"the U.s. Catholic Church Is Sinking Fast "

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[quote name='Maggie' post='1294855' date='Jun 13 2007, 10:41 PM']At the same time I can see where they get these statistics. There seems to be so many good things going on, so many wonderful orthodox resources and movements popping up. And yet sometimes I worry that I tend to stick in my own little orthodox Catholic ghetto and my optimism is not justified. When I meet a young Catholic it's still the case that they're much more likely to be lax, heterodox, uncatechized etc than otherwise I saw an awful lot of it at college among kids who fell right in the Millenial age group. The majority of them had been brought to Mass throughout their youth, had been confirmed and even had been altar servers or gone to youth groups.

Of course we have the ultimate reason to be optimistic because God is in charge and He has already won the victory. But the little battles in between don't always go our way...[/quote]
I know what you mean...except that I am mostly surrounded by the wishy-washy Catholics, and I usually end up despairing, until I get back around the Orthodox groups, and then I find my hope again! Just don't give up your optimism!