This Isn't the Catholic Church You Were Expecting

Last night I went to Eucharistic Minister training at our church. A Eucharistic Minister helps distribute communion at Mass. The instruction was suffused with the theme of giving of yourself for the sake of others. As I sat there, I reflected on other events in my Catholic education. They all had the same quality.

Not quite the image portrayed in the media. I wondered what strangers to the Church would think if they saw and experienced it.