I like this post a lot Steve, thank you. I've been coming to this conclusion myself recently, that the need to be/go public as a Christian, as a Catholic, is what is needed in our society right now. I think being Catholic post the Reformation was obviously not something to advertise, and is now seen as too serious, boring, weird, damaging.... From my very new- to- it viewpoint, I can see that a good proactive leader, priest, is paramount to the success and confidence of his parishioners and the parish as a whole.( We are very lucky here in CS.) I do also see that Christian kindness can degenerate into weakness and then we end up in a mess like we are in now, as a country (UK). Difficult to turn around from that but hopefully not impossible.
I like this post a lot Steve, thank you. I've been coming to this conclusion myself recently, that the need to be/go public as a Christian, as a Catholic, is what is needed in our society right now. I think being Catholic post the Reformation was obviously not something to advertise, and is now seen as too serious, boring, weird, damaging.... From my very new- to- it viewpoint, I can see that a good proactive leader, priest, is paramount to the success and confidence of his parishioners and the parish as a whole.( We are very lucky here in CS.) I do also see that Christian kindness can degenerate into weakness and then we end up in a mess like we are in now, as a country (UK). Difficult to turn around from that but hopefully not impossible.
I hope so. I’m trying to think of ways I can start doing this in our own community. Starting with a barn dance