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Kathy, stop following around my brain!

Hee, and I had actually originally typed "Amonhotep" for Akhenaten, but thought I was getting it tangled up with The Mummy!

My CCD classes were taught by laity. I don't think I met a nun until my 20s when I lived upstairs from some. They stole my electricity. Unintentionally, I'm sure)

CCD for us involved textbooks touting peace, love and understanding, but they rarely mentioned the bible.

We didn't read the bible in/for CCD, but we did learn the ten commandments and memorize prayers and some of what used to be called catechism - rote answers to standard questions about Catholic beliefs and practics - in prep for confirmation.

What they said (except for the electricity-stealing nuns, but considering what they usually have to live on, I wouldn't be surprised if they just viewed it as a gift from God). I learned more about the Bible in my theology classes in college than anyplace else.

ETA: we had our CCD classes after 9:00 mass on Sunday morning and they lasted about an hour. Zoo mass was at 10:30, same time as the following mass ("zoo mass" was the kiddy mass held in the school cafeteria next door to the church itself).

I've been trying to remember. I think CCD was for the kids who were in the parish but weren't going to the Catholic school. I don't remember having to go, because we had a Religion class.

We did have to go to class before Confirmation.

I think CCD was for the kids who were in the parish but weren't going to the Catholic school.

That's the way it was for our parish, too. The first time we met most of the parish-school students was when we got together for the Confirmation ceremony.

Damnit, people. CCD stands for Charge Coupled Device. Please stop confusing me.

except for the electricity-stealing nuns, but considering what they usually have to live on, I wouldn't be surprised if they just viewed it as a gift from God

I didn't begrudge them the electricity at all. Three women sharing a one bedroom apartment exactly like the one I had to myself who managed to always be cheerful and never seemed to make any noise - best neighbors I've ever had. YNunMV

I think CCD was for the kids who were in the parish but weren't going to the Catholic school. I don't remember having to go, because we had a Religion class.

That's what ours was like, and they got to use our classrooms, so things were always a little Not Right on Monday mornings, and if anything was missing (presumed stolen), we blamed the CCD kids.

I think CCD was for the kids who were in the parish but weren't going to the Catholic school.

That's how it worked for us. My parish didn't have a school attached, but some of the kids went to Catholic schools in other parishes and they were exempt.

I have to keep using the TLA, I don't remember what it stands for. One of the Cs must be Catholic, and the D is maybe Doctrine, but that's as far as I get.

I think CCD was for the kids who were in the parish but weren't going to the Catholic school.

Interesting. That makes sense, because my parish didn't have a Catholic school, but the other Catholic parish in town did.

I keep reading CCD as OCD and thinking, "They have classes for that now?"