Catholic Traditions Paper

I am sitting here (when I should be at Sienafest..long story) writing my paper for Catholic Traditions. Of my many term papers I was required to write at the end of this semester, I am finding this the hardest of all. Analyzing a character is easy once you get into the swing of writing, however, I feel as though I am writing about a foreign topic. I am not very religious and some of the teachings I have to write about are very hard to grasp....plus I can't stop thinking about Sienafest and what I'm missing....