Going to Catholic grade school for eight years at St. Amelias in Tonawanda, NY, left me with some indelible memories, like the time I went to confession and told Father Ochs that I had eleven sins of sacrilege on my soul.

I remember there was a stunned silence for a moment. Then he began to question me as to how I had possibly committed that many terrible sins.

This is it how it happened.

At St. Amelias during the school week, any student could go to Holy Communion at 11:30 am.

Usually there...