Catholicbros, why is it so hard to find a decent community in my >1mil pop city? Orthodoxy is full of vibrant communities, coffee hours, food, etc. At the Catholic Church, immediately after mass, everyone gets in their car. No fellowship, no coffee hour, no young people. No Bible study groups either. Half the time you can’t even interface with the priest after mass because he disappears. I’ve checked out at least 4+ different parishes so far and they have all been like this to various extents. TLM is by far the coldest.
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What city?
Ottawa
Jonathan Pageau really has you Canadians converting Orthodoxy huh? Honestly it could be cause they are new converts trying to make it work out there. Let's see how long that will last.
> Jonathan Pageau really has you Canadians converting Orthodoxy huh
Not me, I find it cringe/neckbeardy
you're in ottawa
Yes and? Fairly Christian city
Isn't Canada a protestant country? Why would you expect a "vibrant" Catoholic Church?
You should expect it from the French part mostly speaking.
Why are you expecting Church to be a social club? It's not supposed to be for fun.
Has more Catholics % wise then the US. 95% of Quebec used to attend Mass at one point.
> Why are you expecting Church to be a social club? It's not supposed to be for fun
Bruh. Acts literally says they devoted themselves to fellowship.
Right, but that's not why you go to Church on Sunday. You're there for God on Sunday and worshipping Him. You have literally 100s of hours during a week for fellowship.
Disagree
Just ask your priest or any other young person there. I don't church not having its communal wing is possible, but I live in 90% catholic country so my perception may be skewed.
Another reason may be, that Catholic communities outside quebec are distinc ethnic ancestry, so church serves as a mostly cultural place
Go to Quebec and you will find a different situation
Catholic Church is mega corporation probably the oldest surviving one mostly directed to old and middle-aged women in its message its wonder they survived and sometimes thrived in industrial society for so long
> mostly directed to old and middle-aged women in its message
…how
it fulfills their community and self-importance needs by simple acts like going to Mass, voting against abortion, meeting with female friends and cooking something etc.
If you are the genius to notice these problems why not help fix them within your own community? Definitely look out for "post-college Catholicism" popping up in your community or in neighbouring communities to see what they are doing as they would be full of young people setting up or looking for these communities. I'm sure they would love help or just bodies attending coffee hour and bible studies at the very least you can see what is working for them and how they set up the little things like coffee and not the holding big events where they invite speakers.
It is quite strange that the only religious community young men can hope to find it by becoming a priest
> Definitely look out for "post-college Catholicism" popping up in your community or in neighbouring communities to see what they are doing as they would be full of young people setting up or looking for these communities
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Young people who had catholic communities in clubs in college have no groups to meet up with for bible study, coffee, prayer meetings etc so they try and set similar things up in their own communities once they all move away. You said no young people
And how do I find that?
Look I guess? Ask the college clubs in Ottawa what their members do after college? Ask your priests etc?
I became a traditional Anglican.
I can chat with my pastor after church in a Bible class that runs from fall to spring.
Even in the summer we still socialize for awhile afterwards.
t. Raised Roman Catholic
What does your husband think about the switch?
I don't have a husband.
Are you moronic?
I’m making a joke about how CofE ordains openly gay clergy. Idk if I could join a church that openly flaunts the Bible, despite it being comfy.
I'm part of the ACNA.
No one wants to be around you because you're an embarrassing little larping DEUS VULT internet chud
OP is a larping orthobro
Honest answer, catholic attendance is in decline and their parishes are underpopulated. Eastern orthodox parishes are fewer and the immigrants are more recent, they're more concentrated
Suburban catholic parishes are more lively.
But all of the suburban and urban catholic parishes where I live have the gay troony Black butthole flag out front and are full of nonwhites.
I doubt that
> Honest answer, catholic attendance is in decline and their parishes are underpopulated
It’s not a matter of underpopulation. The most beautiful Christian service in the city, the TLM, is massive and full, yet simply empties out after. Everyone immediately gets in their car and goes home. Seems to be Catholic culture — sacramentally efficient and utilitarian.
Ottawa is on the border and has lots of Quebecois.
TLM "worshipers" are spectators
Hm no, we participate in the eucharist just like all parishioners.
the catholic church wont regain popular support unless it denounces that it has been under cia cia cotrol and its gay mafia.