“Being raised Catholic in a pressure-cooker household besieged by alcohol and bill collectors enforced and heightened a sense of sentry duty in me, the oldest of five children and the one most responsible for keeping everything from capsizing. Wild indulgence was for other people, the non-worriers.” PeopleChildrenFiveDutyPressureResponsibleCatholicBillsRaisedAlcoholHouseholdIndulgenceCollectorsCookers Author:James Wolcott
“I was raised in a Catholic household and went to a Catholic school, and my childhood brain perceived medieval Catholicism as an action movie: There's this crazy omnipresent guy who can destroy you at any moment.” MomentsActionSchoolGuyBrainCrazyChildhoodCatholicRaisedCatholicismHouseholdMedievalAction MovieCatholic School Author:Grimes
“I'm really fortunate. I grew up in a wonderful household with great Irish Catholic parents.” ParentWonderfulGrewGrew UpCatholicFortunateHouseholdGreat Irish Author:Tim Kaine
“I still believe the lessons I learned when I was raised in a Roman Catholic household. Like, it's harder for a rich man to get into Heaven than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.” MenBelieveStillsEyeHeavenRichLessonsHarderCatholicRaisedHouseholdNeedlesRich ManThrough The EyesCamelsI Still BelieveRoman Catholic Author:Michael Moore
“I was raised in a Baptist household, went to a Catholic church, lived in a Jewish neighborhood, and had the biggest crush on the Muslim girls from one neighborhood over.” GirlChurchCatholicRaisedCrushNeighborhoodHouseholdCatholic ChurchBaptists Author:Will Smith
“I grew up in a Hindu household but went to a Roman Catholic school. I grew up with a mother who said, 'I'll arrange a marriage for you at 18,' but she also said that we could achieve anything we put our minds to an encourage us to dream of becoming prime minister or president” MindSaidDreamSchoolMotherPresidentAchieveGrewBecomingGrew UpCatholicMinistersPrimeHouseholdPrime MinisterRoman CatholicCatholic School Author:Indra Nooyi