Since starting this business, I've been told by at least one priest and a few lay people that I'm "not really Catholic." If I'm honest with myself, my 18-year-old self would not believe I am "really Catholic," so I understand where these folks are coming from. And here's why I do claim my Catholic identity: I was baptized, confirmed, and married in the Catholic Church. My relationship to the Catholic Church is somewhat complicated--I imagine yours might be as well. I beli

Perhaps you're wondering exactly what it is I'm trying to accomplish... Obviously, you don’t just wake up one day and decide, the Catholic Church needs to change how they talk about sexuality, and I’m someone who can do that. It was a process. Years of trial and error. Years of being told by priests, church administrators, and church members, that what I’m doing is misguided at best and heretical at worst. The truth is: I’m bringing the church’s sexual teachings into conve