April 29, 2007: Single Woman in a New City

What is this crazy woman up to? What is this blog about? Well being a single Catholic in Albuquerque, New Mexico, relatively a small town, where typically people already have their cliques established at birth, is a challenge. What is this woman from Southern California, who is involved in an intense ministry, has high morals, is really picky, supposed to do for a social life? Love life? This is what this blog is about; figuring out who God is calling me to be in relationship with others in this world. I am using a word play with the title, Catholic in the City. Have you seen the show Sex and the City? Well my morals are quite different than the show but I think ultimately I have a similar goal...to share love and be loved. Obviously some major differences are that I will be chaste in the city until the day I marry. Lastly, I am not writing this because I think I am a great writer. But, I do have a lot of thoughts that have the potential to be insightful. And, if anything I can evoke provoking questions.

Today, Good Shepherd Sunday, we heard a homily on relationships and how important it is to be in relationship with others. Not being in relationships with others stagnates our own development. Although this is a topic that I think is obvious it is interesting to think about how much the morals of our individualistic society push us away from being in relationships, when in reality our souls crave relationships. If we are meant to be in relationship with others, male or female, what is a single woman in a new small town supposed to do in this case? I do not question my "being" in Albuquerque. But I do ponder for what end am I here? What is the end goal? What relationships will form me into who I am supposed to become? Where am I going to build these relationships? Have I already built them? If relationships are the essence of being human and building the nexus of relationships in a new area is difficult what is a gal supposed to do?