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. . Instead, she found Jesus Christ. Her latest books are What Would Monica Do? You didnt buy one with the $5.00. When she told me about her Catholic School classes (she went from K 9) in New Jersey, I was floored. Simone Weil went into the factory to find out more about the social conditions of the modern worker in capitalism. When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? (Matthew 25: 37-38). - Betty L. The rice they used was really good which I think defeated the purpose since a lot of kids looked forward to it, myself included. Read 283 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. 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! I found I really did not have many skills to offer. The poor pagan was already named Herman , right ? I also seem to recall mention of it in some dimly remembered memoir I read years ago about growing up catholic. He stood right in the middle of the group . Elementary It didnt glow , but she was in a sort of a case shaped like a bullet with two doors that could close her in . He told how we had to examine our consciences. I remember how exciting it was when the Pagan Baby certificate was delivered. Thanks for commenting. In closing, Bless the Maryknolls for the work they do in spreading the message of the Gospel! When the principal had signed on to a candy sale fundraising scheme because the promotion companys salesman gave him a stereo system as a gift to grease the wheels , the salesman spoke to the students for a few minutes at the morning assembly . I went to a public school. Pagan babies may have disappeared from collection boxes but they started showing up in our families. I am a recovering catholic now but am thrilled with the new Pope (too bad the old one is living in the apartment w/ is BF) he is a nasty old creep and was (or is) the sole channel for abuse victims. Come back 60 years ago and well ask the teacher for one ; but now , I dont know . Thanks for commenting! Im thinking that was awful high up for our Sister, so maybe the janitor had to do it for us. "Baptism . If my parents would only let me go to public school, the church might have had another nun. He said the priest paused and said, Uh, son, you need to talk to your nun about that in catechism class. 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. Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? We went to Blessed Sacrament Grade School in LaCrosse and pagan baby buying was fierce and rampant; Within grades, boy / girl and between grades. St. Paul noted that baptism replaces circumcision and circumcision was for infants. I won the [ now I really dont remember which of the above things I won ] but a classmate wanted to exchange her prize , the other thing , for mine . I think the whole pagan babies thing was to give us something concrete to hold onto, plus those certificates that we got and plus, of course, naming rights all in the name of raising money for the Churchs missionary work. Thanks for your comment . That $5.00 bought you naming rights. Not many hands went up. A collection of writing that wrestles with contemporary spirituality, within and without the doors of the church, 2023 Commonweal Magazine. kids were allowed to give their baby a Christian name. Any questions ? Thanks for the interest. 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. This is my question , said little Charlie Bloomquist to the salesman , If I wanted that bike , why wouldnt I go get a job and save my money until I could buy a bike . "Thats what I remember. Pagan Babies | Commonweal Magazine Pagan Babies By Linda A. McMillin March 12, 2012 I am a Catholic of a certain age, a graduate of parochial school, and a former member of the Association of the Holy Childhood. They also helped keep things quiet. My Catholic neighborhood friends and I would have a carnival like MD carnivals sponsored by Jerry Lewis. The publics had no idea what we were talking about. I dont remember collecting money for them. Use a knife, horseshoe, or other piece of iron. Sold by themeekdontwantit | Ends on 2023-03-07 21:40:38. Reblogged this on itkindofgotawayfromyou. There were milk cartons to hold the money. Neil Getz on February 21, 2021 at 9:52 am. I guess our efforts got similarly fierce , but I never got sucked into that . Ask the deities of your pantheon to watch over the residents of your home. Written right on the top of the looseleaf paper, smack dab in the middle. Other notable guests included Cardinal Sean OMalley, Archbishop of Boston; Bishop Bejoy DCruze of Sylhet, Bangladesh; actor Andy Garcia, who stars in the film For Greater Glory, which opens June 1; and Noel Campbell, who rode Amtrak for three days from the Coeur DAlene Indian Reservation in northwest Idaho to New York to attend the event. 