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to the focus group
trends are occur-
in the American
community. Per-
raost important trend
IVement away from
.Today's Catholic
is more diverse
Was prior to Vatican II
social chal-
1960s (Gree-
and Castelli,
1987; D'Antonio,
and Wallace,
1992; Na-
Octo-
older gener-
Were often
la the Ways they
Cticed their
lics per-
their faith in
Ways. We will
reasons for,
of, this in-
in the re-
project.
lajor shift is the
increasingly
of religion.
Cohort was in-
COmmunal as-
the
Ition placed
oa the in-
focusing
their per-
With God.
talked of
as being
! e Church."
said that a
is much
at than a
Instead of
s as neces-
and of it-
View the
which
can be
e they have
e to
and prac-
are not
le Catholic
"One true
Vatican II,
about
ation, there
ay from
and a
empha-
young
to
:hings
oday's
mpor-
and of
mScience
S. As a
and
of
rfformed
)ry and
Under
most
Church
fly dis-
them.
n do not
tchiags,
not nec-
they
.'e with
a higher
per-
a w" than
lWing
the
Use
their own conscience to decide
upon behaviors that they be-
lieve are consistent with being
a "good Christian."
One important implication of
these trends is for Catholic
parishes to assess the content
of their religious education
programs. Since Vatican II, re-
ligious educators may have de-
emphasized teaching the ba-
sics of the Catholic faith to the
point that young Catholics
don't understand what their
faith is all about. They also
may have stressed the impor-
tance of nurturing personal
faith to the point that the insti-
tutional Church no longer
seems important. Parishes can
respond to the needs of young
Catholics and contribute to the
long-term viability of the
Church by increasing the sub-
stantive content of their reli-
gious education programs and
explaining the connection be-
tween the institutional Church
and personal faith.
Reference
D'Antollio, William V.,
James D. Davidson, Dean R.
Hoge, and Ruth Wallace, 1989.
American Catholic Laity in a
Changing Church. Kansas
City, Missouri: Sheed and
Ward.
Deedy, John, 1987. American
Catholicism and Now Where?
New York: Plenum Press.
Gallup Jr., George and Jim
Castelli, 1987. The American
Catholic People. Garden City,
New York: Doubleday.
Greeley, Andrew M., 1977,
The American Catholic. New
York: Basic Books.
McNamara, Patrick, 1992.
Conscience First, Tradition
Second, Albany, NY: State
University of New York Press.
National Catholic Reporter
Special Supplement "U.S.
Catholicism: Trends in the
'90s," October 8, 1993.
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