Thursday, 4:30 PM
Pint of Guinness, side of theology
By Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff
Bad Abbots, a pub in Quincy with 10 beer taps, is preparing tonight for a crowd of more 100 people who aren't coming to hear Irish music or watch Gaelic football.
Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley, the archbishop of Boston, will be speaking about faith and evangelization as part of an effort to reach young people.
"It's not thumping the Bible by any means or saying that you should be in church," said Peter Kerr, the owner of Bad Abbots. "It's just reaching out to 21- to 35-year-olds."
O'Malley is appearing as a part of "Theology of Tap," a program started in suburban Chicago in 1981 designed to draw reach out to young Catholics.
"It's an opportunity to talk about church and the experience of God outside Sunday Mass," said Anastacia Stornetta, the coordinator of young adult ministries for the Archdiocese of Boston.
Last October, O'Malley spoke at The Brewery Exchange in Lowell. At Bad Abbots, the cardinal is one of 10 speakers who will appear over several months. Others have included Sister Olga Yaqob, an Iraqi nun who spent seven years serving the prisoners at Abu Ghraib.
O'Malley is scheduled to be speaking 7 p.m. Bad Abbots is located at 1546 Hancock St.
