non catholic child's school doing communion.... HELP!

[aoibhacado]

i don't believe in organised religion. i am a pagan witch and so is my fiancée, however we raised our daughters agnostic because we wanted to give them an equal opportunity to learn about all religions. my older dd, currently 7, is in second class (ireland) and her class is going to make their communion this may. she has come home and told me that her teacher said communion was about accepting god, and asked me if she was allowed to do it. i told her she was allowed to do it, and asked her if she wanted to start being catholic. she said she didn't. she then asked if we could still do it. what do i do?

@aoibhacado does your child do 'Grow in Love'?
We're not catholics and there are several Muslim, Hindu and Jewish kids in my child's class that are not partaking. Your child will not be the only one.

Sorry to be a bit off the topic but what does it mean pagan witch? Can you please elaborate as I am honestly curious?

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@aoibhacado thanks for getting back to me.

@Dacadactyl it is a very inclusive school and nondenoms are rare in ireland. apart from the sacraments, it is a relatively nondenominational school, my younger sister went there and it is a very good school, and it is also very close to home. thanks for asking!

@mishmased yes, my dds class does grow in love for second and sixth class.

Never heard of a communion breakfast but then I sent mine to educate together schools. I do remember in the 80's an English girl joined our class and did not take the sacraments but dressed up in a nice outfit and came to the church for the rest of it. It was not the norm but it did happen sometimes. I get that you do not want her to feel totally different but agree with a PP and do not go down the white dress route. It is lovely to see a catholic school being so inclusive.

@aoibhacado I was wondering as some kids that have atheist parents don't do grow in love. I know you're not atheist.

@mishmased she still studies religious education, just from a different perspective. more as simply a study than a way of life.

Sounds like you have thought it through and have plans in place to involve her with her class etc.

I’m curious as to what programme the school uses if they’re only using Grow in Love for sacramental preparation?