The New Catholic ETSY
By Chiara Finaldi
here are many advantages to living in a Catholic country like Italy,
where I am from. Whenever a sacrament is celebrated or a godchild celebrates a birthday, there’s always a little religious shop around the corner. Twenty years ago when I arrived in London, I found things were not quite the same. Not a single shop had any remotely religious-looking item on the shelf. The only three Catholic shops? Next to Westminster Cathedral.
Fast forward to today and the situation on England’s high streets hasn’t changed, though now there’s online shopping. Beyond the ubiquitous Amazon, there’s Etsy shops galore.
But not long ago a search engine sent me to a promising site I’d not seen before: Peter’s Square, ‘A Community of Catholic Stores’. Could it be possible? Had I finally found a ‘Catholic’ Etsy?
Peter’s Square looks great. Fresh, modern and easy to access -- even to me who doesn’t have much patience where technology or computers are concerned.
Intrigued by the idea of a Catholic platform where Catholic sellers and buyers can meet? So was I.
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