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 . It was called Adopt-A-Pagan-Baby. Such a mitzvah. When Oblate Father Andrew Small asked who remembered them at the inaugural World Mission Dinner in New York, a few hands went up, mostly belonging to people with gray hair. I stole your Money so that I could lend it back to You and Tim with Interest!!!!!!!!! And I think that if you bought your own Pagan Baby you got to take the certificate home. The students would sell candy bars for a dollar each and , depending on how many each child sold , he or she would win prizes . We collected money (I think) for UNICEF but we didnt get to name anyone. My first lessons in social justice came through saving pagan babies. We were expected to sell subscriptions to our local Archdiocese newspaper when I went to elementary school. It sure wouldnt work on the savvy kids of today. Biographies are listed below: 1. by reneeqyancy | Feb 9, 2010 | Blog | 8 comments. I think you had to be in Catholic school around 1960 or earlier to have been exposed to the term pagan babies. Id forgotten that the rest of it was to ransom them. My mother thought that those nuns were as close to God as we would ever get on earth. . "Pagan Babies": Orphan Imagery in the Passionist China Collection and the Emergence of American Sympathy for the Chinese in the Early Twentieth Century Margaret Kuo Published 3 July 2019 History The Chinese Historical Review Other notable guests included Cardinal Sean P. OMalley of Boston; Bishop Bejoy N. DCruze of Sylhet, Bangladesh; actor Andy Garcia, who stars in the upcoming film For Greater Glory; and Noel Campbell, who rode Amtrak for three days from the Coeur DAlene Indian Reservation in northwest Idaho to attend the event. Christians have always believed that baptism And my mother prayed. And they spoke of pagans . If we sold a certain amount wed get a plastic statue of Mary and Jesus. His name is Seth (pretty sure he still has that job, but it cant hurt to check). When I was in second grade I ransomed my own pagan baby and named her Pauline Anne after St Theresas oldest sister. Yup. Now they're in together for a bigger payoff than either could finagle alone. To get the bike we have to sell nine million thirty six thousand three hundred and eight candy bars .. I think there were religious pix on the stamps. Ill bet you remember those . Actually , as I remember , the girls in the class were very worried about this but we boys werent so much concerned with the little pagan familys problem . I cant guarantee your sanity , but Im happy to have helped . ( to save the pagans ! Remember it like it was yesterday. "I also had a Pagan Baby; I regret to say I haven't kept in touch with him." Youre too late. We were wondering how much trouble Cary would get into . Copyright 2023 EWTN News, Inc. All rights reserved. Same thing, just a more PC name. For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ (Gal 3:27). Charlie waited for an adequate answer . I spent all my paper boy money." I know its not a politically correct term, but babies are not getting baptized or raised in the faith. Did the Catholic Schools consider Jewish People Pagans? My first lessons in social justice came through saving pagan babies. The money collected in the United States went to help feed, clothe and educate them. 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. Years later Larry Bye , another boy in the class , told me that his middle name was Herman and that he had been embarrassed when Cary chose the name Herman for the pagan baby. Sports. That bring back memories!" The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes. Then we got a certificate and the children got a medal. Commonweal's latest, delivered twice weekly. Never knew it meant Justice under God though . Please log in to comment by clicking here, Darkness, Desolation Invite People to Draw Closer to God, Pope Says, El Arzobispo de San Juan Celebra la Misa de Nuestra Seora de la Divina Providencia, Powered by Creative Circle Media Solutions. I smell the mendacity in this room ! The teachers all smiled . - Karyn D. Father Andrew Small, O.M.I., national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies and host of the evening, welcomes the archbishop. Some became doctors and lawyers and schoolteachers and others became lay catechists, sisters and priests, operating clinics and schools, colleges and seminaries, Father Small explained, and let me tell you something they need your help today as much as they needed it 30 and 40 years ago.. I named all my pagan babies after my cousin Karen, who had died at age 2. Hosted a supper the other night for some friends from church. Through Baptism we are freed from sin and reborn as sons of God; we become members of Christ, are incorporated into the Church and made sharers in her mission ( CCC 1213), Scripture stresses the importance of this sacrament. Once some missionary priest visited and told us how the communist Chinese forced chop sticks into the ears of missionary priests there. God Bless you. When Oblate Father Andrew Small asked who remembered them at the inaugural World Mission Dinner in New York, a few hands went up, mostly belonging to people with gray hair. Kind of a weird experience when we look back on it , eh ? http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1202140.htm, http://asksistermarymartha.blogspot.com/2006/08/announcing-pagan-baby-reunion.html. The Biden administration has already announced it plans to fight any ruling against the FDAs approval of mifepristone. Reading this article and all of the comments has brought tears to my eyes Im laughing so hard. In college, I was given the opportunity to work for a month at a Franciscan mission in Mexico. Except in the case of fourth grade, 1964, just after the Beatles hit America on Sullivan. Other Brookliners Remember Adopting When they reached $5, they then ransomed a child overseas, got a certificate and the right to name the child. These babies needed to be baptized, and so they needed missionaries, and the missionaries needed money. Youre an idiot that is exactly what happened at my grade-school as well. between boys and girls. My grandmother gave me $5 to buy my I dont know what state you were in at the time, but I have lived in