29 March AD 2024

MONDAY MORNING EDITION

Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City (Credit: Wikipedia)

Why Young People Leave the Church & What We Can Do About It

. . .‘since the late 16th & early 17th centuries, the Catholic retention strategy has been (a) childhood catechesis & (b) sacramental initiation.  400 years ago, CCD (Confraternity of Christian Doctrine) & the Catholic school system were cutting-edge responses to the crisis of the Protestant Reformation.  Setting out to give every Catholic child a solid catechetical background was an extraordinary vision that had never before been attempted.  The endeavor was deeply influenced by a Renaissance optimism about the power of education.  The assumption was that a carefully nurtured religious identity acquired in childhood would endure throughout life.  The Jesuit motto said it all: “Give me a child until he is 7, & I will give you the man”’. . .

by Isaac Withers,

of Catholic Link

Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Adorecast
A Mom Speaks at a School Board Meeting Over LGBT Indoctrination – Steve Ray
Demonic Activity Online, Part II – Jay Toups, Hope in the Storm
Famous Car Company Names for the Virgin Mary – Scott Smith, All Roads Lead to Rome
Striking Poll: Collapse of Francis’ Support in the U.S. on All Fronts – Rorate Cæli
Why are the Psalms Numbered Differently? – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia
People Who are “Just Christians” Don’t Have a Clue – Casey Chalk, The Catholic Thing
Doctor Euthanizes Woman With Alzheimer’s Without Her Consent – Richard Egan
Can Catholics Watch Horror Movies? – J.P. Nunez, Catholic Exchange
Pope Names Members for Vatican Office for Laity, Family, Life – Cindy Wooden, Crux
Flying Vatican Flag Could Be a Criminal Act in Scotland – Nick Hallett, Catholic Herald
Our Souls Can Grow Under Suffering – Bea Cuasay, Irish Rover
I’m Staying Catholic for the Same Reasons I Became Catholic – Rus. E. Saltzman, Aleteia
This Priest Founded the World’s First Mental Hospital – Larry Peterson, Aleteia
How a Woman with a Vision & a Kitchen is Changing Life for Immigrants – Aleteia
Cry Rooms: Solution or a Catholic Version of Kids Should Be Seen but Not Heard? – Reg
Why is St. Isidore of Seville Patron Saint of the Internet? – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia
Catholic Charities of Lubbock Aids Homeless Youth – CNA/EWTN News via The CWR
How We Can Grow in Divine & Fraternal Charity – Constance T. Hull, Cthlc Exchange
Note: A new post is published daily at 12:01 am U.S. Central Time