(Part two of five)  Even while attending what was then called "CCD," for 9 or 10 years, my 2 sons NEVER were treated as true, important parish members. And so, they did not become parish members - no wonder!!—Fran Pierce

I wonder whether they ever attended a community college.  The RCC is lax in its campus ministry.  The RCC is even more lax in its treatment of higher education at the community colleges where most college students are found.

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In the 60s, young people largely abandoned these attitudes and Catholics were considered the same as everyone else. Catholics thus became more willing to evaluate the Church on its own merits, which, institutionally, were not very strong.—RitaNY

Fearing and running away from the social sciences is like an antipode to magnets.