California for the last 60 years. As a first grade student at St.Aloysius in Wilkes-Barre, PA circa 1969, pagan babies were part of our extreme Catholic instruction. Those were the days , eh ? Thanks for the memories of the JMJ on top of the paper yes right in the middle. class voted on names. I do not remember the term pagan babies at all, although I remember the little paper boxes quite well. maybe he rode to work on a bike . I think there was some small prize involved for any student that sold them. As a first grade student at St.Aloysius in Wilkes-Barre, PA circa 1969, pagan babies were part of our extreme Catholic instruction. And yesyou know who you are. He chose Herman . those babies. None of my non-Catholic friends ever believed my pagan baby stories, either. Maybe the program was intended , at least partially , to teach us generosity . Well , I havent met any pagan (baby) Davids running around , but no pagan (baby) Patricias , either . This is a serious problem. Read an Excerpt. Reproduction of material from this website without written permission, or unlicensed commercial use or Pagan Names for your baby boy Achak: The name Achak is a Native American Origin name which means "Spirit." Adonis: Adonis means extremely good-looking (handsome), also of the Greek god of beauty and desire. ), and its name was even weirder - it was collect money to feed . I dont believe that UNICEF worries about saving souls. Sure would love to hear from anyone that remembers. Yes , of course , a money-raising strategy that tricked all of us kids I wonder now about our parents . My mother wisely refrained from saying much about it. Two stories I recall from those days: one boy in my room kept bringing in UNBELIEVABLY large amounts every day (.75 here, $1.16 there). But they do a lot of things for children like provide food and clean water and mosquito nets. Im not sure at this point for whom we were collecting I supposed it could have been UNICEF, or perhaps a Catholic charity. 0 coins. A recent Pew Research Center study revealed that much of Christianity is significantly losing members. We wonder where those name choices really went . Why would I sell overpriced candy to people and never get the bike anyway because no one could sell that much candy anyway ? . I remember my Grandparents joking about it in the '70s. 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. Here is sister Mary So-and-So in the plane about to fly off to baptize the pagans . Those memories come from a ways back . Remember getting a whack across the face at your Confirmatin? Yeah! Stories ensued. 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.. DUDE! Ive been fortunate to travel to various parts of the world and to admire (our missionaries) extraordinary love of the world and of the people with whom they live., 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.. The certificates had a picture of a white little toddler sitting down with little black toddlers. The Irish nuns in their full habits immediately looked around at the teachers as if to say , Arent you teaching these children anything ? It was pretty obvious he was showing off his flawless French accent. I am a Catholic of a certain age, a graduate of parochial school, and a former member of the Association of the Holy Childhood. However, this 2012 article from Catholic News Service might be of interest: http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1202140.htm. Right, but there must be some type of guidelines that must be met for that to happen. Back in the 1950s and early-1960s, and I also attended CCS and talk about the pagan babies all the time and the Lenten booklets where you saved dimes. For a boy we were expected to choose a name like Matthew, Mark, Luke or John. Lets never forget that one day we will account for how we helped others. We'd all suggest names, and then vote for the one we liked best. 1:16). Considering your background , I am honored that you thought my silly little post on pagan babies was worth reading . I found a bunch of them in my moms cedar chest she saved all of them! But the pagan babies were actual children being looked after by missionary sisters, brothers and priests in their countries. Already he was losing his enthusiasm . It was probably a good lesson in giving for us little ones ; but , the money - probably not a huge sum overall - ? There have to be plenty of them around somewhere . Renee- -tell the proofreader to correct the spelling of the coin nickel in the second sentence of your article on Pagen babies. Five bucks sure went far in 1958! Oh those Catholics had some great fund raising ideas. 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. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions. James Dingwall picked that name and the girls immediately protested! We too raised $$ for pagan babies. The teacher had a stack of them . I dont remember selling stamps , but a vague memory comes back to me about Christmas stamps . My nephew's school is doing "Pennies for Puerto Rico". No one was, in fact, adopted or bought. NOT catholic, hallelujah. Our principal determined that Hush Puppies were insurance against black scuffmarks in halls and classrooms. The civil right movement was a much better teacher than The Catholic School system. The one boys name that sticks in my head is Zachary. - Sharon S. And of course, she knew that no pagan baby was coming to stay at 159 Findlay Avenue, no matter what I said. - Bob U. which is how he found your story!!! Anybody have some spare change ? I served lunch