In addition to the beer, playing baseball on the Catholic league has been educational. After her first game, Evangeline said to me, “They don’t pray right.”
I said, “Did they pray to Mary?”
She said, “I don’t know, but it wasn’t right”
The next week, Mark took Evangeline to her game. He heard them say the “Hail Mary.” On the ride home, Mark explained to her that we don’t pray to Mary, but we don’t think it would be right for her to say anything to her teammates about their prayer. He told her to just stand quietly when they were “praying” before the game.
Calvin’s team crosses themselves before each game. So far, we noticed no praying or crossing on Nevin’s team.