The Student Voices...

Freshman said, “When Father Felix was talking about gay people like they were not real people because my best friend growing up was gay.”

Worst experience: Freshman said, “The pastor insulting gay people” and Freshman said, “Receiving a lot of hate for being LGBTQ”

Senior said, “The worst experience I have had with the church is when they discovered the bodies of kids who were placed in residential schools. I've never been more embarrassed to be a catholic and abide with the church. I will never be able to express the feeling I felt at that time.”

Sophomore said, “My worst experience has been witnessing the amount of pain some of the people of the Catholic faith have been inflicting on others, and the backlash that comes with it as well Despite even the Pope declaring that injustices towards minorities such as the LGBTQ+ community are sins, there are still many that go out of their way to hate on them and separate them from the Church. Personally, I feel like this is the opposite of what should truly be happening, as even Jesus was inclusive and kind to the ones who were "different".”

Senior said, “My worst experience is finding out one of my priests was stealing money.” Senior said, “My worst experience with Church has been when in Catholic schools, we often don’t have the option of attending mass in Spanish I feel like it would make it much more enjoyable. I also feel like with the Church in general, they put to much emphasis on what is written in the Bible, and make those minorities or from the LGBTQ feel left out.”