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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was raised Catholic - 19 years of Catholic school - and the vast majority of my experience was really positive and I'm eternally grateful for some of the most amazing women I have ever met, who happened to be Catholic nuns.  
Married an agnostic who will generally go along with whatever I want as far as the kids religion is concerned.  He occasionally joins us at church, always goes to the big holidays, and is as supportive as one can be without actually believing.

My son is now in second grade.  He did CCD last year and I assumed he would receive first communion this year and was just sort of mindlessly following along.  Then a few things happened that made me really unhappy/uncomfortable with raising my kids Catholic. So last year for lent, we went to a different denomonation each week and also learned a little more about other Christian faiths.  
We are now extremely happy at our local Episcopalian church.  Because they don't do a big thing for first communion, I had my kids (the second grader and the 4 year old) wait and did a little bit of mini-education for them about communion and then they received for the first time at Easter this year.

I'm not suggesting that the Episcopal church is right for you, just encouraging you to not feel forced into a set timeline just because that's "how it's always done"  There is nothing wrong with pausing on the sacraments. Your second grader can recieve first communion in 3rd or 4th if that's what ends up happening.  And confirmation is something that shouldn't ever have a set timeline.[/quote]

Excellent commentary and advice, well stated.[/quote]

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