in Pennsylvania's First Congressional District
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania's_1st_congressional_district http://archphila.org/pastplan/MAPS/Arch.pdf
and the Central Garden State

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

"a serious 'man-crisis' in the Catholic Church"?

Might this have anything to do with why the pro life / pro family message is NOT being screamed from the rooftops?

"There is a serious 'man-crisis' in the Catholic Church....Unless the Church, including its bishops, priests and lay men begin to take notice and make the evangelization of Catholic men a priority, the Catholic Church in the west will decay, as more and more men abandon the Church. There can be no New Evangelization unless there is a New Emangelization, creating generations of Catholic men who are on fire for Jesus Christ and His Catholic Church....:

"Unchecked, the exodus of Catholic men from the faith is likely to continue as men become increasingly casual about Catholicism.

  • About 11 million adult men in the U.S. were raised Catholic but left the faith[1] and men are under-represented in the Church versus their share of the total population (46% of parishioners are male versus 49% of the population).[2]

"Casual Catholic men lack passion for the faith....

  • During the last 20 years, men have become less certain about being Catholic: in 1987, 50.1% men said they would “never leave the Church”[22]; in 2005 the number had fallen to 42.3%.[23] This means that almost 60% of Catholic men would consider leaving the Church; these men have become “Casual Catholics”, Catholics who are casual about the faith.

"Catholic men’s ambivalence about Catholicism results in low involvement.

  • Only about 1/3 of Catholic men (33%) say they attend Mass on a weekly basis.[24]....

"The prevalence of so many Casual Catholic men matters, for it will further weaken the Church in future years....

"The loss of Catholic men and the growing numbers of Casual Catholic men have other negative effects on parishes and the Church.

  • Fewer men reduce the pool for priestly and religious male vocations.
  • Lower levels of active adult men also influences young men to become disengaged from the Church. The 'face' of the Church is feminine; men are underrepresented in the pews (only 37% of regular mass attendees are men).[40]
  • Further, a Notre Dame study shows that 70-90% of catechesis, service, bible study activities are led by women, causing the authors to suggest that 'young males…assume that serious religious studies are a women’s business,' resulting in greater numbers of younger men being disengaged.[41]
  • Men are needed for healthy and growing parishes; research shows that congregations with greater portions of men are more likely to be growing.[42]
  • Men are much more influential in the conversion of their families than women. Research shows that when a woman converts to Christianity, 17% of the time the whole family converts. When a man converts, 93% of the time the whole family converts.[43]" (The Catholic “Man-Crisis” Factsheet).

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