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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The differences is that Jews are a ethnicity (mostly) while catholics are not.[/quote]

Yes, I would ask yourself why you are trying to force some Catholic relation to your activities while actively avoiding practicing Catholicism[/quote]

I was raised Catholic and now I am an atheist. I'm also as far away from the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church as it is possible to get and still be a productive member of society.

I totally understand where OP is coming from, though. If you grew up Catholic, you grew up with a lot of rituals and a certain pattern to the year. Those rituals are frequently beautiful and comforting.  They hold out the hope of light in the darkness. They are rituals and beliefs that often connect you to over 1000 years of your ancestors and to your heritage as whatever hyphenated-American you are.   Catholics are lot of ethnicities, and all of those ethnicities practice Catholicism in particularly ethnic ways and being Catholic is a huge part of being Irish American or Italian American or Polish American or Mexican American for a lot of families.  It is a little like being a non-believing Jew. [/quote]

Yes, but this op is on here asking for ideas on what to do, not continuing 100 years of family traditions. There are no rituals. They are asking random internet strangers on how to start something they want to call " culture Catholic", which is contrived and strikes many oif us here as odd and unnecessary. Your example is vastly different, not an attemopt to "invent" a culture and tradition [/quote]

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