Communion - door to door collections...

smokingman

Have a nieces communion to go to tomorrow and just chatting to a few guys in work about it, asking what the usual thing to give is these days (last one I was at was my own in 1982..); She's getting a card and a few scratch cards now.

One of them was telling me that, in his estate back home, they go door to door all dressed up to the nines looking for money...!!

Un-fekin-believable....does this actually happen much?

Saibh

Halloween II

Coriolanus

Pretend it's Halloween and make them dance or sing or something if they do turn up.

Then give them a handful of peanuts and coppers. :pac:

joey54

smokingman wrote: »

Have a nieces communion to go to tomorrow and just chatting to a few guys in work about it, asking what the usual thing to give is these days (last one I was at was my own in 1982..); She's getting a card and a few scratch cards now.

One of them was telling me that, in his estate back home, they go door to door all dressed up to the nines looking for money...!!

Un-fekin-believable....does this actually happen much?

I suspect it would happen in rougher areas. It really is ridiculous. People forget that it is a religious celebration and nothing to do with how much money you make. The problem with today is that parents are over em phasing the money element and overlooking the fact that it is a religious commitment.

Quazzie

The first kid to come near my door looking for money on any day apart from Oct 31st is gonna get a box right between the eyes.

Little boys will also get a swift kick to the groin to help them become sterile, thus preventing such a scummy thing happening in future generations.

Coriolanus

joey54 wrote: »

I suspect it would happen in rougher areas. It really is ridiculous. People forget that it is a religious celebration and nothing to do with how much money you make. The problem with today is that parents are over em phasing the money element and overlooking the fact that it is a religious commitment.

Err, care to expand upon that?

Latchy

I hear Hiring limos and helicoptors to take kids to communions and confirmations is quite hip these days .

ibarelycare

When I did my communion (about 15 or 16 years ago) I got a fiver from most people in a card. If you got a tenner it was like you'd hit the jackpot! Nowadays people are putting 20s and 50s in cards, it's ridiculous. I feel sorry for parents who feel under pressure to have to give 20 quid to all their child's friends.

Where did the tradition of giving money originate from? It totally takes away from the meaning of the day!

Saibh

Latchy wrote: »

I hear Hiring limos and helicoptors to take kids to communions and confirmations is quite hip these days .

Might explain why they are going door to door looking for donations.

Coriolanus

ibarelycare wrote: »

Where did the tradition of giving money originate from?

The interweb doesn't seem to want to divulge but from a brief browse it's pretty much universal and an old tradition, generation or three at least.
Though I did pick up some nice alternative ideas along the way. Can't wait to see my neices face when she sees I've donated her money to the SvP on her behalf!

Mr.Lizard

ibarelycare wrote: »

When I did my communion (about 15 or 16 years ago) I got a fiver from most people in a card. If you got a tenner it was like you'd hit the jackpot!

Lucky you. Back when I made my communion all I got was absolution for my sins!

smokingman

Nevore wrote: »

Can't wait to see my neices face when she sees I've donated her money to the SvP on her behalf!

Besides the mischevious smile I had when reading that, it's actually a very cool idea. Might just do that, cheers Nevore!

Das Kitty

Mr.Lizard wrote: »

Lucky you. Back when I made my communion all I got was absolution for my sins!

You got that a week before at your fist confession.

When I made my communion it was the done thing to be brought around to all the neighbours to show off the dress and they'd give you 50p or something.

ejmaztec

Quazzie wrote: »

The first kid to come near my door looking for money on any day apart from Oct 31st is gonna get a box right between the eyes.

That's disgusting.

Mr.Lizard

Das Kitty wrote: »

You got that a week before at your fist confession.

And what about the sins I had commited in the week that followed? I tell ya I kicked the crap out of some buckets in those seven days. I also swore like a sailor .... Popeye to be precise.

Noopti

Mr.Lizard wrote: »

Lucky you. Back when I made my communion all I got was absolution for my sins!

Heh....lucky you. Back when I made my communion all I got was an outfit made of a black refuse sack and a kick in the arse from the priest.

Latchy

Saibh wrote: »

Might explain why they are going door to door looking for donations.

What else

Rented Mule

The air of entitlement in this country is incredible.

Mr.Lizard

Noopti wrote: »

Heh....lucky you. Back when I made my communion all I got was an outfit made of a black refuse sack and a kick in the arse from the priest.

Well at least that's all you got in the arse from him.

Das Kitty

Mr.Lizard wrote: »

And what about the sins I had commited in the week that followed? I tell ya I kicked the crap out of some buckets in those seven days. I also swore like a sailor .... Popeye to be precise.

Then your communion didn't take, you need to be without sin for it to work. I think you need to contact your doctor for medical advice on this.

Coriolanus

smokingman wrote: »

Besides the mischevious smile I had when reading that, it's actually a very cool idea. Might just do that, cheers Nevore!

