Why are Millennials leaving the church? It’s simple. Mobile social computing has replaced the main draw of the traditional church: Social connection and affiliation. Basically, Facebook killed the church. May it rest in peace.
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Praying for Gay Youth
This past Wednesday in our seminary chapel, gay youth were prayed for, holding up their dignity as cherished by God and worthy of love, care and protection from abusive language and action.
Read moreWhere are the young people?
It’s one of the most common worries of every parish: Where are the young adults? Why aren’t there more of them in the pews?
Read moreWhat novices think about liturgy
Saint John’s Abbey is blessed to have seven novices this year. PrayTell readers will be interested in their views on liturgy.
Read moreCamino to Compostela
La Cigüeña de la Torre reports that 2,200 young people from Madrid have set out by foot on the pilgrimage path to the shrine of St. James in Compostela.
Read moreArchbishop Di Noia about young people
Archbishop Augustine Di Noia, OP, Secretary of the Holy See’s Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, has some highly interesting comments on young Catholics in today’s culture.
Read more“Hello Rome” – and a “Reply” from the Pope
Here is the “longest protest song in the world” from the Catholic Youth of Upper Austria.
Read moreWhat Are Young People Like?
This is very interesting and the presentation is user-friendly. The KCs and the Marists have conducted a survey of American Millennials (age 18 to 29) on spirituality – moral values, world views, religious experiences, and social issues. They seem to be interested in spirituality, relativistic (to use a slippery term) on morality, and concerned about social issues. As we say in Minnesota, not half bad. Could be worse.
Read moreMore Young People on Liturgical Reform
Young people look at liturgy quite differently than their elders – in what significant ways, and why?
Read moreYoung People on Liturgical Reform
Given the interest in generational differences on liturgical reform, we thought it would be fun to ask people 35 and under what they think.
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