| Why is it that people feel compelled to adorn their | | | | educators and administrators; Episcopalians, Catholics, |
| bodies and personal belongings with other people's | | | | Methodist and Lutheran teachers were in attendance. |
| names? Gucci bags, Hermes scarves, Louis Vuitton | | | | I run a small company (Terra Sancta Guild, that |
| luggage, not to mention the hefty price tag that | | | | designs and manufactures religious symbolism for |
| goes along with becoming a walking advertisement | | | | ministers of liturgy as well as personal signs of faith. |
| for what our society perceives as a status symbol. | | | | We also take commissions for custom design work. |
| Are these objects of desire really a reflection of our | | | | This was our reason for attending the conference. I |
| inner selves? Do they make a statement about who | | | | was hopeful to speak to people who were |
| we really are? | | | | interested in a custom commemorative for their |
| Recently I attended a conference for religious | | | | Diocese or Church. |