Religion

My whole family are all Roman Catholics. Roman Catholic is a universalizing religion which is "a religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location" (Rubenstein 134).

Both my mother's and father's sides are both Roman Catholic. Not many people on my moms side actually practice religion or go to church since my grandparents passed away. They still go to church on rare occasions and they still believe in everything they use to. I think that it is something that use to bring us together but it just got lost with my grandparents.

Religion on my father's side is very important. My Grandma goes to church every day and has held many different positions throughout the years at our church. She is very old school in the since of all her beliefs so she hounds us a lot about attending church. In our family, you are expected to get baptized, do first communion/catechism classes, and then be confirmed at all the right ages. It is not really a choice in our family, but something my Grandma expects. As a Grandma of 22 grandchildren, she just wants the best for us. She also holds true to marrying a Catholic as a Catholic yourself. She doesn't really like anyone's significant other unless they are Catholic. We have a few traditions in my family of going to church on special holidays as a family such as midnight mass on Christmas Eve/Christmas, going to Easter mass, and getting your stuffed bunny blessed on Easter. We always do things as a family when it comes to church. There is quite a bit of us, so we are well known in the church. It makes a good time when we are all together whether we are at get together or church.

We attend St. Mary's Catholic Cathedral