How Many In Your Family Have Left The Church?

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I have 6 siblings. Four of us go to church weekly. One is an athiest. Two believe in God, but not organized religion.

We all went to Catholic School for 12 years.

Our parents were faithful Catholics. My mother was aware of the non attending and non believing children and she prayed the Rosary every day for them. I have begun doing that now that she has passed away. I know this has happened and my parents were faithful Catholics to the end.
 
Your poll doesn’t allow for family that claims to be Catholic, but behves anything but.
 
Depending on how it’s defined with my close relatives I’d either say 1 or 3. My sister left for protestantism. My father and mother didn’t formally leave, but they are openly not following the teachings of the Church.
 
Nearly all of my extended family have, and they give H and I flak for not following the same path. :confused:
 
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Fitz:
I have 6 siblings. Four of us go to church weekly. One is an athiest. Two believe in God, but not organized religion.

We all went to Catholic School for 12 years.

Our parents were faithful Catholics. My mother was aware of the non attending and non believing children and she prayed the Rosary every day for them. I have begun doing that now that she has passed away. I know this has happened and my parents were faithful Catholics to the end.
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Will you please add my brother John to your prayers. I would love all my family to be back home in the Church but I really REALLY miss him…thank you.
 
My dad (who died in July) and all 4 of my brothers. Just goes to show the influence a father can have on his family. —KCT
 
I will be interested to see the results of this poll over time!!!

I just wanted to add that I have started a support group for those feeling the pain of fallen away Catholics in their lives. Check out the info in my signature for more information. Or, you can send a message to lovecatholic-subscribe@yahoogroups.com to subscribe to the support group. God bless!
 
Out of 7 children only 4 remained Catholic (one of the 4 died last year so that leaves only 3 of us) My brother’s entire family are now Mormons including my sister’s children (3 of them)who he adopted when my sister passed away. (she was a devout Catholic) my other sister is “nothing”. My another brother is not practicing anything, but his wife is a very Religious woman deep in her Faith in the Luthern (spelling?) Church since birth, so at least her children have their Mom’s Religion. Only one brother,and my little sister and myself remained Catholic. But it’s their lives and maybe some day I pray, they will find their way home.
 
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Will you please add my brother John to your prayers. I would love all my family to be back home in the Church but I really REALLY miss him…thank you.
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Hey, I would be honored to pray for John too. It is hard when you have to miss people that are still alive- I know.
 
One sister renounces it all, one brother says he does but still shows up on Christmas and Easter…I think there is still hope for them yet.
 
My mom has left the church I know and a couple of her brothers…I am worried about my mom tho cuz she divorced my dad when I was a baby and remarried my stepdad and never got her first marriage annulled for reasons she won’t share with me…I can’t understand why anyone would want to leave this wonderful church after being blessed enough to be born into it…just my thoughts.
 
I know no one from my immediate family and anyone from my extended family (even 2nd cousins, aunts, etc.) that have left the Catholic Church. 😃
 
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I know no one from my immediate family and anyone from my extended family (even 2nd cousins, aunts, etc.) that have left the Catholic Church. 😃
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You are certainly blessed. You can see it is rare.
 
I’m actually quite surprised by how rare that is. I know throughout my lifetime, members of my family have had their doubts, or have waned in their faith, but none of us really considered leaving the church and joining another denomination.

I guess the reason is for this is example. My grandparents were not only very pious, but also very active in the church. They passed this on to my parents and my aunts and uncles - in turn, they passed it on to us. I understand that my grandfather on my father’s side even studied at one point to be a priest. As my father said, “He’s the most pious man I’ve ever known.” This burns as a tremendous example of faith and heritage.

My parents were constantly trying to set the example of prayer in our home, through the Rosary, through the Sacraments, and through private prayer and devotion. They took the time out to explain why we should continue in our faith, how we can benefit, and they support us to this day. Not to say that we sometimes had our disagreements, but in time, and with our own individual developements in the Faith, we’ve all come toward having a faith that is deep and meaningful. It is a great blessing, not only for me, but for my children as well, to know that our Catholic tradition and great heritage is alive and well in our family.

God Bless -
Tonks40 🙂
 
Yep, of my dad’s 6 siblings, only he and his two brothers are active. Of my mom’s siblings, she is the only one who stayed Catholic; her sister is a protestant of some sort and her two brothers just don’t go anymore. 😦

Eamon
 
There were 5 of us kids in the family. Three (boy, girl, boy) and then a time lapse of 8 years, then two more girls. My mother was a good Catholic woman. My dad, a Lutheran who went to church when he felt like it. Never any mention of religion in the house, but a lot of contention over it.

All of us kids went to religious ed ( Dad wouldn’t allow Catholic school) through 12th grade. The three of us older kids are stanch Catholics, the two boys very active in their parish (though the oldest’s son has left the church) and married stanch Catholics. The two last girls, who learned the watered-down version of Catholicism which started to be taught in the early 70’s, left when they were in their late teens, early twenties. The first was marrying a Baptist, so joined the Baptist church. Now they are divorced and are both nothing. Their kids are not even baptised. No one in that family goes to any church.

The second also married a Baptist in my dad’s Lutheran Church. They have since left the Lutheran Church and joined the Episcopal Church. The last time I talked with my sister, they had gotten disenchanted with the Episcopal Church (they have a homosexual youth minister which made my sister queezy). My sister was astonished with some of the things they were teaching in her daughter’s Sunday school class. The biggest was that communion wasn’t really the body of Christ. She always thought it was. I straighten her out—“Well, since the Episcopal Church doesn’t have a valid priesthood, they can’t possibly have the Real Presence.” And left it at that. I still have hopes for her returning.

My three kids are all still Catholic even though 2 of them have been away from home for a number of years. The third, who just turned 18, is even taking her boyfriend, who is from a nominally Buddhist family, to Mass most Sundays.

Mary Fran
 
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