Esther N McCarthy: 'Let me explain why we didn’t christen our children'
'My generation don’t have the legacy of fear and shame and power the Church wielded over our mothers and grandmothers...but what has me scratching my heathen head, is why weren’t more of my peers opting out too?'
There’s a text doing the rounds on the class WhatsApp groups, sharing info on bouncy castle hire for Communions and Confirmations.
We have kids in rang a sé and rang a dó this year, so double whammy. But we call it Holy Commotion and Holy Consternation. They don’t partake in the sacraments.
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