- growing up I was raised Catholic ... - when the pandemic first started I stopped going to church, and my role as a youth minister wasn't needed - I went to a Catholic college and thought it might help me reconnect with my faith, but in the end it played a role in leading me to transfer - I've realized my values don't really line up with the Catholic church. If it weren't for the pandemic, I probably would have left it at that. - the pandemic didn't directly push me away, but these two events happened concurrently.