The suggestion that the secular left needs the Catholic left even more now strikes me as a little self - righteous, and a bit premature by half. Would we not better first look to find if and where the Catholic left has registered an influence or impact on the secular left's attempts to effect change? What this election result could do is cause us all to examine or assess if and how our inclinations to Catholic ministry are evidenced before we presume to assign the level of importance and impact we think we are worthy of.