tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post5975215034729233905..comments2024-03-26T12:01:39.690-07:00Comments on A Family Tapestry: About That Choice of ChurchJacqi Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-86424569755175970552015-04-10T00:15:09.638-07:002015-04-10T00:15:09.638-07:00That's an interesting discovery, Iggy! Thanks ...That's an interesting discovery, Iggy! Thanks for mentioning that. Isn't that searchable newspaper archive just grand?Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-11231314794716944552015-04-10T00:13:51.361-07:002015-04-10T00:13:51.361-07:00Yes! At least in that aspect, times were quite dif...Yes! At least in that aspect, times were quite different than they are now.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-38844289326085930172015-04-10T00:12:53.653-07:002015-04-10T00:12:53.653-07:00You are right about the unsettled territory where ...You are right about the unsettled territory where the Laskowskis originated in Poland, Iggy. There must have been a lot of tension there, judging from what history of the area I've been able to glean--which, of course, makes that yet another great area to have been "from."Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-31896706465911775002015-04-10T00:09:23.983-07:002015-04-10T00:09:23.983-07:00While I'm no expert on the Catholic religion--...While I'm no expert on the Catholic religion--hey, I'm not even Catholic, myself!--it's my understanding that, at least before the changes in the 1960s, if a Catholic were married outside the Catholic Church, his or her union was not even considered a marriage. It took the Church to validate the marriage. Thus, if one wanted his or her children to be baptised as Catholics, the parents' marriage needed to be officiated in the Catholic Church.<br /><br />In this case, we can safely assume that either the groom didn't care--or perhaps the groom wasn't even Catholic, himself. I'm beginning to wonder...<br /><br />However, Wendy, you do bring up another important point: the perspective of how socially acceptable Catholics might have been perceived to be during that time period--although I suspect the "ooh, he's Catholic" attitude about President Kennedy might have been more of an issue outside the realm of such urban areas as Boston or New York, which were, already, full of immigrants from traditionally Catholic countries.<br /><br />Whether for this reason, or a multitude of others, this is just one token of several areas in which this family's story just doesn't seem to connect the dots.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-53308523335902942342015-04-09T23:48:30.828-07:002015-04-09T23:48:30.828-07:00May 15, 1941.May 15, 1941.Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-21134034296479876612015-04-09T23:46:29.412-07:002015-04-09T23:46:29.412-07:00Ah, in the Brooklyn Eagle is an article that says ...Ah, in the Brooklyn Eagle is an article that says the bride's father, Charles served on the Church's board of trustees.Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-52946409133570917062015-04-09T08:29:39.834-07:002015-04-09T08:29:39.834-07:00At least they were married in a church:)At least they were married in a church:)Far Side of Fiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-71282865152198540912015-04-09T07:02:12.768-07:002015-04-09T07:02:12.768-07:00It is a topic of great sensitivity. Marriage outs...It is a topic of great sensitivity. Marriage outside the Catholic faith was not undertaken lightly by the devout. While I know of one very long lasting Lutheran - Catholic marriage (and the wife had two sisters that were lifelong nuns), I imagine they caused at least her parents great anguish.<br /><br />And Wendy is right, the social attitude of the 1960s and 1970s was ... shall we say, something one might hard to quite understand today.<br /><br />The region the Laskowski family came from in Germany/Poland/Russia was rife with violence in the "name of religion" for centuries - Catholic and Jewish and probably other faiths as well, have never seemed to "get along" even though their faith says that "they ought to..." It is a great human failing and a great shame.Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-73001127493724714602015-04-09T04:30:26.834-07:002015-04-09T04:30:26.834-07:00I probably should have said more yesterday. I don...I probably should have said more yesterday. I don't have the facts, but it seems to me at one time the Catholic Church wanted the non-Catholic to convert. Maybe the bride was not comfortable in doing that and the groom didn't care. What were the political and social attitudes toward Catholics at the time? Remember how controversial John Kennedy was -- oooh he's Catholic! Then Mitt Romney -- ooh he's Mormon! Maybe that's where we're going on that subject tomorrow??Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.com