I was fascinated by Peggy Steinfels's memoir of growing up in a Chicago Catholic world. So I thought I'd open a thread, with a question. Which little First Communicant is you, Peggy? I haven't gotten my paper version yet.Woops--looking again, it isn't first communion. What is it?

Cathleen Kaveny is the Darald and Juliet Libby Professor in the Theology Department and Law School at Boston College.

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