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kittinSol -> RE: Will the Catholics Please GO HOME (1/26/2010 10:13:03 AM)
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That's pretty much it - I also wonder whether there isn't something more nefarious at play here. From the website:
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"It is clear that our society is in the midst of a culture war."
I twitched. "A culture war"? Where have we heard that expression before *shudder*?
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More than ever, people need God, but sadly, many have lost sight of the treasures of the Catholic faith.
No explanation as to why "more than ever". I mean, now more than in the days of the Plague, than during the Inquisition, or than during World War I and II?
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We can see the reality of our fallen-away brothers and sisters not only in our nation as a whole, but even in our own families and neighborhoods. The evidence is shocking:
Shocking, because:
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- Only 33 percent of U.S. Catholics attend Mass on a weekly basis. That means approximately 42.7 million U.S. Catholics are not practicing Catholics.1
- The number of Americans identifying themselves as non-religious/secular increased 110 percent from 1990 to 2000! It is now 13.2 percent of the total population.2 Comparing this statistic with the previous one, non-religious, secular individuals outnumber active, Mass-attending Catholics by 58 percent.
- As many as 100,000 baptized Catholics in the U.S. drift away from Church each year.3
Yes, it must truly be the end of the world. Especially since:
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Catholics Come Home, Inc. combines the effectiveness of mass media outreach, with the ease of Web-based fulfillment, to create a highly effective Catholic evangelism effort never before seen…and the results are astonishing:
"Six months after the CatholicsComeHome.org media campaign ended, a comprehensive analysis was conducted, which revealed the average increase in Mass attendance (returned Catholics, new converts) was 12 percent, even though population growth in the Diocese of Phoenix was flat during that period. This equates to an increase of as many as 92,000 souls who came home!"
Ryan Hanning
Director of Adult Evangelization, Diocese of Phoenix
Based on these 2009 statistics calculated by the Controller’s Office at the Diocese of Phoenix, with the guidance of statisticians from Arizona State University, it appears that for every $1.63 invested in television media, Catholics Come Home was able to help a soul back to their home in the Catholic Church.
The Diocese of Corpus Christi, Texas, experienced similar results in Lent 2009, showing a 17.7 percent increase in Mass attendance as a result of their bilingual Catholics Come Home/Catolicos Regresen campaign.
These results show the powerful impact of the Catholics Come Home television campaign in these initial dioceses. Imagine the thousands of Catholics in dioceses around the country, waiting for their invitation to come home if we are able to spread this “Good News” nationwide!
Just as I feared [:(] .
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