Canada: Churches come tumbling down

[gilliam]

Is Christian Canada dying?

 

[CHCatholic]

Christian Canada is long dead
Canada, in my honest opinion, isn’t a nation, but a refuge for those who want to do anything they want…and are allowed.

 

[Dale_M]

CHCatholic, do you think Canada is less religious than the U.S.? I often read mention of how secular Europe has become relative to the U.S., but what about the upper part of North America?

The article has an interesting theory, which (if true) should apply to all Western nations:

But it is impossible to refute or underemphasize the fact that religion was suddenly confronted in the 1960s by changes in the social construct of gender and a resulting severing of the centuries-old linkage between Christian piety and femininity.

Women — the traditional mainstays of institutional religion — in huge numbers abruptly rejected the church’s patriarchal exemplar of them as chaste, submissive “angels in the house” with all of the social and moral responsibility for community and family but none of the authority.

Unable to find acceptable religious role models or religious ideals that were not painful or oppressive, they reconstructed their identities as secular and sexual beings.

I’ve never thought about the feminist movement (or women’s liberation, if you prefer that term) contributing to secularization, but it makes a certain amount of sense.

 

[po18guy]

Christian Canada is long dead
Canada, in my honest opinion, isn’t a nation, but a refuge for those who want to do anything they want…and are allowed.

Unless you want to speak of Christian moral beliefs or own a gun…

My neighbor to the North, (or is it the South?) may you have a very merry Christmas and a blessed new year.

 

[tvdxer]

CHCatholic, do you think Canada is less religious than the U.S.? I often read mention of how secular Europe has become relative to the U.S., but what about the upper part of North America?

The article has an interesting theory, which (if true) should apply to all Western nations:

I’ve never thought about the feminist movement (or women’s liberation, if you prefer that term) contributing to secularization, but it makes a certain amount of sense.

Canada is said to be less religious than the U.S., but more religious than most European countries.

Likewise, from what I have read, British Columbia and Quebec are the most liberal, secularized provinces, while the Prairie provinces are the most religious, with a “Bible belt”, especially in southern Alberta.

 

[revelations]

Hailing from Quebec I can safely say we are the most secularized it gets. If it wasn’t for the steady stream of pious new-arrivals, most churches would be long closed by now. This is a province where in the 50’s people became priests because they didn’t have to pay highway tolls, they were like rock stars. It’s no longer St. Jean Baptiste day, it’s “Fete Nationale”. The church is entirely out of all the schools now, but our secular politicians maintain that “we want to separate church and state…[and]…we must uphold our christian education system!”

Quebecers are perhaps the most racist (out of ignorance) people i have ever known (i’ve lived here my whole life), and the new “threat” of emmigrated muslims caused such a huge stir they had a public council on how to deal with it. The best quote from a muslim Imam was: “i dont understand, people that don’t even practice a religion they profess are telling us we cant practice ours?”

The Church is despised by many, here’s a good quote from the french media: “the Catholic Church still maintains its opressive stance against women on contraception and priesthood, and refuses to accept Gay unions on equal grounds.” Marriages have plummeted in favor of co-habitation, there’s no point to get married as most already have kids.

I think it was necessary for the Church to get pushed aside for a while, things needed to be purged and cleaned up. You know, open the windows and let in some new air. Let things get really bad, and then rise up from it.

Despite all the bad there is new good. The local priest said it the best, that the church has to lose a lot of priests, and God will CALL on the ones he wants, not the ones that want the life.

Patience and charity…patience and charity…and being able to handle getting called a racist, sexist, brainwashed, neandrathal

Montreal, you’re my city!

 

[revelations]

From the article:

“Welland United could have paddled along a few more years. The congregation is lively; there are children; there have been a few new members. Two men who came to get married —** the church offers a gay marriage ceremony — stayed on**. But the falling-down tower was its death knell.”

This could also explain it…

 

[mschrank]

I say let God sort em’ out. “Let him who is filthy be filthy still”

 

[GaelicGuy]

Don’t give up on Canada just yet! Some of the most truly Christian people I know are Canadian & are extremely proud to be both.
I know that Canada has acquired somewhat of an anti-Christian reputation, but let’s not forget that the whole world was a cold house for Christians for hundreds of years! Just because a city or a province is an uncomfortable environment for the Church & even saturated with sin, doesn’t mean the Church cannot flourish & thrive. The Holy Spirit can melt even the hardest of hearts, many of us now that fact from personal experience, nothing is impossible with God!
Pray the Rosary for the conversion of Canada, especially Ontario.
There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that whole nations can be converted within our lifetime & I try to play my own small part in the process by praying for individual nations daily.
Prayer is the most powerful weapon we will ever encounter.

 

[SILVERNAME]

Hey, lets not forget that lifesite news is a Canadian website operated by good Canadian Christians.

lifesite.net/

I’m praying for lifesite news and our fellow Catholics and Christians in Canada.

 

[Lil_M]

Just because buildings crumble does not mean the Faith is decaying. In my hometown, three parishes have merged into one because of old churches. But they are building a larger church to accommodate. It is very sad to lose the beautiful buildings, but I don’t imagine the situation is much different elsewhere in North America, unfortunately Canada is not unique in this regard. However, I see MANY young families in my parish at Mass on Sundays, and see hope for the Church in our country.