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GlitterFluff

GlitterFluff

BabeTakeTwo said:
We turned on the bunsen burners one lunch time - that was as bad as I got 😁... Silly girl. Someone set off the fire alarm - can't remember the punishment - we all had punishment as no one would admit to it, and no one would dob them in.
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Bunsen burners were the best :ROFLMAO:
 
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BabeTakeTwo

BabeTakeTwo

Many years ago I watched the film The Magdalene Sisters with my Dad - so naive to the happenings of the past, and also the present if I'm honest. Only as I've got older that these things hit me hard - like a terrible shame that I am a Catholic too, how can I be part of this "thing" that has caused so much misery and hate to so many.

My Dad sat in silence after, I asked him if he knew of these launderies, he said he did but didn't think that they had been bad places to be.

I'm not able to reconcile those feelings of what I was taught, to the actual dealings of the Church. I can't change it, I can only change my thinking to bring peace to my heart.

Strangely as a Family we don't talk about us not attending Mass often. I asked my Dad last year did he want to go to Good Friday, and Easter Sunday - that was nice, and nice to have done with him too. My Mum is CofE - my Mum knew that any children would need to brought up Catholic. My Nan and Grandad didn't want my Mum to marry my Dad - too much religion they felt. They were the best... That's a whole other talk... 🙄😊
 
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GlitterFluff

GlitterFluff

BabeTakeTwo said:
Many years ago I watched the film The Magdalene Sisters with my Dad - so naive to the happenings of the past, and also the present if I'm honest. Only as I've got older that these things hit me hard - like a terrible shame that I am a Catholic too, how can I be part of this "thing" that has caused so much misery and hate to so many.

My Dad sat in silence after, I asked him if he knew of these launderies, he said he did but didn't think that they had been bad places to be.

I'm not able to reconcile those feelings of what I was taught, to the actual dealings of the Church. I can't change it, I can only change my thinking to bring peace to my heart.

Strangely as a Family we don't talk about us not attending Mass often. I asked my Dad last year did he want to go to Good Friday, and Easter Sunday - that was nice, and nice to have done with him too. My Mum is CofE - my Mum knew that any children would need to brought up Catholic. My Nan and Grandad didn't want my Mum to marry my Dad - too much religion they felt. They were the best... That's a whole other talk... 🙄😊
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It’s interesting that we have such conflicted feelings over Catholicism.

Much as I don’t count myself as religious per se, I acknowledge that my RC education/exposure must have played an important part in my upbringing and I like going to midnight mass. I always go to service on Remembrance Sunday and Easter. It just feels like it’s the right thing to do even though I have no true belief. That’s probably more to do with my traditionalist side but that’s a whole other conversation!

I can’t ever get on board with the atrocities carried out by the Church.
 
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My gran was taught by nuns in 1920s/1930s Italy. It was so bad that her dad ended up pulling her out of one school and sending her to another, something that probably hardly ever happened in those days.

She always said her arthritis was down to being made to stand for long periods of time in a cold, damp corner as punishments.
 
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BabeTakeTwo

BabeTakeTwo

I happened to look for some photos tonight online for the sites I was schooled at and there are 2 FB groups - I'll have a look on those if they accept me 😂🤣... For a start I couldn't remember my class form names... Says a lot...

I was thinking of my Paternal grandparents today - they had not been allowed to marry due to my Nan being Catholic and my Grandad was CofE. My Grandad met and married someone else, but she passed away - my Grandad happened to meet with my Nan at some point, as she was then considered a spinster and unlikely to marry her parents agreed. Still not happy at the religious aspect but they married and had my Dad.

When my parents met, my Maternal grandparents didn't wish my Mum to marry my Dad - it was made clear from the start that any children would be Catholic. My Paternal Nan insisted on that. So they also met opposition due to religion 🙄

We didn't attend Catholic Primary/Junior schools - we had Catholic education at the local Catholic school attached to our Church. I'll ask my Mum about this, as I never understood why we didn't go to a Church school then, but we did from age 11.

Going to a convent at age 11 was a shock - very strict, even though my parents were also strict, the Nuns were a whole new ball game. Most girls I met had been to catholic school from the start - in some ways it set myself and my sisters apart but also the same as others that had been in the same boat.

Our senior school also had links to a Catholic care home - some of my peers were girls that were in care.

I think the only thing that got me through my school years was the other girls - most of us very similar in our thinking - just wanted to keep out of trouble of the Sisters and get through each week. Don't remember any bullying - not like what you read about today 😢☹. Quite often 2 alpha girls would square up and there would be a fight... I've never seen men fight like girls can! 😳

Has been interesting to read.. Thank you for the thread GlitterFluff 💐x
 
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