The One True Church
From Grandma's Been There by Siobhan Barry
March 20, 2026 · 20 min · Season 2 · Episode 64
About this episode
The episode explores the challenges and sacrifices associated with being a member of the one true church during the early 1960s.
The road to heaven was paved with suffering. Getting slapped by the bishop during our Confirmation ceremony was a reminder of just how hard it was to be a Christian. Only the baptized could go to heaven, and if communist soldiers invaded our country and demanded that we give up our religion or die, God wanted us to choose death. As young children in the early 1960s, we learned that being a member of the one true church wasn’t for the faint-hearted.
People in this episode
Host: Siobhan Barry
Topics covered
- Christianity
- suffering
- faith
- childhood memories
- religion
- historical context
Keywords
- Christianity
- suffering
- Confirmation
- faith
- 1960s
- religion
- childhood
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: the one true church
Places: our country
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