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At what point is the child considered Catholic? A young child can be Catholic and not ready for any of those other things (like a first grader for example). Sounds like the test or prep you describe are steps for receiving Communion, not specifically for becoming Catholic. ktgrok said something about two years of religious instruction plus regular attendance of Mass.
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They are probably cradle Catholics that were baptized Catholic as babies. This child doesn't sound like they are actually Catholic, why would they receive Sacraments? ETA: if they are going to Mass at school weekly and their parents only take them on Sundays at Easter/Christmas, that seems like a problem but one that has no bearing on this family's situation because two wrongs don't make a right.
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We don't know if they enrolled the child in that school because of the religion or because of the education in general.
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Churches make rules like this all the time! I had to go to the protection of children class before I worked with any children in the church. They don't have the classes all the time. I couldn't do it in time for one event but I did it in the future in time for another. Should churches be more flexible? Yes. But the parishioners have to be flexible, too. You want to be part of the church, then make time for the church. It's not just the classes they aren't able to attend. It's Mass, too.
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So this child has been baptized, but probably not in the Catholic church. I know you don't get re-baptized, but isn't there some other step he'd need to complete before receiving Communion? Some step to becoming Catholic? I don't know. Like right now it sounds like two non Catholic parents are complaining that their non Catholic child can't go to Communion. Umm what??
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Can two non Catholics approach the church and ask for a Catholic baptism? Because that in itself sounds odd to me. Is this child Catholic?
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Honest opinions on large age gap between siblings
heartlikealion replied to lovinmyboys's topic in The Chat Board
No, and you shouldn't feel badly about it, but we're just saying that the children may have opinions like those stated in the thread. My parents wanted a third but didn't have luck until they had stopped trying. I'm the third. My mom didn't plan to have me at age 41 so I'm sure she didn't plan on having that 8 year gap between my sister and I. -
Honest opinions on large age gap between siblings
heartlikealion replied to lovinmyboys's topic in The Chat Board
Based on responses from a similar thread, I think this is going to have a lot to do with personalities. Some of it will be affected by situational things (will they all be homeschooled together? Go to different brick and mortar schools? Will one be off at college and hardly be around?) My siblings and I are all 4 years apart, making my oldest and I have an 8 year gap. I didn't feel close to my sisters growing up. I thought of my oldest sister more like a second mom figure, though I don't think Mom left her in charge of me an extreme amount. When I got pregnant my mom actually said she thought I would have talked to my sisters about birth control. I wanted to laugh. We didn't have sisterly talks like that. And I didn't talk to my mom about that stuff, either. Dd is 2. Ds will be turning 9 soon. We weren't ready to have a second kid sooner, so that's just how it is. Honestly, ds isn't very independent. I couldn't imagine if they had been closer in age. I already feel like they demand a lot of me but I guess not having both in diapers at once was kind of a relief. -
Yeah. I didn't know at the beginning of the thread that the parents weren't even Catholic. Either way it's not the child's fault, but I see a problem with the teaching a child the importance of attending Mass only to not take him.
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Neither of the parents is Catholic. I don't know what religion they are. It's implied in this thread he was baptized Catholic but I'm not even certain of that. He might have been baptized another faith and thus not have Catholic godparents.
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:iagree: And like I said upthread, what if the parents don't even send him to Catholic school in the future? And what if they never get around to their RCIA classes?
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Kids make me laugh or why would you eat IN the fridge?
heartlikealion replied to athomeontheprairie's topic in The Chat Board
My 2 yr old is now strong enough to open the fridge. We discovered this about a week ago when she opened the fridge and opened ds' lunchable to eat the cookies out of it :lol: -
Oh I'm sure they're nice. Just not motivated enough to try. How do you do it? Do you use the ironing board upright or iron it on the bed or..?
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I've never liked ironing on beds. I really want the flat hard surface of an ironing board. Some people do fold up the tiny ironing boards and place them on the bed. I guess you could do that. It just seems like a lot of work! I think if you get them out of the dryer early enough they aren't too bad.
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To eliminate a butt crack/underwear viewing when someone bends over? ;)
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Ah. Tall people problems lol. We have some issues with the big and tall items as well. They aren't long enough because they don't take into consideration that he has a very long torso and the "extra long" ties are not long enough. I say can't you just shift the tie and he says no because the width of the tie is not the same everywhere and then you'd have the wrong part in the wrong place and/or the knot looks funny or the back of the tie won't stay down with the tie clip or whatever. OP, I hope you can find something!
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Oh mine has no interest in them, either lol. That or skinny jeans.
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Wow, those are big groups!! The church we drove to to join CCD classes this year had their largest FHC group yet and it was 28 kids. Had we not gone to classes with them I probably would have just had ds do FHC by himself in our nearest parish which has only about 20 members and only one weekend Mass. The priests take turns driving to that parish from a bigger city. There is no rectory at the church and it was not that uncommon to show up for Mass and instead have a Communion service because a priest was unable to come.
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Florals are nice. Dd has the cutest floral leggings. She's two so she can get away with any length top and leggins :laugh: At least for a man the romper might be easier to use the bathroom... they can just unzip the crotch area I guess. I can't imagine wearing a romper as it would be a bathroom nightmare to me.
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I hadn't ever given the Sacrament prep any thought til this thread, actually. And we have looked into Catholic school but it's just not in our reach now. One church around here only has CCD for the Spanish speaking community so a family we know is out of luck as their children don't speak Spanish. But now that you mention the prep in school, maybe their children will receive that in their Catholic school when they are ready for First Communion.
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The Special Occasion & Gifts Teachers Lounge 5-17-2017
heartlikealion replied to scrapbookbuzz's topic in The Chat Board
I'm sorry :( But I don't think it means your choices are lame! -
I could go either way on this. It was just weird to me because I guess I felt like it must be incredibly awkward for the students in the room that are not Catholic and that the parish classrooms might be sparse if say, lots of the parish children that age are already doing their prep at school. Then what, they have the parish classroom with 3 kids and they do all their prep separately but meet once with the Catholic school kids for rehearsal before the big day or what? Can the church justify a First Communion class if only one child in second grade at that church doesn't attend the Catholic school? Yeah, it is fine to put the prep in the classroom, but some of these thoughts come to mind. I get where you are coming from, though. When I was growing up my CCD classes met on weeknights. When I moved out of state they met on Sundays between Masses. I know either way it can be inconvenient for parents doing the transportation.
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I'm pretty upfront with my family. I'd blurt out that I'm so sorry I can't make it but I have plans that are too difficult to change and wish they had given me more notice. I'm sure you can say it more eloquently lol.
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The Special Occasion & Gifts Teachers Lounge 5-17-2017
heartlikealion replied to scrapbookbuzz's topic in The Chat Board
Never been in that situation but I would hope that they dropped some hints over time as to places they like. Coffee drinker? Book reader? etc. Maybe a gift card geared toward a place you know they'll go and/or cash??