tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1531497517644951122.post9193854409216949944..comments2024-03-21T00:15:48.886-07:00Comments on Philothea on Phire: Vortex: The Liberal LegacyJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09927474235629912604noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1531497517644951122.post-67831590653752146382013-03-14T12:34:09.994-07:002013-03-14T12:34:09.994-07:00"Heck, in my own backyard there is a deacon a..."Heck, in my own backyard there is a deacon and a DRE who both disagree with Church teaching on contraception and homosexuality."<br /><br />This reminds me of a story, Dr. Jay. An aquaintance of mine sponsored her B-I-L for RCIA back in the late 1990s. <br /><br />You know the drill. Sit in a circle during the sessions (after Mass) and talk about what the Sunday readings mean to you...that was about it as far as the so-called catechesis on faith, morals, discipline and liturgy was concerned.<br /><br />After the Easter Vigil Mass for the reception of the candidates the pastor came up to my friend and asked, "So, what do you think about the RCIA process and the candidates?" She replied, "Father, I think you have seven fine new Protestants in your parish!" He shook his head and walked away.<br /><br />*This* is a snapshot of your average parish. (with fine exceptions, TBTG!) De facto Protestants "teaching" other RCIA candidates to be Protestants themselves.<br /><br />Wonderful.<br /><br />CKCatechist Kevnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1531497517644951122.post-15305556894043781572013-03-14T10:04:45.557-07:002013-03-14T10:04:45.557-07:00I know what you mean, Elizabeth; usually we see po...I know what you mean, Elizabeth; usually we see polls saying that weekly Mass attendance correlates with greater fidelity to Church teaching. My own personal experience, though, is that there are many Catholics who attend Mass every Sunday, but still don't understand or agree with all the teachings of the Church. Heck, in my own backyard there is a deacon and a DRE who both disagree with Church teaching on contraception and homosexuality. With "leaders" like that in a parish, it's not really unexpected that even weekly-Mass attendees are beginning to show signs of infidelity.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09927474235629912604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1531497517644951122.post-25874608979358384842013-03-14T09:03:47.837-07:002013-03-14T09:03:47.837-07:00I'm in total agreement that our Church is in d...I'm in total agreement that our Church is in dire straits, major crisis. No debate there from me. <br /><br />But some of the numbers quoted, i.e., 8 out of 10 Catholics.....62% of Catholics..... I just have to wonder (maybe I'm being naive:)) if these figures reflect Roman Catholics who are actually Roman Catholics, that attend Mass at least once a week or are these figures representing any person who calls themselves a catholic but never actually attends Mass. I use that as an example because the Mass attendance seems to be a qualifier, and a good one, in a lot of polls I've seen over the years.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08481730297658525937noreply@blogger.com