Dad was Catholic and mom is not. But to be married by a Catholic priest (which was important to dad's family, if not to him) meant that mom had to agree that any kids born of them would be raised Catholic.
Sort of weird as religion was seldom discussed at home beyond planning for the next big church event...baptism, first communion, confirmation...etc.
Even my Catholic grandparents didn't talk about it much. There was a holy water font at the top of the stairs at their house for you to make the sign of the cross before bed and before going downstairs in the morning (I guess upstairs required more blessing). Grandma's biggest concern was finding hats to wear to church...boy, did she have a collection of fancy hats - think royal family fancy.
Sending us kids to Catholic school was seen as a sound business decision as most, if not all, dad's clients were good church-going Catholics.
It was like some strange game we played along with.
I have a difficult time understanding what it is like to have been truly indoctrinated into a set of religious beliefs since I always felt like we were just going through the motions because that's what you do.
Sort of weird as religion was seldom discussed at home beyond planning for the next big church event...baptism, first communion, confirmation...etc.
Even my Catholic grandparents didn't talk about it much. There was a holy water font at the top of the stairs at their house for you to make the sign of the cross before bed and before going downstairs in the morning (I guess upstairs required more blessing). Grandma's biggest concern was finding hats to wear to church...boy, did she have a collection of fancy hats - think royal family fancy.
Sending us kids to Catholic school was seen as a sound business decision as most, if not all, dad's clients were good church-going Catholics.
It was like some strange game we played along with.
I have a difficult time understanding what it is like to have been truly indoctrinated into a set of religious beliefs since I always felt like we were just going through the motions because that's what you do.
I'm your huckleberry.
