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    thats because wendywu is stockpiling all the catholic bits and bobs in the country
    Are you still a practicing catholic celeste? I 'mainly' am , but like you there are elements of the faith i cannot just blindly adhere too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mama2three View Post
    thats because wendywu is stockpiling all the catholic bits and bobs in the country
    Are you still a practicing catholic celeste? I 'mainly' am , but like you there are elements of the faith i cannot just blindly adhere too.
    Sort of I've brought my children up in the faith and they made their first communion and DS was confirmed last year - I go through phases of going to mass on Sundays I love the social side cupa & chat in the hall at the back of the church after plus the many raffles they hold - one week I won 6 bottles of booze - it just happened to be a week I'd walked to church and for some reason DH was going to work at mid-day (?) I had to ring him and get him to come and collect me so that I could get home with the bottles - it wouldn't have looked too good me walking along with 6 bottles of booze and 2 young children - I also love the hours peace and tranquility during the service - there is a great sense of community. I took the children almost every week during their primary years - lapsed a bit now they are at high school and they moan about coming - also DS has football so its always DD who I have to drag kicking and screaming - DS despite being older is more likely to be coaxed.
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    Sort of I've brought my children up in the faith and they made their first communion and DS was confirmed last year - I go through phases of going to mass on Sundays I love the social side cupa & chat in the hall at the back of the church after plus the many raffles they hold - one week I won 6 bottles of booze - it just happened to be a week I'd walked to church and for some reason DH was going to work at mid-day (?) I had to ring him and get him to come and collect me so that I could get home with the bottles - it wouldn't have looked too good me walking along with 6 bottles of booze and 2 young children - I also love the hours peace and tranquility during the service - there is a great sense of community. I took the children almost every week during their primary years - lapsed a bit now they are at high school and they moan about coming - also DS has football so its always DD who I have to drag kicking and screaming - DS despite being older is more likely to be coaxed.
    my boys served altar and I led childrens liturgy but found it really difficult when Quinn was a toddler. Plus I was always worried the kids knew more than me! I love the way i feel after mass , but life often gets in the way! have yet to see any raffles going on though!

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    There was only a monthly 100 club one at my last parish but they are never ending here - always some excuse - they also have fair trade stalls and cake sales - the kids love it.

    Not had any alter servers in my family every parish I joined invited me to join the childrens litergy group - yeah like its an honour they just wanted the gap between their turns to be longer . I always declined gracefull saying I worked with children all week and didn't want a busmans holiday at week-ends - also said kids were sick of sharing me during the week and wanted me to themselves at week-ends. They always fully understood -yeah bet they mad vudu dollies of me and stuck pins in me until they got to know me better.
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    I would have definately stuck pins in! when i started doing it i was meant to be 'helping out' but noone ever joined so it was just me and one other lady - and she was tied up with rugby in the winter. ( not literally!) its quite an old fashioned parish , and the old ladies would actually prefer the kids to sit in mass , seen and not heard etc. new priest now so hoping for changes - hes already far too progressive for most of the oldies but they need to move on if the church is to survive.

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    "but they need to move on if the church is to survive".

    Here Here!!!! in more ways than 1!!!!
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    Just came across this lovely thread.

    We're not particularly religious but I do like to do a couple of activities linked to epiphany for general knowledge. There are some really lovely activities out there which are really child friendly. Lots of scope for multi-cultural education too.

    Have a lovely day everyone, and if you are marking this day, have fun! x

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    Gosh it was lovely to reread this thread Maza after all this time , and remember some of the old forum members.

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