They love a free dinner alright since the days of the housekeeper have gone.
He got a rare cut of venison, plenty of red wine and a lift home so he didnât do too badly.
The young fella is in 6th class and has been talking about his upcoming Confirmation. Wrote a poem and all between us that he has to read. Proud etc etc.
Gig is on Monday, live stream. Grandmother coming up from Limerick, people dropping in cards all week for him.
Note home from school yesterday about time for the Graduation. Yeah, not confirmation. Graduation.
Uncertain he either got words graduation/confirmation mixed up or deliberate ploy to collect cash.
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Iâm not sure where to start with this oneâŚ.
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Theyâre graduating from crechĂŠ nowadays. Bollocksology. Enjoy the day.
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Despite the evidence, there is an active conspiracy to silence survivors and whitewash history. South Dakota passed laws to prevent survivors from seeking damages against the church.
Eight plaintiffs sued the Sioux Falls diocese in 2010 for alleged rape and sexual abuse they had experienced in the 1970s at the hands of multiple members of the clergy and one staff member. (The photograph of one of the men still hangs on the wall of St Josephâs in the hallway of its school museum, visible to the children and visitors who pass it.)
Just days before the survivors were set to go to court in 2010, the then Republican governor of South Dakota, Mike Rounds (now a US senator), signed a bill into law prohibiting anyone 40 years or older from recovering damages from institutions responsible for their abuse, except from individual perpetrators themselves. The act crushed the lawsuit, effectively shielding the Catholic church from any responsibility or accountability.
I believe
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Whats the going rate for the priest for a christening these days? They arenât shy about handing you an envelope with the priests name on it. I donât know why they canât just tell you what to put in the fucking thing as well
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4 crispy ones
A ton
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âŹ50 up here anyhow.
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1-2k
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Are they taking funfair now?
All this bollixing with the communions is giving lapsedish a la carte Catholics who rarely if ever go to mass but donât want to deny the child their big day and couldnât be bothered causing a fuss by not having them make it with their friends the perfect chance to cut the cord. Will many take it??
Of course they wonât. Theyâll rock up on whatever day the Church or school agree on, suited and booted for little GrĂĄinne or Iarlaith are ENTITLED to their big day and Mammy needs a bit of a blast to show off the tan and new frock and weâre all back âto oursâ for a bite and ancillary activities.
Needless to say, many of the communicants wonât see the Church again until either Gramps dies or their Confirmation day rolls around. Itâs all about the optics as you well know.
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Leave me out of it ya fenian fckrs
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I was in the graveyard the other day at a funeral of an old (arenât we all) acquaintance. His son greeted me warmly with the salutation âGreat to see you Boxty you coffin-dodging oulâ fuckerâ. I burst out laughing and we shared a few anecdotes involving the deceased. A grand hour altogether.
The undertaker was also in good form, he greeted me with an observation regarding the necessity for a shotgun to get a twist out of me. Iâm warming to this funeral lark again after a spell of abiding by Government advices. Funerals are great.
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Aye, as long as youâre not the boy in the box.
But, weâll all go someday!
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Who wants to live to a hundred? The man whoâs 99
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