Interesting comment as I’m similar age.
In Catholic grade school they told us we couldn’t go to the YMCA because it was run by Protestants.
Then I got to Catholic high school and the swim team did all their practices at the YMCA, LOL.
Yes! My mom was not too crazy when I would stop in at our local YMCA just to look around, lol! Funny old world - long gone for better or for worse.