Shedding my Catholic guilt

Anna Rawhiti-Connell grapples to reconcile her history as part of a church which offered ritual and comfort, but is currently cloaked in guilt Catholic guilt is a funny thing. Even after 20 years of not being a practising Catholic, I am still prone to lugging guilt around with me like a handbag no one has cleaned out for years. I feel guilty about things I did in primary school. I feel guilty about procrastinating on writing this column. I feel guilty that my procrastination means my husband is having to make dinner while I write.

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