Cover Reveal for My Road Trip Cowboy Romance! I dont remember the certificates , but , yeah , they came from on-high somewhere in the Archdiocese ( we believed , at least ) . And the time I put together a shoe box with all the items I needed to go and baptize my Jewish friends across the street, Amy and Kenny Wolpin. My dad was in the Navy out in the Pacific in WWII . Yeah . I remember the little cardboard boxes and wanting to saving the poor pagan babies. When Father Andrew Small, O.M.I., asked who remembered them at the inaugural World Mission Dinner May 2 at the Pierre Hotel in Manhattan, a few hands went up, mostly belonging to people with gray hair. Im still not so sure . We were wondering how much trouble Cary would get into . Gina Cascone grew up in central New Jersey and is the author of Pagan Babies, Mother's Little Helper, and coauthor of twenty-six books for children. Along with the Pagan babies does anyone remember selling books of small stamps people could use on envelopes? That summer in Guaymas, I learned that people in poverty needed more than goodwill, and that social justice was not a simple matter of collecting spare change and sending it off to the right folks. It used to be a full acronym - United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund. maybe he rode to work on a bike . Remember getting a whack across the face at your Confirmatin? Yeah! Stories ensued. EIN 27-4581132 I dont remember . The oldest nun asked : Any questions , children ? Many students adopted several Im not sure at this point for whom we were collecting I supposed it could have been UNICEF, or perhaps a Catholic charity. By letting civility happen, we take better care not only of others and of the world itself, but of ourselves. Sometimes, I was that girl. While clearly titillating and voyeuristic, these presentations revealed a larger world and highlighted our own privileged place. Instead, she found Jesus Christ. Pagan Babies is classic crime fiction from the master of suspense, New York Times bestselling author Elmore Leonard. Needless to say, by the time I graduated from Dominican there wasnt an iota of true Catholicism left in me, other than the bit I faked for a while to protect my Moms feeling. They were no doubt common . The principal stepped forward , to the rescue , saying coldly , Its a fundraiser for the school . He didnt mention his new stereo system . Im glad youu got a kick out of it . Usually an ice cream party, it seems. My first lessons in social justice came through saving pagan babies. A freshly sprung ex-con turned stand-up comic, Debbie needs some fast cash, too, to settle an old score. I could fold bandages and scrub floors in the dispensario, change diapers and scrub floors in the orphanage, wash vestments and scrub floors in the churchyou can see the pattern. The idea was to collect money from students , nickels and dimes , for charity . Same thing, just a more PC name. But how ? In accepting his medallion, Cardinal McCarrick summed up the missionary spirit. But, in fact, the entire program was rooted in a sense of solidarity and charity in the broadest understanding of the word. Lord, LordCatholic schools. Coins. I had several, actually all girls named Mary, of course." When our family moved to another part of Dearborn, we transferred to St Alphonsus parish, and I traded the blue jumper for a plaid one, and the beanie for Hush Puppy shoes. Charlie was in my class . No one was, in fact, adopted or bought. In the background it shows mosques, pagodas, etc, all the better to drive home the horrors wed saved him from. Ask the deities of your pantheon to watch over the residents of your home. I think we were the hope, somehow, for all the people who were seeing us and a hope for the country, recalls Bishop Christian Carlassare of the nine-day pilgrimage to meet Pope Francis. When they reached $5, they then ransomed a child overseas, got a certificate and the right to name the child. For every $10.00 collected you got name the baby. I remember getting a plastic Virgin Mary statue , about 5 or 6 inches tall. There were no poor pagan babies to be pitied in Guaymas. Any questions ? Youre welcome . I went to catholic school the same time you did. I remember a little plastic Jesus and pencil cases . Each was presented with a medallion featuring a representation of the papal keys. We can smile at it now at perhaps how silly it was, Father Small said. I knew immediately what you were referring to even though we never went to church & I went to public school. Never knew it meant Justice under God though . Im 50, and though Ive heard the term pagan babies (mainly in books by people a little older than me) , it wasnt used when I was in Catholic school from about 1969-77. He was a bartender later in life , at least for awhile . Cary Cox stole a five dollar bill from his mothers purse when we were in fourth grade so that Cary could pick the name of the next pagan baby himself . Catholic Church. There is in the heart of every priest, and I hope in the heart of every Christian, the longing to be a missionary, to be a proclaimer of the good news to the ends of the earth, he said. The teacher lobbied for her but I still refused . Some conspiracy mongers doubted the existence of the pagan babies, even suggesting that the sisters were raiding the schoolchildrens piggybanks to fill their own coffers or the Churchs. Seems like 100 years ago , doesnt it ? