A wonderful leap

A reflection from Kate Moore:

A Manhattan native, a cradle Catholic, a Luckey High graduate, and a convert to the Episcopal Communion: I made a leap from my sinking ship to the safety of a sturdy, comfortable lifeboat. It wasn’t any single big thing. It began when I was a junior at LHS, with a combination of small disillusionments lying mostly dormant at the back of my mind, ignored, brushed aside, poking me occasionally, but mostly lost to the everyday busyness of life. Finally, though, circumstances forced me to recognize that I had to make a change or lose my self-respect, and I started church shopping, in spite of a lifetime of being told that church shopping should be avoided.

When I first came to Mass one Sunday at Saint Paul’s, I was surprised at how immediately I felt at home. Continued reading, study, and discussions with Father Tom brought me to the conclusion that this was the place for me where I was dealing with the same theology I had been taught, but in a better institution, with a better interpretation and communication of that theology. It was a wonderful leap.