You gotta be kiddin! I'm from New York and belonged to very "progressive" (yes, they do exist). Catholic parishes. Each was always packed to the rafters  every Sunday to be challenged by the pastor -to be witness to and for Christ. 
Scores joined outreach programs and active, vibrant, thriving ministries far beyond "altar servers, women's sodalities, and ushers" to minister to God's rejected and unwanted.
When a more conservative pastor arrived, gone were some of these ministries. Gone were the challenges issued from the pulpit to live the Gospel. Gone was the absolute conviction that God loved me even though I was a sinner.  Replacing it- the use of the pulpit to rail against gays, the divorced, birth control, planned parent supporters, women's ordination supporters, and on and on, and on.  The stampede from the parish could be heard for miles.
Sorry,  Without the progressives in the church, most churches would be either historic museums or sold off for condominium development.