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Have we forgotten the lessons on faith and humility taught by Rashers Tierney in 'Strumpet City'?

As communities enjoy the season of welcoming to the table the children who have reached the age of reason, and celebrate their young people answering an invitation to step forward either for Confirmation or to be blessed, I wonder if, in our talk of “bouncy-castle Catholics”, and the “bribing of children to make their Communion”, we have forgotten, or even read, Brendan Behan’s story of the Confirmation suit.

Are we ignoring, or have we forgotten, the lessons on faith, humility, hope, human dignity, true piety, and people’s religion that the life and death of David Kelly’s Rashers Tierney in Strumpet City taught a young priest, whose well-meant but patronising, paternalistic attempts to help his parishioners were met with contempt?