I was raised catholic, I have 9 brothers and sisters and we all went to catholic school. Every Sunday my mom gave the church an envelope of money, even though we struggled to have food on the table every month. I quit when I realized how stupid it was that a religion made us eat fish sticks and tatertots every Friday. Years ago we were at my mom's for her 80th birthday. She was still paying for our catholic education - all those years!!! We divided the balance by 10 and each helped pay off the balance. The youngest of us was 40. Mom would have never paid that bill off.
Just random thoughts on growing up catholic. We also had to go to church 3 times a week (besides Sunday) as part of the school day. Our nuns had the square headpieces and they were MEAN!