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THE RELIGION FILES
More Adventures in Catholicism
School days
DISCLAIMER: This is a humor piece, meant to elicit laughter, or at least a smile and/or some giggles. I am a pretty pious Catholic, and this is not meant in any way to be a criticism of the religion. I wrote it to show that even pious Catholics can laugh at ourselves. But I think you will all figure this out. I give you credit for being intelligent.
Catholic School
Where I grew up in the 1950s, there was an elementary school within easy walking distance from anywhere in the town. Logic dictated that the kids in my family go to that school.
It was not to be. Instead, we were bused all the way to the nearest city (Yakima, Washington) to attend St. Joseph’s Elementary School. When the time came for high school, there was Marquette High for the boys and St. Joseph’s Academy for the girls. Once you reached puberty, co-education was considered dangerous.
I attended the elementary school and then the girls’ high school for 11 years. This makes me a well-trained expert on Catholic education for the Baby Boomer generation.
Religion Class
The reason for sending all of us to a Catholic school was that we would receive instruction in religion. The main impetus behind the…
