Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You

Sister Mary Ignatius enters the lecture hall, beams at the audience, and starts by crossing herself and praying, “In the name of the Father, the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, Amen.” She begins her lecture to the audience by explaining the various forms of the afterlife (heaven, hell, purgatory, and limbo). Sister Mary’s definitions are absolute: Heaven is where we live in happiness with our Lord Jesus Christ, Hell is where all the sinners go (such sins include sex outside of marriage, hijacking a plane, and masturbation), purgatory is for those who were not perfect in life, and limbo is where all of the unbaptized babies go.

Sister Mary introduces us to her prize student, Thomas, an obedient seven-year-old boy. Sister Mary quizzes him on all of the Commandments, giving him a cookie whenever he answers a question correctly. She, then, starts to answer questions from the audience, happily responding to any question relating to her disturbing childhood with her mean parents and 26