Irish children receive more money for holy communion

Is communion not about eating a symbolic piece of Jesus?

Since when did it turn into a circus where it's all about fashion & money. Surely the church and schools (seeing as how one is run by the other) have something to answer for here. Giving €20 or more to a child is obscene, they have no need for this sort of money. No wonder the economy is falling apart, Irish people appear to have no concept of money or its value at all

jester77 wrote: »

Is communion not about eating a symbolic piece of Jesus?

Nope, the Cathlic church believes in transubstantiation and the bread and wine physically become the body and blood of Jesus christ. So is canabalism a more noble reason for communion than cold hard cash?

Giving children money for their communion is awfully tacky. It's a solemn religious rite not a game show. Communions now are obscene and crass affairs and are just another symptom of the horrible parenting which goes on, resulting in the obnoxious, spoiled and ignorant fat little bastards which pass for Irish children today.

I think i got somewhere in the region of 160 pounds about in 1996 or 1997 don't really remember ha ha

But i know lads who got over a grand for their confirmation which is crazy.

But i don't know if people still bring there kids around to all the family getting money from every realtive which i think is really sad.

Some of my uncles do that with their kids now, these are the same ones who gave me or my brothers nothing for our communions or confimations and are shocked when my dad says he can't afford to give them money(when he really can't, been on the dole for 5 years now sometimes getting work for a couple of weeks here and there)

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If I have kids, around communion time I may offer them a trip to Disneyworld instead.
And a hooker for confirmation obviouslys.

I got £20 for my communion in 1989. My clothes cost about £20-30 max. I remember going into town to get my jacket.
Dad: What do you think of this one? £9.
Me: I hate it.
Dad: Wait this one's only £7. What do you think of this?
Me: Hate it more.
Dad: It's perfect, we'll get this one.

That £20 went straight into the bank. I didn't know what to do with it. It was like 100 weeks pocket money.

Overflow wrote: »

pfffft... I was just a confirmation here in Norway and the kid got €4500 and thats the average amount kids get here! :eek:

Bet those guys won't blow it all on Linden Village and phone credit.

I got £120 and ironed all the notes every night for a month


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NothingMan wrote: »

Screw those kids anyway. I'm now a full grown adult with a full time job and I have almost €300 in my bank account :cool:. Yeah, who wants to touch me?

*prods forehead*