Being a part of Notre Dame’s “digital generation” student body, I cannot remember a time when information and contact with a friend or family member weren’t a click away. The digital world is increasingly inescapable. However, despite its almost complete permeation into every part of my daily life, there was no trace of tech in my trips to Mass pre-Covid. Attending Mass in my living room, staring at my TV screen, and sitting, standing, and kneeling on the rug suddenly made me realise I had taken something beautiful for granted. I prayed and prayed and prayed that I wouldn’t wake up one day and think that this was normal, that I wouldn’t forget what it was like to sit alongside my Catholic brothers and sisters in sanctuary. With the rest of our lives already so digitised, it would be too easy to accept this final adjustment.
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being a part of notre dame’s “digital generation” student body, i cannot remember a time when information and contact with a friend or famil...
Anna Hurt

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