I am now 67 years old. My experience in school was very similar to yours. I attended an all Italian, all Catholic school, even though it was a public school. On religious day everyone would go for religious instructions at the big Catholic Church two blocks away. I was the only kid left in the room. The other kids would try to get me to go with them just to get out of school, as they did. Since I am the son of two ordained ministers of the Gospel, I did not choose to go.
My parents instilled in me a great respect for all religions. Long story short, I am the visionary and founder of The InterFaith Forum in Rochester New York, established during the Gulf war crisis. (1991) I now live in Las Vegas and am attempting to establish an interfaith dialogue here.
If our nation ever needed interfaith interaction, it is now a summation point
I am now 67 years old. My experience in school was very similar to yours. I attended an all Italian, all Catholic school, even though it was a public school. On religious day everyone would go for religious instructions at the big Catholic Church two blocks away. I was the only kid left in the room. The other kids would try to get me to go with them just to get out of school, as they did. Since I am the son of two ordained ministers of the Gospel, I did not choose to go.
My parents instilled in me a great respect for all religions. Long story short, I am the visionary and founder of The InterFaith Forum in Rochester New York, established during the Gulf war crisis. (1991) I now live in Las Vegas and am attempting to establish an interfaith dialogue here.
If our nation ever needed interfaith interaction, it is now a summation point