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[quote=Anonymous]I can definitely relate.  I went to 19 years of Catholic school, two bishops were at my grandmother's funeral, two aunts are nuns.... all of which is to say my family culture is heavily Catholic.  And almost all of that culture and experience has been positive!  I loved my Catholic schools, have huge respect for most of the nuns I know, and very much appreciate the beauty and rituals of mass.

But when I had kids I just wasn't comfortable sending them to CCD... it was really hard to work through things, but when my oldest was in 2nd grade I felt like I had to "put up or shut up" so to speak
So we spent several months going to lots of different churches - just showing up somewhere on a Sunday morning. I wasn't looking for a new church, per se, but wanted to at least explore other ways to live faithfully.  We ended up joining a wonderful Episcopalian parish.  Many of the same rituals, virtually the same service, and a wonderful, inclusive, welcoming culture and community that embraced us.

I'm not saying you should become Episcopalian (although that might be a good option!) but that it might be worth taking a few months just to explore your faith in different settings - different religions and even just different Catholic parishes.  As Catholics we're so conditioned to just go to the parish in which we live, that taking some time to be more intentional with selecting your faith community was really really beneficial for our family.[/quote]

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