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? (Matthew 25: 37-38). An interactive website will feature video interviews with some of the former pagan babies, now nuns, priests and catechists in their homelands. - Ann C. You may be a pagan , but I think youre too late . I only have one question , he said . The one boys name that sticks in my head is Zachary. If my parents would only let me go to public school, the church might have had another nun. 4. muddymoose 4 mo. Thanks for the comment . St. Paul noted that baptism replaces circumcision and circumcision was for infants. Christianity is significantly losing members. I Googled it because of my conviction that it was an acronym and I just couldnt quite figure out what the E stood for. My first lessons in social justice came through saving pagan babies. Reproduction of material from this website without written permission, or unlicensed commercial use or All of this went out the window in my belief system a few years later, when i began to understand political realities, had a more sophisticated notion of the universe and got very tired of having philosophical questions answered by Its a mystery. My favorite question was: If God can do anything, can he create a rock so heavy he himself cannot lift it? Learn how your comment data is processed. If you ever meet one, say hi from meus. And of course, she knew that no pagan baby was coming to stay at 159 Findlay Avenue, no matter what I said. She thought that it would be the greatest thing in the world for me to become a nun. between boys and girls. And one final thought: we cant always get our loved ones to practice the faith, but we can offer our alms up for their conversions while benefiting others. I told that I learned math through confessionit had been two weeks since my last confession, I was mean to my brothers every day, so that was fourteen times, I disobeyed my parents almost every day, so that was about ten times, etc., etc. My mother wisely refrained from saying much about it. we got prizes if we gave X amount, but I never got a prize. This is hilarious, love this! Might make a nice story . Back in the 1950s and early-1960s, and possibly before that, the Catholic schools sponsored an ongoing drive to raise money for missions in foreign lands. Remember Pagan Babies? Yeah! Stories ensued. We didnt get a chance to vote on a name because he could name him himself. The money collected in the United States went to help feed, clothe and educate them. Kind of a weird experience when we look back on it , eh ? collection boxes given to each child. I will say, Im happy I went to catholic school. They spoke in thick Irish brogues . By the way , I was born in SF . ( Sorry for the delay. Despite its apparent condescending tone at times, it instilled a radical sense of urgency in children that we are responsible for one another.. At every Catholic school in those days were Hilarious ! A set or two of golf clubs may have been in there . I still suspect the money collected ( probably in actuality just chicken-feed ? ) I think it has something to do with the "Poor starving babies overseas" that people send money to when they donate at Church, but I'm not sure. I remember Green Stamps . ETA: and then theres this blog from someone who is completely unapologetic about their participation in the program: http://asksistermarymartha.blogspot.com/2006/08/announcing-pagan-baby-reunion.html. pagan babies When I attended Corpus Christi Catholic School in the 1950s and 1960s there was a program we all called Pagan Babies . Every month after the money was collected, a students name was "randomly"picked out of a bag with the chosen name becoming the "Pagan Baby of the Month.". There was excitement in the air . After about a year it didnt seem to grow as fast but I put it down to my own spending habits. Written right on the top of the looseleaf paper, smack dab in the middle. As a young girl at St. Albert the Great School in Dearborn, Michigan, we wore blue uniform jumpers and beanies. The missionary spirit was evident as Pontifical Mission Societies honored three people at the May 2 gala. I still think of those days and have many wonderful memories. There were competitions between classes . With touching little pictures of hungry children. I guess our efforts got similarly fierce , but I never got sucked into that . The poor pagan was already named Herman , right ? I went to Marymount Jr. School (on Sunset) and we were all sent home to canvas the neighborhood in Brentwood for heavens sake, to sell pagan babies! As a first grade student at St.Aloysius in Wilkes-Barre, PA circa 1969, pagan babies were part of our extreme Catholic instruction. Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, apostolic nuncio to the United States who greeted guests on behalf of Pope Benedict XVI, called the Pontifical Mission Societies instruments for cooperation in the universal mission of the church across the world.. At times, it seemed like the nuns in the Catholic School I was attending, would really pressure the students to contribute to the pagan babies. We were expected to sell subscriptions to our local Archdiocese newspaper when I went to elementary school. The nuns tried to keep us on the Catholic path, but they had a lot of competition with of the civil rights movements of the time. And then she went down to the school and repossed those things. How many people who raised their hands the first time were still in contact with their pagan babies? Pagan babies, we all understood in the 50s, were babies born to parents who did not believe in a monotheistic (1 god) religion, because they had not yet received any instruction. They changed the name because it had grown beyond the initial save the war-torn orphans mission. "Baptism . If you want, you can contact the director of music programming at Hawaiian Public Radio, and ask him if hes still using it, though. Required fields are marked *. I remember my Grandparents joking about it in the '70s. Here a pagan ; there a pagan . if you can open your heart and you want to do something to help, PLEASE donate here to the Gonzalez Family . I guess this went on everywhere. Labeling any baby pagan, much less sweeping into this category all foreign children of color, makes me look back with embarrassment. She went to Catholic school too, and I dont know if they had pagan babies then, but I bet they did. by reneeqyancy | Feb 9, 2010 | Blog | 8 comments. NFL NBA Megan Anderson Atlanta Hawks Los Angeles Lakers Boston Celtics Arsenal F.C. I guess we survived . There is in the heart of every priest, and I hope in the heart of every Christian, the longing to be a missionary, to be a proclaimer of the Good News to the ends of the earth, he said. But Im a bit cynical . Great sounding rare live tape here by Philadelphia's own PAGAN BABIES from mid 1988. The publics had no idea what we were talking about. - Vera Marie C. What did they really think about it ? Im a veteran of catholic school and I remember so well about the pagan stories and purgatory, limbo and so on. I attended St. Judes Grade School in Detroit, Michigan (1958 to 1966) and as I recall Pagan Babies were a big thing. The class received a certificate for each child they named. Steve Stahley. Pagan babies are certainly a unique experience us Catholic schoolkids share! Davey; I remember those statues . Pagan Babies: and Other Catholic Memories. The concept, We gave our allowances to save those babies. Linda A. McMillin is a professor of history at Susquehanna University. Hosted a supper the other night for some friends from church. So it had to be pretty official, like our nun just couldnt pull a certificate out of her drawer and fill in the name.no, I think that it had to be signed by the big Catholic mucky-mucks. and if we sell ten of them , Charlie continued unperturbed , we get a pencil case ., And if we sell twenty , we get something else that none of us really wants . Considering your background , I am honored that you thought my silly little post on pagan babies was worth reading . Its a great way to perform works of mercy or give alms during Lent or find a family charity. Ransom and Baptism? Weird, the kind of memories we carry over from childhood, isnt it? When five dollars was collected the box would go.somewhere ..and a new box would be folded out by the teacher . I thought they would all come in a box and be distributed at the end of the school year. They also helped keep things quiet. (CCC 1213). Exorcist Responds to Sensationalized Russell Crowe Exorcism Film on Father Amorth, Ash Wednesday Breaks All the Rules of Modern ChurchThink, and More Great Links! 1969 From Pioneer to Poet by Isabelle Pagan, vintage Astrology book zodiac Has anyone else heard this phrase before, and if so, do you remember what it . in the classroom to see who had the most babies. My romantic notions of missionary work got a dose of reality that summer. I told some Catholic friends about collecting money for Pagan Babies at Dover (Ohio) St. Josephs and they had never heard of such a thing but Im sure we did it. We all started reminiscing together as if we attended the same school! I went to Catholic school in the 50s and 60s too, but in Chicago. The money collected in the United States went to help feed, clothe and educate them. Each was presented with a medallion featuring a representation of the Papal Keys. Except in the case of fourth grade, 1964, just after the Beatles hit America on Sullivan. - Donna B. The Holy Childhood Association got many of the basics right: it introduced me to global realities of poverty and need, to notions of privilege and responsibility. As I write this I still feel the hurt and frustration 50 years later. I think the Catholic church needed better PR people back then. . on a regular basis. ), and its name was even weirder - it was collect money to feed the Black babies. They were wondering how to react . End of March we usually plant or seed our wishes for the year. That means that many of our grandbabies are pagan babies! I think it was to put on envelopes for Christmas cards? That bring back memories!" 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