Off topic of course, but as Diff said how this board is about heroin, but we get support from eachother on lots of stuff. Well, that is directly related. Shows heroin addicts can recover, AND at one time we were all pretty cool, law abiding citizens with talent, and knowledge, and "normal" lives. This helps to keep me steered clear of that eveil poison.
Jack, answered the Bishop at Confirmation? Man, if you're Catholic you'd know it's a really big deal. We were made to study those questions until our eyes hurt, and we couldn't go to bed until we knew them. Some family memeber had to ask us the questions. As IF the Bishop would even call on us......pfffffttttt.
Well, Jack confessed he actually got called on by the Bishop. He answered the question 100% properly. Yeah, Nuns would adore ya for that as it's a reflection on them as teachers.
So, Jack what name did ya pick? How hard did he slap ya?
That was the big deal. How hard the Bishop would hit us. Can't recall what that symbolized, but yeah ya got a smack.
Should we do a poll? Did we become heroin addicts because the Bishop slapped us one? Hahaha Or because the Nuns wrapped us on the knuckles with a ruler? Or because they ripped the hem out our uniforms cause it was too short? Or because they stuck our heads in a dirty bucket of water the mop went in?OR my favorite!!!!!!! Made ya wear a rope around yer neck because ya forgot your tie??????? Is that crazy? Ask Tres if we did not have a nun did that.
Ok I gotta jump in here the Bishop slapped Jack.....I am behind is lurking here.
Did you get slapped too Bryn?
I dont' remember any physical violence at comfirmation. I remember all those damn questions though. I swear the nuns definately yardsticked them into our brains....They so loved their yardsticks!
Did you get slapped too Bryn?
I dont' remember any physical violence at comfirmation. I remember all those damn questions though. I swear the nuns definately yardsticked them into our brains....They so loved their yardsticks!
Hi, everyone
I remember studying those confirmation questions! I also had to memorize the preposition list for English class. Can you believe I STILL remember them (from 3rd grade I think)?
about, above, across, after, against, among, around, at, before, beside, between, by, down, during, except, for, from, in, into, near, of, off, on, over, through, to, toward, under, up, with
The thing is we learned a lot that was important too. Jesus was the center of our world as He should be.
Love,
Susan
I remember studying those confirmation questions! I also had to memorize the preposition list for English class. Can you believe I STILL remember them (from 3rd grade I think)?
about, above, across, after, against, among, around, at, before, beside, between, by, down, during, except, for, from, in, into, near, of, off, on, over, through, to, toward, under, up, with
The thing is we learned a lot that was important too. Jesus was the center of our world as He should be.
Love,
Susan
Yeah- - I studied those questions and answers for weeks!! I knew that if I screwed up one of the answers ,I would make Sister Marie Dennis look bad. By making her look bad if front of the bishop(I forget who he was) I was sure she would take out that frigging ruler and go to town.
(In hind sight I don't think she would have ,but back then ,a lot was taught with that thought in the back of your head)
Anyway, I answered the Bishops question- no one smacked me - -and everyone was proud of the newly confirmed little Jack.- Of course nothing lasts forever, and the next time I was asked to go outside and clap the erasers(those big chalkboard erasers)- I clapped them all over the schools walls while Sister M.D watched in horror through the windows-
It was then that I got whacked , by her not the Bishop- - & she didn't use the ruler- she used the same erasers that I used(They softened the blows- but not the humility)
Hope that staightens things out- the Catholic school years were tramatic-lol
jack the alterboy
(In hind sight I don't think she would have ,but back then ,a lot was taught with that thought in the back of your head)
Anyway, I answered the Bishops question- no one smacked me - -and everyone was proud of the newly confirmed little Jack.- Of course nothing lasts forever, and the next time I was asked to go outside and clap the erasers(those big chalkboard erasers)- I clapped them all over the schools walls while Sister M.D watched in horror through the windows-
It was then that I got whacked , by her not the Bishop- - & she didn't use the ruler- she used the same erasers that I used(They softened the blows- but not the humility)
Hope that staightens things out- the Catholic school years were tramatic-lol
jack the alterboy
My poor ex hubby actually had nuns come and live with him. After that experience he was begging to be ex-communicated! And my mum, bless her, she taught science at a Catholic school - my mum's a sensible woman, and she spends a lot of time in Africa, see's first hand the affects of the AIDS epidemic. She had a real tough time of it trying to teach sex education without going on about safe sex. She was so happy when the Pope John Paul II died. She hoped the new Pope might see sense, but alas, no. I have an enduring image of my mum, wiping cream off the Bishops' cassock before he went out to address the school.
