Cutbacks and austerity measures create financial problems for many, especially parents whose children will receive the sacraments of Communion and Confirmation this year.
Could the bishops not come up with a simple solution, that all children wear their school uniform, thus saving parents further expense and emphasising that we are all equal?
Gerard O’Callaghan Crookstown Co Cork
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This appeared in the printed version of the Irish Examiner Monday, February 13, 2012