The Catholic Hipster Handbook: Rediscovering Cool Saints, Forgotten Prayers, and Other Weird but Sacred Stuff

Winner of a 2019 Catholic Press Association Award: Backlist Beauty (First Place). Being a Catholic Hipster is all about an attitudean attitude grounded in being part of a countercultural community of believers dedicated to something bigger than themselves in a world dominated by self-centeredness. Its about yearning to learn more about the faith by seeking out Catholic cooloverlooked 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 funthe Catholic Hipster of the Year conteston Tighes blog. But Twitter is wherein all its 140-character glorythat Tighes The Catholic Hipster movement really took root. Thats where a group of cool and funky countercultural 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 friendsincluding Sarah Vabulas, Anna Mitchell, Fr. Kyle Schnippel, and Lisa M. Hendeyexplore 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 theyve rediscovered, and dare readers to put their faith into action with some cool and challenging practices they can do on their own. Discover whats awesome about: Wearing a scapular Applying Laudato Si at your local farmers 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 whats normal and accepted in the culture is to be authentically Catholic.