Last Sunday's 10:00 Mass kicked off Catholic School Week. Many of the students from the parish school were there with their parents. Before the Mass began I was watching the people who were coming in and I noticed a few things missing. Let me begin by saying I am in no way judging anyone in …
Category: Catholicism
No One Said it Would be Easy
While at Mass today I began to think about the last year of my life. There have been some good things, and some bad things, mostly good. I have continued my journey back to the Lord, and have made some great strides, but as I always say, I have come a long way but still …
Cafeteria Catholics
One of my pet peeves (which is nothing like my pet dog) is Catholics who call themselves Catholics but aren't really Catholics. They pick and choose what parts of the faith they want to follow. Like being at a Chinese buffet, I like crab rangoons, let me take four, I don't like egg rolls, I …
Big C Little c
When my kids were small I used to read them Dr. Seuss's ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book! When we came to the C page it went "Big C, Little c, C C C, what begins with C?" This ties in nicely with my last post, where I talked about why we need a church building. Photo …
Why do we need a Church anyway?
Why do we need a church anyway? Couldn't we use the money for something else?
RCIA: Understanding the Catechism
As I have written about previously I have become a co-catechist for the RCIA program at my parish. The program began Sunday although I am still getting my feet wet. I was thinking this morning that it might be a good idea to use this forum to answer questions that have arisen from the participants. …
Catholicism Crisis: The Immigration Debate
I'm having a Catholicism Crisis. What is a Catholicism Crisis? I define it as being torn between what the Catholic Church teaches and what I believe. At one time my whole life was a Catholicism Crisis, after all, I came from that post-Vatican II era when catechizing was almost non-existent and attitudes about many Catholic …
Who Knew
Who knew? It seems that my last post has generated some controversy in the Wayward Catholic family. I have to admit I was surprised that any one from my family read it, not that it would have any bearing on what I write. There is some mis-understanding as to exactly what an annulment means. Perhaps …
What Kind of Catholic Are You
Anyone who has followed this blog for some time will know that I am a freedom of speech and freedom of religion kind of guy. I believe that the United States Constitution is the second most important document ever written. The first being the Bible. Because of this I believe everyone has the right to …
Thou Shall Not Censure
In my last post, I talked about the "Lost Books of the Bible". I briefly mentioned that there were many theories regarding why these books were left out of the accepted Bible. Most of these theories seem to point out to a specific agenda of the early Christians to make the bible say what they …