I'll never forget my first experience of going to a catholic church, and asking my mum if we should tell that man in a dress that his handbag was on fire! Oh, the innocence of youth!
love
Diff xxx
I'll never forget my first experience of going to a catholic church, and asking my mum if we should tell that man in a dress that his handbag was on fire! Oh, the innocence of youth!
love
Diff xxx
Yeah we got slapped........it was a big deal......like on Ash Wednesday when everyone compared who got a better cross of ashes than someone else....it was who got slapped the hardest......it was more like a tap compared to my mom and her hand or hairbrush she weilded....bit all in all yeah the Bishop gave ya a proper tap o on the cheeck.
http://www.catholic-forum.com/forum...hread.php?t=316
I don't know what school y'all all went to but read that thread I have the link to.
Somebody got a mark left on them....like in all good symobolism a mark has to be left.......ya know so we get it......plus I had a odd confirmation name my mamma made me take.....oh I was teased to no end......it weren't no Saint name either so I bet that Bishop was less than thrilled.
Frankly, today I would pick Dymphna....patron Saint of the mentally ill.....yes I would and I'd use it on legal documents.
Diff, my daughter should be living with you........kid was about EIGHT....I had her in Mass....she says to me........"LOOK at that MAN in a dress, ya know the Catholics stole everything from the pagans and adapted it to fit their needs....on and on about the Romans........and how religion is MAN MADE.
I promptly told that kid I was going to monitor what she was reading.......AND it's a Cassock..........not a dress.......AND she was already Catholic so ya can't quit........you're in it for life.....you can become a Hindu or a Luthern or a Baptist, BUt you are a Catholic FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You take your water sumersion........your slap from a Bishop and like it...and you better go in that confessional or else.......hahahaha.....nah, I said "Yo, for now in formative years ya need a base, and you want to change it later than so be it, but for now we're in it for the haul"........I should have NOT allowed that kid freedom of anything......should have made her kneel on uncooked rice for calling a cassock a dress........fresh faced thing.
So, Jack ya had to get slapped........back in the day we all got the smack.
NUNS, you best not let them down.....that's right.......you are a reflection of them and if ya dared miss a question it'd be curtains........OR more cleaning.
Haaaaaa.........my dad even said "Why am I paying all this tuition for y'as to clean all the time?".............good stuff!!!!!!!!!!
BTW we had the most notorious Sister Of Saint Joseph EVER...Tres will vouch!
She was an icon....a classic........lady would rip your hem out right there in class if your uni was too short..................or my favorite************************
"Don't you have a mother? You have a mother sent you to school like this? Hair all mangey, and a dirty bow tie? I can't believe a mother would send you to school like that.........then DUNK kids head went in a bucket..........and we all had mom's........all of us.......like they were supposed to shine them saddle shoes everyday like MY MOM........every single day POLISH.......new laces or soap the old ones.........and finger curls.........starched shirts like I was a board.
Yeah my mom was big on appearances!
http://www.catholic-forum.com/forum...hread.php?t=316
I don't know what school y'all all went to but read that thread I have the link to.
Somebody got a mark left on them....like in all good symobolism a mark has to be left.......ya know so we get it......plus I had a odd confirmation name my mamma made me take.....oh I was teased to no end......it weren't no Saint name either so I bet that Bishop was less than thrilled.
Frankly, today I would pick Dymphna....patron Saint of the mentally ill.....yes I would and I'd use it on legal documents.
Diff, my daughter should be living with you........kid was about EIGHT....I had her in Mass....she says to me........"LOOK at that MAN in a dress, ya know the Catholics stole everything from the pagans and adapted it to fit their needs....on and on about the Romans........and how religion is MAN MADE.
I promptly told that kid I was going to monitor what she was reading.......AND it's a Cassock..........not a dress.......AND she was already Catholic so ya can't quit........you're in it for life.....you can become a Hindu or a Luthern or a Baptist, BUt you are a Catholic FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You take your water sumersion........your slap from a Bishop and like it...and you better go in that confessional or else.......hahahaha.....nah, I said "Yo, for now in formative years ya need a base, and you want to change it later than so be it, but for now we're in it for the haul"........I should have NOT allowed that kid freedom of anything......should have made her kneel on uncooked rice for calling a cassock a dress........fresh faced thing.
So, Jack ya had to get slapped........back in the day we all got the smack.
NUNS, you best not let them down.....that's right.......you are a reflection of them and if ya dared miss a question it'd be curtains........OR more cleaning.
Haaaaaa.........my dad even said "Why am I paying all this tuition for y'as to clean all the time?".............good stuff!!!!!!!!!!
BTW we had the most notorious Sister Of Saint Joseph EVER...Tres will vouch!
She was an icon....a classic........lady would rip your hem out right there in class if your uni was too short..................or my favorite************************
"Don't you have a mother? You have a mother sent you to school like this? Hair all mangey, and a dirty bow tie? I can't believe a mother would send you to school like that.........then DUNK kids head went in a bucket..........and we all had mom's........all of us.......like they were supposed to shine them saddle shoes everyday like MY MOM........every single day POLISH.......new laces or soap the old ones.........and finger curls.........starched shirts like I was a board.
Yeah my mom was big on appearances!
