"I think they cost five dollars." Oh, yes, I remember raising money to save pagan babies. I had several, actually all girls named Mary, of course." Maryknollers, Franciscans, or Missionaries of Charity, these men and women told riveting tales of adventure and hardship. But for five dollars we could play Name That Pagan Baby . . Were they some mythic group like the starving kids in China, Hungary, Elsewhere who would have been happy to have your brussels sprouts? Remember what he said? Each in his or her own way has been a missionary of the Gospel of Christ. 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. I have my doubts that any of ours got past downtown L.A. kids were allowed to give their baby a Christian name. 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 . At first, Sister tried to dissuade me from using Karen, as this was not a name on the published roster of saints. The teachers all smiled . It is a few years after the genocide of the Tutsis by the Hutus.. Father Terry lives in Rwanda with his girlfriend Chantelle. Imagine what they would cost now." Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? Why would I sell overpriced candy to people and never get the bike anyway because no one could sell that much candy anyway ? That bring back memories!" if you can open your heart and you want to do something to help, PLEASE donate here to the Gonzalez Family . 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 . We boys , I think , had a sense of accomplishment somehow because even though he had been caught Cary still had the satisfaction of knowing that a pagan would go through life named Herman because of him . 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. Simone Weil went into the factory to find out more about the social conditions of the modern worker in capitalism. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Pagan Babies at Amazon.com. ago. Drawing its title from Hinckle's parochial education in San Francisco's Sunset District, "Ransoming Pagan Babies: The Selected Writings of Warren Hinckle" released by Berkeley nonprofit. we got prizes if we gave X amount, but I never got a prize. But, ours were JMJD, because were had to give accolades to St. Dominic. Wow ! Remembering a Different A-to-Z Challenge | No Facilities. You stir up a lot of old memories for me , too . As I write this I still feel the hurt and frustration 50 years later. Give a Gift SubscriptionBless friends, family or clergy with a gift of the Register. Your email address will not be published. "Baptism . Powered by Discourse, best viewed with JavaScript enabled, 5.00 together, we got to buy and name a pagan baby. None of my non-Catholic friends ever believed my pagan baby stories, either. Has anyone else heard this phrase before, and if so, do you remember what it . On the other hand, the central charitable action of my generationsaving and naming pagan babieswas clearly a fiction (I mourn those African Karens), one that reinforced my American sense of exceptionalism and arrogance. There were just people who needed another shoulder on their plow. - Nancy K.
Then I developed dysentery, and the very people I was there to save were taking care of me. Shop high-quality t-shirts, masks, onesies, and hoodies for the perfect gift. A set or two of golf clubs may have been in there . Yes , of course , a money-raising strategy that tricked all of us kids I wonder now about our parents . Boy , does all of that ring true to me ! Daley, who adopted "Michael" on February 24, 1959. My friend Sue, a Lutheran by way of Methodism cant get head around buying pagan babies. An interactive website will feature video interviews with some of the former pagan babies, now nuns, priests and catechists in their homelands. And finally they finished . Needless to say, Zachary stuck. 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. If memory serves, it shows a black child being led by a (white) boy and girl towards a (white) Jesus, while two (white*) nuns look on approvingly. You mean to tell me , he began , that we are supposed to sell a candy bar for a dollar that we could buy in the store for fifty cents Pagan Babies is classic crime fiction from the master of suspense, New York Times bestselling author Elmore Leonard. Glad to have confirmed this for you , John . She prayed, and she prayed, and she prayed with her rosary novena for my vocation. In return they were given a decorative certificate commemorating their
When the class received the certificate the class just stoppedto think that our class really had another Pagan Baby! If you want, you can contact the director of music programming at Hawaiian Public Radio, and ask him if hes still using it, though. I think there was some small prize involved for any student that sold them. They also helped keep things quiet. Father Andrew Small, O.M.I., national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies and host of the evening, welcomes the archbishop. Remember the "Pagan Babies"? A different time ; a different place . Thanks . Pagan Babies: and Other Catholic Memories. They were befuddled . Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? Through their action the proclamation of the Gospel also becomes an intervention on behalf ones neighbor, justice for the poorest, possibility of education in the most remote villages, medical aid in isolated places, emancipation from poverty and rehabilitation for the marginalized, overcoming ethnic divisions and respect for life in all its stages, Archbishop Vigano said. So, does anybody remember the plastic prizes (not for pagan baby collections). Holy Hacks: Everyday Ways to Live Your Faith & Get to Heaven, Youth Pilgrims Write a New Chapter for South Sudan, Catholic Bookstore Sues Jacksonville Over Law it Says is a Trans Pronoun Mandate, Heres How Half of U.S. Abortions Could Be Stopped This Week, Argentina: New Book Gives Pope Francis Responses to Issues Hes Most Often Asked About. No , Sid , Im pretty sure that Jewish people were not considered pagans - but , who knows with some of those nuns . I pictured the dozens of Karens I had saved growing up safely somewhere in Africa. Glad that I could kick up some dust . Did the Catholic Schools consider Jewish People Pagans? Her latest books are What Would Monica Do? JMJ, yes! Yeah , a few days later . Maybe the kids of today are more savvy . We sort of ran the name together so it came out pegginbebbies. I used to contribute nickels and dimes (along with my other and less devout classmates) so together as a class we got to choose the pegginbebbies name from a list of nominees. That fits , I suppose . For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ (Gal 3:27). Glad you enjoyed it . I feel the same way as you do. Im sure none of that money got further than the downtown Archdiocese offices . I actually went to St Charles, but attended Corpus Cristi mass once in awhile. I could never shake the idea that he was stealing it (but I guess that suggests more about my character than about his). Ill bet you remember those . You :-)) Bury it beneath your front step or porch during a full moon. The bookstore is receiving pro bono legal services from ADF for the lawsuit. print and digital media outlets, dedicated to reporting the truth in light of the Gospel and the Went to Holy Name Grade School and when my friend was writing a book including some Catholic characters ( she is not Catholic), my fellow Holy Name and I gave her the pagan baby story to include, complete with only the rich kids got to name the baby since the rest of us did not have the means to save $5. What readers of her book talked about the most was either Is there really such a thing a pagan babies thats hilarious or Oh yes, I remember saving up during Lent to get to name a pagan baby. Thanks for the memories. But the pagan babies were actual children being looked after by missionary sisters, brothers and priests in their countries. - Bob H.
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. But I dont remember her name." Especially loud clunkers could turn heads and ignite giggles. Someone nees to buy Charlie a shiny bike. 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. I think most of them were in Africa and India. The missionary spirit was evident as Pontifical Mission Societies honored three people at the May 2 gala. I went to Christ the King in Pleasant Hill, CA. I think there were religious pix on the stamps. I well remember my days as a grade schooler at St. Helenas School in Philly. If you register with MISSIO by noon February 2, 2017, youll be entered for a chance to join the Pontifical Mission Societies on their pilgrimage to Rome in May 2017, and an audience with Pope Francis. It is so very true the whole Pagan baby scam my mom complained to the principal about how us kids were made to feel guilty for not coming up with the cash every day some of the richer kids would buy 10s of these Pagan babies I think we came close to sponsoring an entire small tribe in those days, Funny as hell reading this story great memories! My vocation has been in education, and in the thirty-plus years since my summer in Mexico I have accompanied students on many short sojourns to the front lines in Tijuana, Nicaragua, El Salvador, East Los Angeles, New Orleans. Without her mothers knowledge ! He said the priest paused and said, Uh, son, you need to talk to your nun about that in catechism class. - Donna B. We did that too. The thing was a brown color . They wore full habits in the old style .
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Oh . Fogogo to mention JUG for bad behavior- Justice Under God, also at St. Ignatius College Prep JMJ was replaced with AMGD all for the glory of God. To learn more, Father Andrew Small, a Missionary Oblate of Mary Immaculate and National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies talks about Missio on the Catholic Connection (right after the news). The students were raring and ready to go sell the candy and get the prizes . It was pretty obvious he was showing off his flawless French accent. "I remember donations that were not enough to "buy" a whole baby we're combined and the
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. By letting civility happen, we take better care not only of others and of the world itself, but of ourselves. It was called Adopt-A-Pagan-Baby. Pagan baby naming makes good memories but was , I guess , conditioning in deception . The pagan baby he purchased was named Daniel James and his $5 gave him a Certificate of Adoption as a Souvenir of the Ransom and Baptism of an Adopted Pagan baby named Daniel James. RENEE! MISSION CALLArchbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, apostolic nuncio to the United States, right, was among the notable guests at the first World Mission Dinner. I don't know how this actually worked, and where the money really went, and if actual infants were handed over at some mission across the globe. . The civil right movement was a much better teacher than The Catholic School system. I found I really did not have many skills to offer. I believe it helped me get through this crazy life :-)) If you ever meet one, say hi from meus. 3:21; cf. JMJwow, totally forgot about that. I remember those statues . The money collected in the United States went to help feed, clothe and educate them. - Mary Ellen M.
