Thursday, May 21, 2009

Keeping up with St. Jones's

J.P. Zmirak wrote in Front Page Magazine at the time of Archbishop Weakland's downfall that
We may hope that these events drain much of the credibility and force from Abp. Weakland’s labors to create a bloodless, suburban, American Catholic Church indistinguishable from dozens of other dying, liberal Protestant bodies.

An Archdiocese of Milwaukee spokesperson recently gave a progress report.
While Catholic parishes in the central city might be struggling to hang onto members, some suburban counterparts are booming, said [Communications Director Julie] Wolf of the archdiocese.

(See Poll finds changing religious trends in Wisconsin.) Ms. Wolf gave no specifics; any such booming parishes would make an interesting series in our Archdiocesan weekly, especially any sidebars showing long-term statistical trends.

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