Holy Week Homestretch
We’re into the homestretch now and there is something I find really fascinating about Holy Week. There is more drama in this one week leading…
read moreAndy Warhol: Closeted Catholic
The longer Lent carries on, the more exposed I feel as a Catholic. I don’t mean this in a negative way, it’s simply that certain…
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My Husband the Agnostic
Every year during Lent I try really hard not to eat meat on Fridays, and every year I usually fail at least once. Sometimes it’s…
read moreLosing Mayorships During Lent
I spent last weekend in Philadelphia at a friend’s house, where a group of my old friends and I convened to catch up on each others’ lives. It was a very 21st century sort of gathering: eight of us live across four states, and the weekend was organized through a combination of text messaging, emails, and Facebook. Somehow, despite confusion of train times and places, we all arrived at my friend’s apartment with enough spare blankets and more than enough food to go around.
The subject of Lent came up when, after a friendly reminder that it was Saturday, there was a sigh of relief that we could all eat chicken and pasta with prosciutto. A few of us in the group are Catholic, to varying degrees, and everyone tries to be adaptable.
read moreApologizing for My Catholicism (or sometimes lack thereof)
As a sometime Catholic, I often find myself apologizing. Primarily, I find myself apologizing to those more devout than myself for my negligence. This comes up most often having dinner at my parents’ house with the priests from their parish, who ask the perfectly innocent questions of why they haven’t seen me in a while or where I go to church in my neighborhood.
The other side of the coin is having to apologize for having religious convictions at all. As someone in my twenties living in an urban area and in a so-called creative profession, it’s generally assumed by my acquaintances and associates that I am either an atheist or subscribe to some kind of a New Age-y religion (possibly with the intention of annoying my more conventional parents)…
read moreSt. Patrick’s on St. Patrick’s
St. Patrick’s Day has never been a holiday I paid much attention to. I don’t have any Irish heritage. I don’t like green beer. I’m…
read moreA Sometime Catholic’s Lenten Journey Begins
I consider myself a part-time Catholic. My faith is solid, I observe every Church holiday, but I’m not so good about getting to church every…
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