a biased view. But there is so many benefits to Catholic (or any religious education) IMO as the community spirit, the act of thinking of others (during morning prayer they are asked to think of someone or something to pray for - kids will say homeless, my sick grandma, the endangered species, war torn countries, kids who are absent etc which is such a beautiful thing to see even though I'm not religious!).

It works for us, but it may not work for all. We are happy for her to learn all about being Catholic because she is baptised and its her heritage but I think even if we weren't I'd probably be happy to send her to a religious school even if the faith wasn't her own as I think its a good base of morals and community spirit for any child.