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wnylib

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2. I grew up Lutheran in a very Catholic neighborhood

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 11:39 PM

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and mostly Catholic city. I was used to seeing kids and teachers at school with ashes on their foreheads. My siblings and I stood out among our peers with our clean foreheads because Lutherans did not do ashes in those days.

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