But they do a lot of things for children like provide food and clean water and mosquito nets. every cent counts and just know the things we take for granted and have, these amazing . After all, it makes sense. Watch for these changes, Eight more pro-life activists for FACE Act violations. I thought the amount was $10, but $5 does sound more realistic. Thanks for your thoughtful comment . Fierce competition existed between some of the nuns as to whose class had the most pagan babies. Commonweal's latest, delivered twice weekly. Someone must have decided it was no longer a good way to raise money for Catholic missions. No one was, in fact, adopted or bought. In fourth grade I was finally old enough to see the movies they showedwith shots of real lepers and starving children. I ended up with about five babies!" "Wasn't there a bridge we had to get them over. It seemed like an almost daily ordeal for the class nun to individually quiz each student, asking if they had made a contribution on that particular day. time, before cynicism and political correctness found their stride. I went to Marymount Jr. School in the 60s too. I named all my pagan babies after my cousin Karen, who had died at age 2. I remember a little plastic Jesus and pencil cases . It was probably a good lesson in giving for us little ones ; but , the money - probably not a huge sum overall - ? I remember this in Chicago St. John Fisher. Their Pagan Babies: "Lord have mercy! "I loved the Pagan Babies! For those dying without baptism, however, the Catholic Church teaches us to hope in God. Gina and her husband raised their two children in New Jersey and now live in Manhattan. I also attended CCS and talk about the pagan babies all the time and the Lenten booklets where you saved dimes. Like using Necco wafers to practice First Holy Communion. Premium Powerups . To some of us Catholic school old-timers , pagan babies is a secret code , I guess, that gets us entry into some somewhat sardonic memories . Prizes were given if we were successful. In order to raise money for the missions, the grade school students were asked to bring in pennies and nickels to save a Pagan Baby. Thats 40 babies right there. As for the naming part, while it seemed charming at the time, if it really were true, how outrageous for us to name an African baby Mary Margaret or other Western name. Written right on the top of the looseleaf paper, smack dab in the middle. Maybe the program was intended , at least partially , to teach us generosity . Remember it like it was yesterday. Many students adopted several
We can smile at it now at perhaps how silly it was, Father Small said.
By the way , I was born in SF . Don't know why they are so eagerly upholding pagan traditions. 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. Thanks for sharing that. She thought that it would be the greatest thing in the world for me to become a nun. The mission has a church,' Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York reminded his guests in opening remarks. Thanks for the interest. There were milk cartons to hold the money. Pictures of Cherub-faced Indian, African, and Asian babies graced small cardboard collection boxes given to each child. I Googled it because of my conviction that it was an acronym and I just couldnt quite figure out what the E stood for. I cant remember now if they ever answered Charlies question . 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. 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). When you get to heaven have it in your pocket . I taught in Catholic schools in the 1970s and pagan babies were a thing of the past ( as far as I know ; but never underestimate the nuns ). 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. . It sure wouldnt work on the savvy kids of today. Always when he asked his question , no matter what the occasion , he seemed to be right smack dab in the middle of the group . Each classroom was given small cardboard collection boxes . No one was, in fact, adopted or bought. He stood right in the middle of the group . baptize it and give it the name we chose." Sometimes disabilities don't fall along "guidelines" and some people just need a little extra help. I also remember something about a bridge
Come back 60 years ago and well ask the teacher for one ; but now , I dont know . , Those madcap Catholics. In college, I was given the opportunity to work for a month at a Franciscan mission in Mexico. Subscriber Service CenterAlready a subscriber? Charlie waited for an adequate answer . My first lessons in social justice came through saving pagan babies. My imagination was also captured by the missionaries who came to speak to us at least once a year. Somewhere in the beachhead dump of stuff I call a filing system I have an adoption certificate which states that our class rescued some poor benighted child from the toils of Satan. St. Paul noted that baptism replaces circumcision and circumcision was for infants. Acts 2:38, 22:16, Rom. It really didnt have anything to do with Jesus, per se. Patti Maguire Armstrong Patti Maguire Armstrong is host of the TV talk show Ladies of Another View and an award-winning author and journalist. ). Mom went to catholic school in the midwest in the '60s, and I remember her mentioning Pagan babies in some context when I was a kid. So then there was an ethical issue that , in some elementary way , even we students recognized . Resurrection
