I decided to “Pope My Ride” recently with a sticker I bought at The Catholic Shoppe at Belmont Abbey College. It reads “One Holy Catholic Apostolic” and features the papal crest: sure to be a magnet for fundamentalist literature being placed under my windshield wiper at some point in the future.
This was my first visit to Belmont Abbey, and it was somewhat spur of the moment. I was driving between Winston-Salem and Atlanta this past Thursday. It was a dreary, rainy day, and I felt like taking a break just past Charlotte. I knew that Belmont Abbey was in the area (thanks to all of the “Got Monks?” ads I’ve seen and Patrick Madrid’s frequent plugs on his radio show), so I decided to stop, stretch my legs, and check out the campus. In spite of the rain, the campus was quite pleasant and the manager in The Catholic Shoppe very friendly. Hopefully, I’ll be able to visit again…in better weather!
