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I went to parochial grammar school, and I give thanks to the Catholic training because of course, they brought me to the heart of Jesus.

I grew up in a very Catholic family. Up until puberty, I would go to a Catholic church every week.

I was raised in a heavily Catholic family. Early and consistent encounters with mysticism.

I did attend Catholic schools up to the ninth grade, and I admire much in the Catholic Church.

I would not call myself Catholic anymore, but I went to 16 years of Catholic school: grade school, high school and college.

I was brought up a Catholic and I was quite fervent, because I was sent to a convent school.

That was my aspiration, so I was there in a seminary with just boys who were studying to be priests. Pretty rigorous schooling; we never got home, we stayed there all year.

I attended Sunday School and then church with my father and mother throughout my childhood.

Ours was a very progressive Protestant family, but my parents were God-loving rather than God-fearing. We went to church, and I still go with my mum and dad when I return home - it's a family thing. I played flute in my dad's marching band, but I had an integrated upbringing. We had a lot of Catholic friends.