Lapsed

By: Monica Dux

Narrated by: Monica Dux

Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

Losing your religion is harder than it looks....

From devout 10-year-old performing the part of Jesus in a primary school play to blaspheming undergraduate atheist, Monica Dux and her attitude to the Catholic Church changed profoundly over a decade. Eventually, she calmed down and was just 'lapsed'. Then, on a family trip to Rome, her young daughter expressed a desire to be baptised. Monica found herself re-examining her own childhood and how Catholicism had shaped her. Was it really out of her system, or was it in her blood for life?

In Lapsed, Monica sets out to find the answer. Her investigations lead her to test a miracle cure in Lourdes and visit the grave of a headless Saint who claimed to be married to Christ (and wore a wedding ring made of his foreskin to prove it). She speaks to canon lawyers, abuse survivors and even a nun who insists that the Virgin Mary starts her car every morning.

©2021 Monica Dux (P)2021 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Just what I was looking for...

What an insightful, funny, honest and enlightening read (listen). Thank you Monica Dux. You give me courage to continue to explore, write & share the stories of my own untangling from Catholicism.

For the questioning ExCatholic

This book was suggested to me by someone on the Reddit ExCatholic subreddit after I experienced some severe trauma at the hands of the Church. While I still believe in God and Jesus (the author is now an atheist) this book helped me come to peace with leaving the Church. It helped me to better understand and voice many of the issues I've had with Catholicism over the years, and did all this in a delightful and heartfelt book. At times humorous, while at other times tear inducing, I actually felt sad when the book ended and wanted to immediately begin it again!