My heart sank last week as I read Kate’s blog entry, “Done.” In her testimony about trying to leave Catholicism, she wrote, “I’m feeling these days like I’m in the midst of a breakup, you know, the really horrible kind where you know it isn’t going to work but you want it to so badly [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Leaving the Church’
March 14, 2010
The Power
…Today I was reading about Marie Curie: she must have known she suffered from radiation sickness her body bombarded for years by the element she had purified It seems she denied to the end the source of the cataracts on her eyes the cracked and suppurating skin of her finger-ends till she could no longer [...]
October 18, 2009
Anticipating Sunday: Paradox
Check out my latest post on the blog at From the Pews in the Back: Young Women and Catholicism, entitled, “Paradox.” It is a reflection on this Sunday’s lectionary readings.
September 23, 2009
I Couldn’t Stay
Check out my latest blog entry on CTA’s Young Adult Catholic Blog, entitled “I Couldn’t Stay.”
July 30, 2009
Thoughts on an Old Friendship between the Institution and Me
Check out my latest post on CTA’s Young Adult Catholics blog, entitled “Thoughts on an Old Friendship between the Institution and Me.”
July 27, 2009
From the Pews in the Back: My First Reading
Check out my latest post on the blog that accompanies From the Pews in the Back: Young Women and Catholicism, a recently released book to which I have contributed. My post is called “From the Pews in the Back: My First Reading.” If you are also reading the book, I’d love to know about your [...]
July 10, 2009
Showing Up
My legs could barely hold me yesterday at Mass. I hadn’t slept much the night before, or the night before that really, and my body had been reminding me of it since I rolled over to turn off my alarm clock that morning. There are not enough hours in the day lately, which means I [...]
June 6, 2009
My Theological Inquisitions
What does it mean to claim to be a Presbyterian, or a Protestant, or a Christian?…What if we were to walk through the Protestant churches of the United States today, especially the centrist-to-liberal churches, and ask such questions of every member? How many would be left in the pews if all had to profess a [...]
April 28, 2009
The Beauty and Challenge of Being Catholic
The Catholic Studies Program at Santa Clara University, my alma mater, is sponsoring me for a lecture this Thursday on the subject of “Catholic Identity Today.” The great Jesuit I am working with pointed me to a wonderful podcast for some inspiration, and now I’m recommending it to you. “The Beauty and Challenge of Being [...]
April 23, 2009
"Welcome back to non-practicing Catholics!"
I’ve been quiet in the blogsphere…but have no fear, new posts are coming soon! In the meantime, check out my latest post on the CTA Young Adult Catholics blog, entitled “‘Welcome back to non-practicing Catholics!’”