My pleasure. Savings/Prize bonds was another, or a planted tree donation which is also nice I think.

TheZohanS

smokingman wrote: »

She's getting a card and a few scratch cards now.

Get her a few cans or a pack of smokes, you win nothing on scratch cards these days.

Mr.Lizard

Das Kitty wrote: »

Then your communion didn't take, you need to be without sin for it to work. I think you need to contact your doctor for medical advice on this.

So does this mean my life as a Catholic has been some sort of lie?

Latchy

Originally Posted by Quazzie
The first kid to come near my door looking for money on any day apart from Oct 31st is gonna get a box right between the eyes.

Expect a vist form the childs parents ,relations ,the law or all 3 .

But not in that order

Collumbo

Saibh wrote: »

Halloween II

yip... give them an apple and a few monkeynuts

Das Kitty

Mr.Lizard wrote: »

So does this mean my life as a Catholic has been some sort of lie?

I'm afraid so.

galah

first time I saw a little girl looking like a big meringue and asking for money, I stared at her in disbelief. Why would any parent let their kids run around looking like a bad-taste bride AND go begging from the neighbours?

Anyway, this kid managed to get mileage out of her dress - she appeared every Sunday for about 6 weeks...Now even I, not affiliated with any church, know that you only do communion once...Brats.

Noopti

Mr.Lizard wrote: »

Well at least that's all you got in the arse from him.

You mean his penis?

Thankfully, I wasn't anally raped by the priest.

Mr.Lizard

Das Kitty wrote: »

I'm afraid so.

Not to worry. I stopped believing anyway once I found out there was no Santa Claus. It made sence that the other beardo wasn't real either.

(the Church should really look into the whole promoting the image of Santa. Every kid who's eventually told the truth is just another potenial athiest waiting to happen.)

Mr.Lizard

Noopti wrote: »

You mean his penis?

Thankfully, I wasn't anally raped by the priest.

Yes I mean his penis. His big sweaty penis throbbing in and out of your guilthole.

Noopti

Mr.Lizard wrote: »

Yes I mean his penis. His big sweaty penis throbbing in and out of your guilthole.

How did you know Father McClafferty had a massive knob? Is that what you mean by "absolution for my sins"?

Mr.Lizard

Noopti wrote: »

How did you know Father McClafferty had a massive knob? Is that what you mean by "absolution for my sins"?

Nah. 'Absolution for my sins' just means 'absolution for my sin'. The big sweaty bumsex from hairy old Father McClafferty came later.

John Mason

if anyone knocked on my door looking for money, they would be told in no uncertain terms where to go

kittenkiller

I thought only travellers did that.

Trapsing around for two months in a raggy old communion dress, taking turns to wear it in case they get to double up on the collections.

Shameful!

Mr.Lizard

kittenkiller wrote: »

I thought only travellers did that.

Trapsing around for two months in a raggy old communion dress, taking turns to wear it in case they get to double up on the collections.

Shameful!

Travellers get no money from me because (and call me old fashioned) I don't believe in sex before communion.

Zadkiel

Noopti wrote: »

Heh....lucky you. Back when I made my communion all I got was an outfit made of a black refuse sack and a kick in the arse from the priest.

A Kick in the arse is all??
Lucky bastard

nlgbbbblth

Nevore wrote: »

Err, care to expand upon that?

take a wild guess.

:rolleyes:

JIZZLORD

when i was a wee chiseler 2 or 3 neighbours invited me over to show off my communion gear and i might have got a fiver. my parents would never even think about parading me in front of them or any of the other neighbours

philologos

joey54 wrote: »

I suspect it would happen in rougher areas. It really is ridiculous. People forget that it is a religious celebration and nothing to do with how much money you make. The problem with today is that parents are over em phasing the money element and overlooking the fact that it is a religious commitment.

I couldn't agree with you more!

If parents are believers they should be quite cautious about making their children make idle oaths before God (who is believed to be the highest authority in the universe)!

The problem is, as time goes on and as traditions become deep set in society they become the common thing done rather than a serious commitment to God. Parents and the children who are having communion don't realise what they are actually saying. They are saying that they are Christ's own, that they will live for God throughout their lives, that they will reject any appearance of evil as in the Christian definition.

I can't help thinking that the Church in Ireland irrespective of denomination would do well to reform its stance on baptism, confirmation, and preparation for baptism. People should know about the commitment they are making, and how serious it could well be for them. I think it should also take place at a later age.

Money should have no place in comparison to the commitment being made to God surely, and if people do not know what on earth they are doing it seems more like a carrot and stick exercise rather than anything else.

Lady Luck

yup. When my family were living in Cabra, I remember us getting dressed up, me in my beautiful communion dress, and calling around to the neighbours. We did it the day before, and for each house we went in for a bit, had a cup of tea and a chat. I remember I always left each house with 5 pounds. x