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May 16, 2012 · But the “pagan babies” were actual children being looked after by missionary sisters, brothers and priests in their countries. The money collected in the United States went to help feed, clothe and educate them. “We can smile at it now at perhaps how silly it was,” Father Small said.
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The program was called "Adopt A Pagan Baby". In classrooms, donations were accepted for the stated purpose of saving unbaptized children who had not been taught about God. These kids from far away places were referred to by the Church as "Pagan Babies".
Feb 9, 2010 · As a first grade student at St.Aloysius in Wilkes-Barre, PA circa 1969, pagan babies were part of our extreme Catholic instruction. 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.”
Jan 10, 2017 · Pagan babies may have disappeared from collection boxes but they started showing up in our families. A recent Pew Research Center study revealed that much of Christianity is significantly...
May 20, 2003 · Pagan Babies: and Other Catholic Memories. Paperback – May 20, 2003. As a child, Gina Cascone would hide under her bed, in the closet, and run away from her parents, hoping somehow to escape her worst fear. But she couldn't hide from the awful truth... She had to go to Catholic school.
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Mar 12, 2012 · My first lessons in social justice came through saving pagan babies. While the circumstances, the cost, and the rewards varied from parish to parish, most Catholic children of the 1960s “saved” at least one “pagan baby.”. What exactly we learned from this could be disputed.
NEW YORK – They were called “pagan babies,” an appellation that would never be used today. 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.