to old people and I received so many compliments from the old people that I thought that I was a goner . Jump forward to 1980 . Or for the poor, underprivileged kids in the USA? In Scotland, around 1966 or so, there was something similar in primary school (which one attends from age approx 5 to approx 12, and this school was not R.C. Oh my, what a great story. Christians have always believed that baptism is the gateway to life in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua), and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. Like using Necco wafers to practice First Holy Communion. Thats 40 babies right there. Love Your Sister The campaign will celebrate the legacy of love and support the program offered, and recall the babies with whom American children once connected through the Holy Childhood Association. Yeah , Charlie had a question . You're teaching a 9 year old about slavery and ransom. He was a bartender later in life , at least for awhile . Pagan babies. Pagan Babies is classic crime fiction from the master of suspense, Ne. Oh my goodness! 1969 From Pioneer to Poet by Isabelle Pagan, vintage Astrology book zodiac The missionary spirit was evident as Pontifical Mission Societies honored three people at the May 2 gala. I assume that all of the other Catholic schools in the archdiocese were doing the same thing . Dell Publishing, $24.95 (272pp) ISBN 978--385-33392-4 The opening paragraph depicts a corner of hell on earth: a church in Rwanda after the recent. With missionary nuns and pagan babies for starters. We would use the proceeds to buy pagan babies. Its to raise money for the school , the salesman countered . Father Terry Dunn thought he'd seen everything on the mean streets of Detroit, but that was before he went on a little retreat to Rwanda to evade a tax-fraud indictment. Each classroom was given small cardboard collection boxes . I knew immediately what you were referring to even though we never went to church & I went to public school. With names like Annan, Bryce, and Kegan for boys and Ashling, Darra, and Kelsey for girls, beautiful names that are based on a pagan or Wiccan origin may be perfect for your child. They spoke for an hour and I think that every sentence they uttered had the word pagan in it . It wasnt a huge effort at our school, Christ the King in Pleasant Hill, CA, and im sure i sold very few as my parents were not very supportive of that kind of fundraising. They changed the name because it had grown beyond the initial save the war-torn orphans mission. Yeah , small world . I hope my Pagan Baby, Elizabeth Cecilia, is alive and well. Prizes were given if we were successful. We were never quite sure what a pagan was . When the class received the certificate the class just stoppedto think that our class really had another Pagan Baby! Bury it beneath your front step or porch during a full moon. Despite its apparent condescending tone at times, it instilled a radical sense of urgency in children that we are responsible for one another.. Im pretty sure it was the heavy sell on Pagan Babies and the strong emphasis on the fact that God doesnt like Protestants that caused me to first question the rigid authority of the Catholic Church. I got JUG in high school - Jesuits a few times. ). Pope Benedicts Resignation: Debate Continues 10 Years On, Example of Their Lives: 6 American Black Catholics Are on the Road to Sainthood, Ex-Cardinal McCarrick Asks for Dismissal of Sex Abuse Case Against Him, Citing Dementia, Albany Diocese Bans Latin Masses Following New Guidance From the Vatican, What Have the Jesuits Done About Rupnik? When you get to heaven have it in your pocket . Good luck. Yesit must have been everywhere even Deer Lodge, Montana where I went to Catholic School. The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user. In Catholic school in San Francisco in the Sixties, we also collected for the pagan babies daily, and got to name the baby once we had five dollars. A bulletin board held the certificates, pinned to the wall. a Pagan Baby but lost touch. Scripture references baptism of entire households, never saying except the babies. (Acts 16:15, Acts 16:33, 1 Cor. More than one-third of millennials now say they are unaffiliated with any faith. . I should have asked them if they had ever run into any pagan named Herman . The idea was to collect money from students , nickels and dimes , for charity . I vividly remember the certificate you have posted, with the various nationalities represented. I think that the white kid had flowers in his hand and maybe a halo on his head. I seriously want to start a band now, just so I can name us that. No pagan babies, just for the hungry, I think. OK, fair enough, it was about charity for this or that African country, but it so much stank of colonialism. Catholic Connection (right after the news). baptize it and give it the name we chose." Its a mystery! I went to Catholic school in the 50s and 60s too, but in Chicago. - Vera Marie C. Even though I later went on to become a Catholic priest (and later resigned and married), my robust suspicion that Catholicism did not have all the answers began to take root way back in my young Catholic boyhood. This made my day. Not a word of a lie, early 70s, my sister had just gotten her photo of her wee black baby and was in my grannys house showing her it, one of my uncles looks at it, laughs, disappears upstairs and about half an hour later comes down with his scraps box, complete with several pictures of his black babies as collected when he was