I am the youngest of three, and the only one who did not attend parochial school for grades K-8.
My failure to attend was due to the unwillingness of the parish refusing to discount tuition after two children were enrolled, much to the chagrin of my father. Anyway, due to my attendance in the heathen public system, I had to attend catechism classes on Saturday mornings, cutting into my Warner Brothers cartoon watching significantly. One of my best friends at the time, Joe, attended with me which was nice, as it made us kindred souls. We were constantly getting in trouble for our rowdyism, which gave the rather elderly nuns a real run for their money. Finally, after who knows what Joe and I did one day, the nun locked us in the janitor's closet with the light off to "settle us down". As you might imagine, this was great fun for a couple of second grade boys. Unfortunately, our parents failed to agree with us when we told them about it. All I can recall is that my Dad went to the rectory and got ugly with the head priest about it, and I didn't have to go to catechism class after that. I did get through confirmation, which was the last big step at the time (I believe they do confirmation at a much later time in life now, which makes a lot more sense. At the time I didn't understand the significance of why I had to go through all this crap only to get slapped in the face by the archbishop.) Dan, no longer a practicing Catholic - I got good at it! Sent from my iPad > On Apr 1, 2015, at 10:02 AM, Curly McLain <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Back when I was a pup, I had the misfortune of being sent to the local > horspital run by nunnie bunnies. they mopped every day with disinfectant, > and ran "by the book" (Their book, not the good book) No one was not allowed > to get up, even to use the toilet. When they found out I had gotten out of > the bed and went to look out the window at freedom, they tied me to the bed. > The philosophy was a lot different from now when they try to roll you out of > the horspital bed, even if you are not ready. > > (+) It was much more sanitary than todays horspitals, with their disease > laden carpets > > (-) It bordered on inhumane treatment. > > > > Concurrently, the local Katlik schools were infamous for the nunnie bunnies > whacking kids with rulers or boards for any perceived infraction of their > "book." Even though over 90% were kaltik kids, there were a LOT of kids > turned protestant by the tactics in those schools, even if they never changed > their religion. (emphasis on protest) > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
