Stop right there.
NOTHING was ever used to teach me about spirituality. I had to go get that on my own. Catholic school of the 1950s didn't teach spirituality. It taught conformity, it taught mob mentality, it taught robot thinking and you damn well better memorize that prayer. And the Pledge of Allegiance right there with it, a distinction without a difference.
I too went to Catholic School, not in the 1950s, of course, much later. Your experience was not my experience and certainly not the experience of teens today.
Here's my experience with spirituality, and why I don't like organized religion.
My mother married a dude who was a heavy duty Catholic, and for a year or two, I had to go to Catholic school, where we were FORCED to go to church services, as well as had morning prayers. Didn't much care for that kind of indoctrination.
Then............I became an orphan and lived with my Aunt and Uncle in Libby for a year, nobody was required to go to church or pray. Then, I lived for a couple of years with my Grandparents, and again............same thing. They just said to believe in God and try to be a decent person. Incidentally, during those times I was in public school. Yes, we said the pledge, but no, prayer was strictly left out of it.
Then...............I went into foster care for a few years, and every where I went the people would tell me that I now had to believe as they did, and if I didn't get "saved" (whatever that is), I was going to hell. That is a fairly heavy trip for a kid, especially when I've already been through several religions along the way.
Then, I ran away from foster care and spent my Senior year with my Grandparents. Again, was told just to believe in God and try to live a decent life.
When I got into the Navy, I was finally able to explore whatever kind of belief system I wanted. So, I started to check out everything from Judaic beliefs, to Taoism, to Buddhism, and believe it or not, a bit more of an investigation into Christianity.
Know what I learned? All religions are pretty much the same. They have a version of Heaven and Hell, they believe that what you do in this life determines what happens to you in the next, as well as all have some form of the Golden Rule. As a friend of mine once said, if I looked for where religions were similar rather than different, I'd get a hell of a lot further in understanding a Higher Power. He was right.
Now? I don't think that it is right to force a person to believe one way or the other, they should make up their own minds about who or what they believe in. I also believe that all paths lead to the top of the mountain. Doesn't matter if you come from the north, south, east or west, because eventually, you will get to the top of the mountain. Same thing with religion. Doesn't matter what vehicle you use to get to a belief in a Higher Power, just matters that you get one.
My belief system right now? I'm a Taoist, but also like to listen to Jewish rabbis and scholars. Not so much into listening to Christian preachers, because they seem to get too wrapped up in their dogma and forget what they are supposed to be talking about. Same thing with Muslims. I do like learning about Sikhism though, they seem to have a pretty good handle on things.