A Catholic in the cafeteria. (what young people seek in the Catholic Church) (The Laity) (Cover Story)

From: Commonweal | Date: September 10, 1993| Author: Dowling, Regina Plunkett | Copyright information

Dinnertime in the college cafeteria. The sophomore was beaming at me across the Chicken Marengo. "You know the thing I like best about Mass in the chapel."

"No, what exactly?" I smiled in gracious anticipation. Spontaneous student confessions of enthusiasm for the liturgy always warmed my chaplain's heart. Not that I could take much credit for myself; I kept the simple lines of tradition uncluttered, or tried to. Visiting celebrants who adorned the Mass with ad-libbed pr...

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