Stephanie and Anne go head to head in this *epic showdown* between CCD and Catholic School.

….just kidding! The hosts keep things extraordinarily amicable as they compare notes on their religious education experiences. Steph got out of being grounded by memorizing a prayer. Anne enjoyed passing retired nuns in hallways. This episode also includes a pretty solid Catholic joke.  

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LINKS

Court Rules Catholic School Wrongfully Fired Gay Substitute

Link About Pope Francis and Reform and Synods

Summary of Paolo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Former Resident of the White House is Angry at Catholics and Jews

Biden and Stephen Colbert talk faith and loss in 2015 Late Show episode

Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth

West Wing moment: Isaac and Ishmael

Gretchen Rubin's Four Tendencies

Stephanie and Anne chat with a real live theologian to talk feminism and queer theology in the Catholic Church! The hosts welcome K Kriesel, a textile artist devoted to Mother Mary and queer feminism, who spills the tea about folk Catholicism, Catholic Womenpriests, and how Saint Sebastian became the patron saint of gay men. 

You can learn more about K and their art at https://www.instagram.com/kkriesel_art/

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LINKS:

Folded Map Project

Artist Chris Ofili's The Holy Virgin Mary

Queer Catholic resources (Thanks, K!):

• New Ways Ministry 
• Dignity USA
• Vine & Fig
• Equally Blessed
• Out at St. Paul
• Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity by Fr. James Martin SJ 
• Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence by Rosemary Curb, Nancy Manahan 
• More Than A Monologue: Sexual Diversity and the Catholic Church: Inquiry, Thought, and Expression: 2 by J. Patrick Hornbeck II and Michael A. Norko 
• Sexual Diversity and Catholicism: Toward the Development of Moral Theology by Patricia Beattie Jung 
• Plague: Untold Stories of AIDS & the Catholic Church podcast 

K’s Feminist Catholic resources (Thanks, K!):

• Roman Catholic Women Priests
• Women's Ordination Conference
• Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual (WATER) 
• The Way of the Rose
• Catholic and Feminist by Mary J. Henold 
• Standing in the Shoes My Mother Made: A Womanist Theology by Diana L. Hayes 
• She Who Is: The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse by Elizabeth A. Johnson 
• Guests in Their Won House: The Women of Vatican II by Carmel McEnroy
• Women Eucharist by Sheila Durkin Dierks 
• Women Find a Way: The Movement and Stories of Roman Catholic Womenpriests by Elsie Hainz McGrath 

Stephanie and Anne compare First Holy Communion stories. Anne tattled on a CCD kid at First Communion rehearsal. Steph got into an argument about transubstantiation with her high school theology teacher. The hosts agree on the impossibility of consuming the Communion host without chewing.

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 Gossipy Sun Article About Britney Spears Announcing She's Catholic

Trash NYT Piece About Why America Supposedly Needs Catholicism

The Pope Met Spidey 

The Time A Baby Was Dressed Up Like the Pope and Obama Lost It

America Magazine Throws Shade on Fox and Friends Hosts' Outrage about Catholic Charities Helping Immigrants

NYT Piece About Communion

Irritating Article About Teaching Kids About Transubstantiation

Catholic-Dot-Com Polices Communion

Nun and Priest Who Died in a Fire While Trying to Save Eucharist

EPISODE 3: Popes

Anne and Stephanie attempt to tackle the 2000+ year history that is the Catholic Papacy. Stephanie explains how her Catholic grandma once tore all the family photos off the walls and replaced them with a letter from the Pope. Anne describes how her Catholic grandma once got pranked by a priest impersonating a Cardinal. Disney’s The Little Mermaid somehow comes up again.

This week’s episode contains brief references to enslavement, genocide, sexual assault, and homophobia.

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The Chicago Tribune remembers JP the II's 1979 visit to Chicago

GQ's Quiz About Pope Francis

Anne and Stephanie take a walk down memory lane and straight into the church confessional. Stephanie is relieved that the Ten Commandments say nothing about being nice to your siblings. Anne still remembers all the words to the Act of Contrition she had to memorize in 2nd grade. The hosts agree on the merits of Rosaries (even though they’re not necklaces).

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Handy dandy chart of the Ten Commandments by religion/denomination

Brene Brown talking to Oprah about the people with whom we share our shame

Slate.com article about confession

Anne and Stephanie give the Reader’s Digest version of their respective Catholic childhoods. Stephanie reveals she's a former CCD kid. Anne was kind of a big deal in 3rd grade. The hosts come up with a name for this podcast (spoiler alert: it’s Lapsed.)

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Sebastian Tesoriero's article in the Guardian about becoming un-Catholic