- The Record Archives
- Volume CXVIII, No. XXII - December 1, 2005 -
Mass might not be such a bad place to find a date
Guest columnist
College is a time for so many things.
Some people get an education, some people make life-long friendships and some others find a person to date or marry.
With that said, I want to take a moment to reply to an article in the most recent edition of The Record.
Senior Erika Nelson made a great point: Mass is a place where you can meet people.
Successful relationships and marriages need to have many different things.
One of the factors in most good, successful marriages is some shared set of values and principles.
If the husband is an axe murder and the wife works as a Lutheran minister, as an example, this would create a bit of conflict, don't you think?
Finding a person to be with isn't always easy.
It is made easier when an environment provides groups of people who you know prescribe to a generally similar set of values.
Because about 66 percent of the CSB/SJU community is part of the same religion, Mass is a great place to begin to recognize the faces of some of the people who might share your values closely.
In addition, I know many people who are not part of that 66 percent, but still go to Mass because it is about community, not about being the next contestant on the "Newlyweds".
No one is asking someone on a date on their way to communion.
The second thing worth mentioning is the idea that women tend to dress inappropriately.
I am not sure who Nelson is specifically referencing.
Maybe I need to sit in other portions of the Abbey, but in the space where I sit, everyone looks very decent.
I regularly go to church with a group of women, none of whom I have ever seen dress even close to inappropriately.
In addition to seeing those sitting around me, I have yet another point of observation in that I do Eucharistic Ministering.
Because I am standing in front of the student body, I actually can see most of what they are wearing.
I decided to take a closer look last week.
Again, I didn't see a single person who was even remotely close to being dressed inappropriately.
Maybe Nelson's article was motivation for them to change their ways.
I believe that she is right, Mass can be a place where relationships are formed.
Maybe there is a reason for this though.
I think it is worth thinking about the idea that those people in the Abbey church between 9-10 p.m. on Sunday nights probably have similar values.
Additionally, I think the women of CSB do a great job dressing properly.
By all means, please join us next week, dressing appropriately, of course.
This is the opinon of George Konstantinides, a junior biology major at SJU. Contact him at gnkonstanti@csbsju.edu.