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25th July 2015
05:00pm BST

Mass was an opportunity for spottin' the local talent. "I usedta see her up the chapel when she went to Sunday Mass".?#GrowingUpCatholic
— Ellie (@ellie_red) July 25, 2015
2. The nation's branding of childlike innocence:
#GrowingUpCatholic pic.twitter.com/ai8KR4pLuq — Vibrant Catholic (@VibrantCatholic) July 15, 2015
3. The absolute fear of God being 'in you':
Trying to think up "good" sins to say in your first confession. #growingupcatholic
— Joanne McQuaid (@jojogallagher1) July 25, 2015
4. The notion that death was a reason for a good session:
Knowing that a good funeral is better craic than any wedding. #growingupcatholic — Donna (@DonnaIRL) July 25, 2015
5. The worshipping of false Gods:
At age 10, our class being brought up to the Convent to see a dead nun laid out #growingupcatholic
— Helen O'Rahilly (@HelenORahilly) July 25, 2015
6. Wondering are you following Jesus or in fact Charles Manson:
#growingupcatholic always having the funny feeling you were in some form of cult, but being too afraid to raise the issue — Aisling Keenan (@aislingmkeenan) July 25, 2015
7. The harsh reality of a pensioner in the golden years of The Church in Ireland:
#growingupcatholic always having the funny feeling you were in some form of cult, but being too afraid to raise the issue
— Aisling Keenan (@aislingmkeenan) July 25, 2015
8. Little correction - the Virgin Mary is not our 'Mother':
#GrowingUpCatholic "take a picture with your mother" pic.twitter.com/dlWqDZUemh
— Allison Cox (@ayeecox) July 16, 2015
9. The betrayal by some 'disciples':
@LawrenceTReilly these pair of b******* #growingupcatholicpic.twitter.com/PNFzECyroK — Barbara Murray (@babsbear) July 25, 2015
10. The freakish prayer book illustrations from Primary school:
#growingupcatholicpic.twitter.com/mzZkxvfVJB
— eyelid (@eilidhcorrigan_) July 16, 2015
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