The day before was Friday, and at the Catholic school I was attending, it was test and quiz day to review all the lessons of the week. The only good thing was that after lunch, it was usually Art class day, a break from all the lessons that were being crammed into our heads, but this Friday, the whole school went to the parish church for…
The day before was Friday, and at the Catholic school I was attending, it was test and quiz day to review all the lessons of the week. The only good thing was that after lunch, it was usually Art class day, a break from all the lessons that were being crammed into our heads, but this Friday, the whole school went to the parish church for a special novena and recital of the rosary. I remember the priest asking the kids to pray for blessings and guidance for the President (a Catholic POTUS) and for our military. But for a 12 year old kid…what was going on? Why were all the adults so somber…it didn’t register until years laters in college when one of the History department professors walked the class through the events leading up to the crisis in Cuba that it clicked into focus how close the world was to Armageddon that weekend in October. That was some really scary stuff but most of those lessons have been forgotten since. I tell my niece and nephews about it and the seriousness of it doesn’t register.
The day before was Friday, and at the Catholic school I was attending, it was test and quiz day to review all the lessons of the week. The only good thing was that after lunch, it was usually Art class day, a break from all the lessons that were being crammed into our heads, but this Friday, the whole school went to the parish church for a special novena and recital of the rosary. I remember the priest asking the kids to pray for blessings and guidance for the President (a Catholic POTUS) and for our military. But for a 12 year old kid…what was going on? Why were all the adults so somber…it didn’t register until years laters in college when one of the History department professors walked the class through the events leading up to the crisis in Cuba that it clicked into focus how close the world was to Armageddon that weekend in October. That was some really scary stuff but most of those lessons have been forgotten since. I tell my niece and nephews about it and the seriousness of it doesn’t register.