Being
a Catholic Hipster is all about an attitude—an attitude grounded in
being part of a countercultural community of believers dedicated to
something bigger than themselves in a world dominated by
self-centeredness. It’s about yearning to learn more about the
faith by seeking out “Catholic cool”—overlooked saints,
forgotten prayers and feast days, and traditional practices long set
aside by mainstream believers. The
Catholic Hipster podcaster
Tommy Tighe will help readers rediscover everything awesome about the
Catholic faith.
The
Catholic Hipster started out in 2014 with a little bit of fun—the
Catholic Hipster of the Year contest—on Tighe’s blog. But Twitter
is where—in all its 140-character glory—that Tighe’s “The
Catholic Hipster” movement really took root. That’s where a group
of cool and funky counter cultural Catholics gather to swap
one-liners, hilarious hipster memes, and all things authentically
Catholic.
Tighe
even met comedienne Jeannie Gaffigan, who wrote the foreword for The
Catholic Hipster Handbook,
on Twitter. She said what drew her to the feed was that Tighe was “an
embarrassingly Catholic dude who knew he was embarrassingly Catholic
and was not embarrassed by it” and that he was “not preachy or
judgey or divisive.” Catholic hipsters in a nutshell.
Tighe
and a group of hipster friends—including Sarah Vabulas, Anna
Mitchell, Fr. Kyle Schnippel, and Lisa M. Hendey—explore the
beautiful weirdness of the Catholic Church and invite others along
for the journey. They share their love for extraordinary saints,
offer up obscure prayers, provide short reflections on something
quirky and Catholic they’ve rediscovered, and dare readers to put
their faith into action with some cool and challenging practices they
can do on their own.
Discover
what’s awesome about:
- Wearing
a scapular
- Applying
Laudato
Si’
at your local farmer’s market
- Hanging
with priests, monks, and nuns
- Learning
to see Christ in making beer
- Praying
the Rosary everywhere you go
- Loving
the Latin Mass
- Making
the Liturgy of the Hours a daily part of your routine
The
Catholic Hipster Handbook will
help readers realize the only way to go against what’s normal and
accepted in the culture is to be authentically Catholic.