“I won the parental lottery. Most of the kids I grew up with either came from really fractured homes, or really violent ones. I went home to a very traditional, good Irish Catholic family.” HomeKidsGrewGrew UpCatholicViolentTraditionalLotteryParentalCatholic Family Author:Dennis Lehane
“When you don't have kids and you're in a Catholic family - one of my sisters had 10 children in 11 years - she's part rabbit - you feel kind of guilty about that. So, I want to do things for other people's children.” PeopleWantFeelsYearsKindChildrenKidsCatholicGuiltyMy SisterRabbitsCatholic Family Author:Marge Schott
“When I was a kid I went to Catholic school, and they used to drag us out to pro-life rallies and stuff full of crazy people.” PeopleKidsSchoolUsedStuffCrazyCatholicDragPro LifeCrazy PeopleCatholic School Author:Tim Heidecker
“I went to an all-girls Catholic school. And all the nuns just breathed down our necks "abstinence." And that's not the right thing to do. It does not work. Kids will not listen to that. They're going to experiment no matter what, so you have to be honest. You have to say, "You know what, if you're gonna do it, at least think about the consequences and get protection.” IfsThinkingKnowsDoeMatterKidsSchoolGirlHonestConsequenceCatholicNo Matter WhatProtectionExperimentsBeing HonestThings To DoRight ThingNecksWhat IfNunAbstinenceCatholic School Author:Jenny McCarthy
“The drunk kids, the catholics They're all about the same They're waiting for something Hoping to be saved” KidsWaitingCatholicSavedDrunkWaiting For Something Author:Conor Oberst
“Whoever has the power to label others as evil is automatically, or reflexively, the good person. Good people label bad people as evil. And once you do that, then it demonizes them. You don't negotiate with evil. You don't sit down at the table with the devil and say, "Okay, let's work this out." What you want to do is destroy evil. Every Catholic kid every night says, or should say, "Lead us not into temptation, deliver us from evil." And so you've got to go to God to help you deal with evil rather than your State Department or your negotiators.” PeopleWantShouldPersonsStatesHelpingKidsNightEvilDealsDevilOkayCatholicTablesWhat You WantTemptationLabelsDepartmentGood PeopleEvery NightGood PersonBad People Author:Philip Zimbardo
“I went to a Catholic school with 40 kids total. There were no cliques, but I suppose I was the sporty good girl.” KidsSchoolGirlCatholicGood GirlCliqueCatholic School Author:Taylor Cole
“I grew up Irish Catholic with a bunch of kids at Catholic school.” KidsSchoolGrewGrew UpCatholicBunchCatholic School Author:Brigid Brannagh
“Not being like everyone else is a great thing, but when you're in elementary school, you want people to like you, and kids that age can be so closed-minded. I mean, I went to a little Catholic school in the San Fernando Valley! My life was so different from the other kids'.” PeopleWantMeanLittlesDifferentKidsAgeSchoolLike YouCatholicGreat ThingsValleysElementary SchoolCatholic SchoolClosed Minded Author:Katy Rose
“We wrote about having five kids and bringing them to church. A journalist at The Washington Post wrote this article where the headline was "The New Catholic Evangelism Of Jim Gaffigan." And it was a bit terrifying.” KidsBitsChurchFiveCatholicPostsJournalistArticlesEvangelismHeadlines Author:Jim Gaffigan
“I lived across from a Catholic church for 15 years that I never went into. And then I got married to my wife and - you know, and now we're going in there every other day baptizing a kid.” KnowsYearsKidsChurchWifeMarriedCatholicMy WifeCatholic Church Author:Jim Gaffigan
“I think I would always tell school kids that, you know, they'd say, "When did you get interested in politics?" I said, "Just very young." Maybe it was because President [J.F.] Kennedy was the first Irish-Catholic president."” ThinkingKnowsFirstsSaidKidsSchoolYoungPresidentCatholic Author:Mike Pence
“As a kid, I had a real fascination with perverse, off-color, and kind of risky things, and I also had a very sanctimonious Catholic, purist side.” KindRealKidsSidesColorCatholicFascinationSanctimonious Author:George Saunders
“To me, acting is very therapeutic. I get out a lot of anger and frustration. It's maybe hard to believe, but as a kid I really had a lot of self-doubts. My father was very ill - he was an alcoholic - so there were a lot of things that built up for me. And because I was going to a Catholic school in a small German town, a lot of it was suppressed. I was angry and didn't know how to get it out.” BelieveKidsSchoolFatherActingCatholicIllFrustrationHard To BelieveCatholic School Author:Diane Kruger
“I am who I am: an Irish Catholic kid, working class from Long Island. And I made it big.” LongMadeBigsKidsClassCatholicWho I AmMade ItIslandsWorking ClassI Am Who I AmLong Island Author:Bill O'Reilly
“I don't believe in school prayer. I think it's total nonsense...who is the teacher there that is going to have them pray? And is the teacher going to be Catholic or Mormon or Episcopalian or what? It just causes all sorts of problems. And what are the kids praying about anyway? Does it really matter, does praying in school...what are you doing it for? The whole thing just opens up all sorts of elements of discussion. I think it's crazy.” ThinkingBelieveDoeMatterWholeProblemKidsSchoolCausesPrayerTeacherCrazyPrayingElementsCatholicDon't BelieveDiscussionNonsenseEpiscopalians Author:Charles M. Schulz
“I never lost my faith...But like all modern Catholics, I felt for a time that I had outgrown the church. Now it is a bone of contention in my soul that I did not share my faith with my kids, as my parents did with me. It was a source of grace when I needed it. I have been greatly nurtured and inspired by my faith.” InspirationalHas BeensSoulKidsLostFeltParentChurchGraceShareModernSourceNeededCatholicInspiredBonesMy SoulContention Author:Martin Sheen
“I have an enormous family because I'm from Montreal and my family's Catholic, so my dad has eight siblings and they all have kids and we all grew up in the same property on weekends and summers.” KidsGrewDadSummerGrew UpMy FamilyCatholicPropertyMy DadEightEnormousWeekendSiblingMontreal Author:Jessica Pare
“When I was a kid, I attended a small Catholic school in a south suburb of Chicago.” KidsSchoolCatholicSouthChicagoSuburbsCatholic School Author:Diablo Cody
“From about the age of 5, I was aware that I didn't fit. I was the black, atheist kid in the all-white, Catholic school run by nuns. I was an anomaly.” RunningKidsAgeSchoolBlackWhiteFitCatholicAtheistNunAnomaliesCatholic School Author:Thandie Newton
“At first, I didn't hang out with celebrity kids. That wasn't the way I was brought up. I went to a run-of-the-mill Catholic primary school when we first moved to L.A. But then I went to a high school where there were lots of 'industry' children. Those weren't my best friends and I've never set out to make myself a part of that scene.” WayFirstsChildrenRunningKidsSchoolIndustrySceneHigh SchoolCatholicMovedPrimariesHanging OutMy Best FriendMillsPrimary School Author:Lily Collins
“I'm an atheist. But I absolutely love religions and the rituals. Even though I don't believe in God. We celebrate pretty much every religion in our family with the kids. They love it, and when they say, 'Are we Jewish?' or 'Are we Catholic?' I say, 'Well, I'm not, but you can choose when you're 18. But isn't this fun that we do seders and the Advent calendar?'” BelieveWellsKidsFunCatholicDon't BelieveAtheistCelebrateOur FamilyBelieve In GodRitualCalendarsAdvent Author:Jodie Foster