Catholicism & Women

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I remember the nuns treating all of us who went to public school bad. I was scared of my catechism teacher, a nun, who had to work an extra hour each week teaching us. I supposed that she felt as catholics, we ought to have been enrolled in Parochial School. We were slapped, yelled...no...screamed at, made to stand while all the rest had seats when day and night classes came together for procession practice. I was questioned a lot as to why my parents did not put me into parochial school. Simple fact was that we were poor and public school was free at that time. She yelled at me defending the "measly" cost of tuition.


I missed something during catechism classes...and that was to take off my little white gloves during communion. Afterwards, the nun got us into the classroom where she ripped into me in front of all the other children. She screamed at me that I ruined the entire first Holy Communion! It felt like the castigation went on for an hour although I feel fairly confident it only lasted a few minutes.


My sister has a totally different experience as a Catholic. She remains Catholic to this day.

Maybe that is one reason as to why I do not see the veneration of Mary as lessons of elevating women as many of the Catholic men and women see it?

Perhaps my validation in being a woman is in reading how Christ treated women with respect.

When the realization of who Christ is...that salvation is in Him only, because of His shed blood, actually penetrated my gray matter, it made it easy to completely walk away from Catholic traditions and mass.

But yes, it was better leaving the RCC than it was UPC because I truly expected better treatment since "truth" is always inserted in discussion and lessons.