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From the National Catholic Register.
ncregister.com/site/article/survey-evangelize-parents-strengthen-families/
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ncregister.com/site/article/survey-evangelize-parents-strengthen-families/
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jeannetherese
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I thought this bit might be of particular interest as discussion of parish catechesis and catechesis in homilies is often discussed in our fora.
"Opportunity for Evangelizers
Gray said the prevailing assumption before this survey of parents, which was taken during the school year, had been that parish-based religious-education programs were educating Catholic children who did not end up in Catholic schools.
“That’s just not the case anymore,” he said.
CARA’s study reported that 68% of Catholic parents did not have their children enrolled in brick-and-mortar formal religious instruction.
Only 21% of parents reported enrolling their children in parish religious-education classes, and only 5% of parents had children involved in youth ministry. A mere 8% attend Catholic grade school, and 3% attend Catholic high school.
Read more: ncregister.com/site/article/survey-evangelize-parents-strengthen-families/#ixzz3hjfIkXLG
Reading on, the article discusses, among other things) the possiblitiy of electronic options (online) catechesis and intentional discipleship.
"Opportunity for Evangelizers
Gray said the prevailing assumption before this survey of parents, which was taken during the school year, had been that parish-based religious-education programs were educating Catholic children who did not end up in Catholic schools.
“That’s just not the case anymore,” he said.
CARA’s study reported that 68% of Catholic parents did not have their children enrolled in brick-and-mortar formal religious instruction.
Only 21% of parents reported enrolling their children in parish religious-education classes, and only 5% of parents had children involved in youth ministry. A mere 8% attend Catholic grade school, and 3% attend Catholic high school.
Read more: ncregister.com/site/article/survey-evangelize-parents-strengthen-families/#ixzz3hjfIkXLG
Reading on, the article discusses, among other things) the possiblitiy of electronic options (online) catechesis and intentional discipleship.
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pianistclare
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Sounds about right. We have oodles of children in our parish, but once they receive First Communion, they disappear. Often, with their parents. Many parents drop their kids off at sports events, and come to Mass alone or skip it entirely.
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jeannetherese
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We’ve been discussing keeping kids strong in faith as they become adults on another thread (liturgy and sacraments.)
This article aligns with many of the responses in its link to the importance of the parent.
See below:
"WASHINGTON — As the Church in the U.S. prepares for the upcoming synod on the family, a new study on Catholic parents shows frequent Mass attendance ties closely with benefits to family life and overall church participation.
According to experts, the study gives a new baseline for parishes, dioceses and apostolates determined to connect with families and evangelize them in the 21st century.
“The more likely you are to go to Mass, the more likely you are to feel it’s important for your kids to celebrate the sacraments, the more likely you are to pray together as a family,” said Mark Gray, a senior research associate with Georgetown University’s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) and author of a new survey focusing on Catholic parents aged 25 to 45 who are raising minor children.
And parents whose families went to weekly Mass reported the highest rates of engaged family life: such as eating together as a family every night (58%) and also engaging in family activities outside of dinner (74%) — family game night, for example — at least once a week. The rates were only slightly lower for families attending Mass at least once a month."
Read more: ncregister.com/site/article/survey-evangelize-parents-strengthen-families/#ixzz3hx0ruYOk
This article aligns with many of the responses in its link to the importance of the parent.
See below:
"WASHINGTON — As the Church in the U.S. prepares for the upcoming synod on the family, a new study on Catholic parents shows frequent Mass attendance ties closely with benefits to family life and overall church participation.
According to experts, the study gives a new baseline for parishes, dioceses and apostolates determined to connect with families and evangelize them in the 21st century.
“The more likely you are to go to Mass, the more likely you are to feel it’s important for your kids to celebrate the sacraments, the more likely you are to pray together as a family,” said Mark Gray, a senior research associate with Georgetown University’s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) and author of a new survey focusing on Catholic parents aged 25 to 45 who are raising minor children.
And parents whose families went to weekly Mass reported the highest rates of engaged family life: such as eating together as a family every night (58%) and also engaging in family activities outside of dinner (74%) — family game night, for example — at least once a week. The rates were only slightly lower for families attending Mass at least once a month."
Read more: ncregister.com/site/article/survey-evangelize-parents-strengthen-families/#ixzz3hx0ruYOk
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pianistclare
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Yes. The problem is that many people no longer go to weekly Mass, and they tend to not want “fight that battle” with their teens.
It makes complete sense that your interests lie where you invest them.
Fewer and fewer people are attending Mass regularly.
Kids will be dropped off for classes while parents runs errands. No wonder the young people think Mass and Sacraments are “optional” or for “religious fanatics”.
When I mention Holy Days of Obligation, they look at me like I have 3 heads.
The adults, I mean.
It makes complete sense that your interests lie where you invest them.
Fewer and fewer people are attending Mass regularly.
Kids will be dropped off for classes while parents runs errands. No wonder the young people think Mass and Sacraments are “optional” or for “religious fanatics”.
When I mention Holy Days of Obligation, they look at me like I have 3 heads.
The adults, I mean.
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johnnyc176
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I think that most ‘catholics’ that leave the Faith do so not because they are unaware of the teachings of Jesus but are very much aware. They then do as protestants and separate Jesus from His Church, the Catholic Church and say they don’t agree with ‘Church teaching’. It is one thing to say that the Catholic Church teaching of willfully missing Mass is a mortal sin but quite another when we say it is a teaching of Jesus. It doesn’t help that we seldom hear about sin, satan and hell from the pulpit. So any evangelization of Catholics has to start at having a relationship with Jesus and His Church, the Catholic Church… because they are One and the Same. And stress that that relationship is quite different from the protestant notion of ‘me and Jesus’. It includes a Sacramental relationship especially in the Eucharist. When we say Amen to the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of our Lord and Savior we are saying Amen to all that His Church teaches also.
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