On Wednesday, Harris and several hundred other students took part in an Ash Wednesday service at Belmont, which until recently was Baptist. The service, led this year by Catholic Bishop David Choby and Todd Lake, Belmont's vice president of spiritual development, has become an annual event.
It's part of a broader trend of evangelicals, who are rediscovering liturgical practices they once shunned.
Harris said that in her three years at Belmont, she's seen Protestant students move from completely rejecting her Catholic faith to being curious about Catholic practices.
"It's not that they are interested in the Catholic Church. It's like there's a big circle and slash around it — no, do not pass go," she said. "What I do see is that people have this respect, and crave liturgical traditions."...