[metmom]

We used to have that when I was in school for catechism classes.

[Chode]

yup, same here...

[mass55th]

"We used to have that when I was in school for catechism classes."

I was born and raised in Rochester, NY. Once a week we were allowed to leave school early to attend what we called "religious instruction" at the local Catholic Church, which also had its own school. That church closed in 2008.

The hospital I was born in was torn down to make room for Section 8 housing. The grammar school I attended was turned into senior apartments. The high school I went to was torn down. Even the hospital my two sons were born at closed several years ago. And people wonder why I feel old.

[left that other site]

Indeed.

I was in “release time religion class” when I was told of the JFK Assassination. We were sent home early on the Public Transportation (Boston Public Schools), and everybody on the bus was crying. I’ll never forget it.