at school in the 50s, and there, in his pile, was the same baby (albeit in higher quality and printed on better paper). Every time we got 5.00 together, we got to buy and name a pagan baby. You :-)) Renew or manage your subscription here. No longer just an auxiliary fundraiserthis was my chance to be part of the action! Thanks for the comment. Boys usually purchased boys, and girls purchased girls. I have often wondered whatever happened to my pagan baby Beverly Anne. I always thought it was amazing that I could have this baby and name her and feed her forever! The whole Pagan Babies thing was a big deal every year and resulted in a lot of competition among the 50+ pupils in Sr. Madeline Sophies 2nd grade class. A Philadelphia punk band formed in 1986. catholic school 1978-1991. But I was in the mist of all of the Catholic Truths and those truths just werent ringing true to me. Named mine Margaret Ann. That was the early sixties . I still say none of that money ever got beyond the archdiocese downtown , certificate or no certificate . The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. After all, it makes sense. As a young girl at St. Albert the Great School in Dearborn, Michigan, we wore blue uniform jumpers and beanies. Each pagan baby cost five dollars. Technically, Jews could not be pagan, because they believe in the same monotheistic god Catholics do/did. https://www.ncregister.com/blog/where-did-all-the-pagan-babies-go. I think mine were 25 cent stamps . "I loved the Pagan Babies! The church doesnt have a mission. I remember doing the rice bowl thing during Lent, but I dont remember it being for the pagan babies. She prayed, and she prayed, and she prayed with her rosary novena for my vocation. Philadelphia 76ers Premier League UFC. The bookstore is receiving pro bono legal services from ADF for the lawsuit. The part of your story that really rang true was the fierce competition between either the girls & boys in the same classroom, or amongst each entire class in the same grade (e.g. Names chosen for each baby were REQUIRED to be the names of bonefide saints, beatified by process through Rome. NEW YORK - They were called "pagan babies," an appellation that would never be used today. I liked your PT post . Who were these pagan babies, and did any of the pennies we contributed ever help any of them in any way? Do you know if I could list my pagan baby on my tax return as a dependent? To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Then I could choose the bike I wanted . Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, who once said, My greatest love has always been the missions of the church, was very much a spiritual presence at the dinner, where his name was invoked several times. One time, in the 70s, at an intimate dinner party, we realized the room was filled with about half Catholics who attended Catholic school. - Kathy F. I believe it helped me get through this crazy life :-)) Or maybe Pagan Babies: and Other Catholic Memories. That reflects a certain dignified sincerity on your part , I think . I dont remember what exactly the certificates were certifying Im assuming that little Christine Marie had been duly baptized but I know when we were younger we were told that we were buying the pagan babies. Im late to this party, but want to add my two cents. Don't know why they are so eagerly upholding pagan traditions. We sold The Tidings , which was the L.A. Archdiocese newspaper , and there were prizes . Keep writingthis is good stuff! You missed the naming and the fold-out box ! She was managing editor and co-author of Ascension Press bestselling Amazing Grace series. And then the certificate was put up above the chalkboard. Hey! PJ. Sign up for 6 Free IssuesTry us out with a free trial subscription. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. With respect to children who have died without Baptism, the liturgy of the Church invites us to trust in Gods mercy and to pray for their salvation. (CCC 1283). I remember hearing the term too when I attended parochial school (mid 1960s), but by then it had been replaced by the UNICEF boxes. Check out our pagan babies selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our shops. He could go home , buy his kids new bikes if he wanted to , and come back at the end of two weeks to collect the cash . 3:21; cf. 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. and Holy Hacks: Everyday Ways to Live Your Faith & Get to Heaven. 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. I went to Catholic grade school at St. Amelias for 8 years. We did that too. I have her a link to your site. I have my doubts that any of ours got past downtown L.A. Take a look and see why Im so excited about this app and will be promoting it every chance I get. EDIT: On second thoughts, I think that was **not **an official school thing, but kids bringing in this charity appeal from their church thing. We can smile at it now at perhaps how silly it was, Father Small said. But Father Small, national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States, wasnt apologizing for the old adoption program in which children in Catholic schools would save their pennies. The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. And the fact that you great people, so distinguished, so esteemed, would be here this evening to rally around this sacred responsibility of missions, what a source of inspiration and joy., No comments on this item "Wow, what a blast from the past!" 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