Catholic Sunday school nostalgia
A question for people who are currently in their forties, and attended white-USian Catholic church and/or Sunday school when they were young:What are some of the songs/prayers/chants you learned? I'm...
View ArticleAudience and lunch at the early 19th-c. Vatican for a minor Balkan noble
I am editing & doing research for a fantasy novel with a (more-or-less) historical setting. First difficulty: The Baron has just been assigned a politico-military operative--ostensibly a humble...
View ArticleBecoming a Priest, Confession
You'd think that after thirteen years in Catholic school that I'd know the answer to these questions, or where to find them, but my google skills are failing me. (terms used: when can a new priest...
View ArticleConfession and Mortal Sin
Setting: 37th century Earth, with a war pitting half the galaxy against the other half. Humans are among the superior races in power positions. People don't have the Federation-like devotion to the...
View ArticleChecking my WWII facts: does this sound right, and some actual questions.
I have two tertiary characters, Samuel and Adele; in the whole of the (rather large) story I'm writing, they really only function as my main heroine's grandparents, but I'd like to make sure that their...
View ArticleSex Education in Catholic School
Hello folks, it's me again, back with another question.Background: My character is a 19 year old young man originally from New Orleans. I've been told that most people attend a Catholic school in that...
View ArticleReligious orders - clothing?
I'm probably going to hell for asking this but ...where do nuns buy their underwear? I assume that all but the sisters of the most old-fashioned orders wear simple, modern undergarments- do they just...
View Articleca. 1940-1945: young boy surprised masturbating by mother USA
Hi,I need some input from US American citizens here. This is a reposted question from writing_sex, with just one good response so far, and I need some more detailed input.A mother catches her son...
View ArticleModern Men in an Ancient World and Related Questions
The Time Period: November 27, 1095/ April 8, 2005The Location: Vatican CityThe Research: Well, this time period has always been fascinating to me because what happens in this era irrevocably alters the...
View ArticleTime Travel and Technology questions
The Time Period: November 27, 1095/ April 8, 2005The Location: Vatican CityThe Research: I've done some basic research, but am having trouble finding sources to fit my needs. I've tried some Google...
View ArticleAddressing a Spanish nun
I need to know how a nun would be addressed in Spanish. The time is the late 1500s/early 1600s. I've googled 'spanish nun' and got freila, and checked Google Translate, and while sister = hermosa, it...
View ArticleSpecific order and naming of a French nun and relations with priests
I'm writing a story revolving a young French nun around the High Middle Ages, she goes from France to England somehow, and I'm unsure what specific order my protagonist should be in as well as how the...
View ArticleMedieval priests too ill to celebrate mass
I've tried numerous Google searches, along the lines of "priests unable to say mass", "medieval priests too sick to celebrate mass", etc. I've also looked on the Wikipedia articles for "History of...
View ArticleLife in American Catholic high schools
I've done some Google searches for variations on "American Catholic high schools" and poked around some websites of specific Catholic schools, as well as the USA High School tag on this community, but...
View ArticlePolish prep school in late 1930s/early 40s
Hello all, first post here.My character goes to a Catholic preparatory school in Poland around late 1930s and early 1940s. I'm wondering what the curriculum typically consisted of for a year twelve...
View ArticleItaly,1600s, two scholarly characters
Hello, it's my first post here.Setting: Padua, year 1602The genre is historical fantasy, but the history part has probably more weight than the fantasy(Edited to make it sightly less confusing)I have a...
View ArticlePre-Vatican II Sisters of St Joseph (Australia)
I have visited the Sisters of St Joseph web site, and googled "ordination names", "catholic religious names", "catholic names", "pre Vatican II catholic names", "sisters of St Joseph" and many...
View Articleinsincere contrition and absolution in Catholic theology and practice
When/where: real life+current daysearched: Wikipedia articles on "confession", "absolution", "contrition", and "penance"Scenario:You're a Catholic priest (in English-speaking North America), at least...
View Articlebedroom in a bell tower; trans* in seminary?
I'm writing a story set in Ronceverte, West Virginia, sometime during or after the 1970s, and want to use the town's Catholic church as the main stage.Problem is, I'm not too clear on where the...
View ArticleA woman claiming sanctuary in a church in medieval Spain--possible or not?
Setting: Olvera, Spain, in 1410. It's historical fantasy, though, so the exact year and place are somewhat flexible.My MC, a young poor woman, is accused of theft by a rich, well-respected person of...
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