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I went Catholic school in NJ and yes, we had pagan babies! Anybody have some spare change ? Pretty danged patronizing, offensive concept it was, too. NEW YORK They were called pagan babies, an appellation that would never be used today. Its funny no one knew about Pagan Babies , though . I think it was to put on envelopes for Christmas cards? Catholic Connection (right after the news). Thank God someone sent this information to me and redeemed my sanity. A bulletin board held the certificates, pinned to the wall. Im glad youu got a kick out of it . Saint Martins actoss the street from you back then. Its a great way to perform works of mercy or give alms during Lent or find a family charity. Charlie Bloomquist , of course , had a question . Already he was losing his enthusiasm . It is Catholic mission crowd-funding,making it easy to support those givingspiritual and material comfort to the sufferingand marginalized . And so I traveled to Guaymas in the Sonoran desert expecting to accomplish great things. I have no idea what spurred me on this morning to do a search for Pagan Babies maybe I was trying to recall my first exposure to racism. decided it was no longer a good way to raise money for Catholic missions. But, in fact, the entire program was rooted in a sense of solidarity and charity in the broadest understanding of the word. Hosted a supper the other night for some friends from church. Years later, as adults, my younger sister, Patricia, confessed to sneaking into my room and using a butter knife to weasel the coins out of the bottle to buy candy and, yes, pagan babies. 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). Our principal determined that Hush Puppies were insurance against black scuffmarks in halls and classrooms. They spoke in thick Irish brogues . What does it look like to be conquered by the fire of Christs gaze, as Benedict XVI described? That was the early sixties . . I dont remember collecting money for them. When they reached $5, they then ransomed a child overseas, got a certificate and the right to name the child being looked after by missionary sisters, brothers and priests abroad. EIN 27-4581132 When they reached $5, they then ransomed a child overseas, got a certificate and the right to name the child. There were competitions between classes . I kept a large plastic Seagrams Seven bottle bank in my room at home that I put all my loose change into to save up for stuff I wanted and an occasional pagan baby. ( to save the pagans ! 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. Thanks for commenting! It may speed things up . 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. Please email comments to [emailprotected] and join the conversation on our Facebook page. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Five bucks sure went far in 1958! Labeling any baby pagan, much less sweeping into this category all foreign children of color, makes me look back with embarrassment. We all started reminiscing together as if we attended the same school! And when I got it, I was going to take care of it all by myself. 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. Pagan Babies is classic crime fiction from the master of suspense, Ne. This is a serious problem. Both ring a bell. - Sal S.
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 church doesnt have a mission. Well I am hurt that you would think I would steal your money to Buy and Name more pagan babies. Posted Wed, May 23, 2012 at 9:53 am PT | Updated Fri, May 25, 2012 at 5:40 pm PT. She went to Catholic school too, and I dont know if they had pagan babies then, but I bet they did. 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. We can smile at it now at perhaps how silly it was, Father Small said. They were missionaries working somewhere in Africa . - Ann C.
One of my fellow employees is reading a book called Pagan Babies. 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.. Lord, LordCatholic schools. I just re-read your comment and am laughing about all that back then . Who could choose the most ridiculous name ? Servant of God 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. Reminiscing about St. Amelias brings back many other memories. Other Brookliners Remember Adopting
I remember the rice bowls but no actual rice. 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.". We were wondering how much trouble Cary would get into . Or a beer. "Thats what I remember. My nephew's school is doing "Pennies for Puerto Rico". I think it went to the missionaries (the seminary for The Society of the Divine Word was just two miles or so away, and we were taught by the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Ghost). He told how we had to examine our consciences. Dan, Loved your post on the Pagan Babies! God Bless you. I remember collecting for Pagan Babies in my Catholic elementary school (I went to public high schoolwith the publics). Saving pagan babies occurred during a simpler time, before cynicism and political correctness found their stride. The nuns encouraged us to bring in our pennies and when we saved up five bucks, bingo!, we bought a baby. 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