I agree with Matthew that chapels and traditional Catholics do need to address the issue of young adults finding suitable spouses and even just friends. While some SSPX chapels have a lot of Sunday Catholics, some of them ARE serious about the Faith. The problem is even more serious among Resistance Catholics. There are so few and many are blessed to get a Mass once a month or less. Some people drive very long distances, ie, six or more hours and requiring an overnight stay. Most of these are younger, already married couples with young children. The single man or woman is rare in such a situation.
Those of us who are involuntarily home aloners are simply not going to find a spouse unless it’s by a miracle. Perhaps Our Lord, knowing what is coming upon the world in their lifetimes, is actually saving souls from the hard times to come. A single man or woman may be called to a special task or to martyrdom. Being married and having children may result in souls with torn loyalties who are lost, but, had they been single, would have been saved.
That being said, yes, it is difficult being “single in the world.” It is even harder being thus and having no Catholic companionship of any sort, never mind a marriage partner.
The Church as a whole, doesn’t have a duty to help singles find spouses, but individual Catholics, parents especially, do have a duty to assist their offspring in whatever is their vocation. Parents certainly do have a duty to guide and assist their children in the choice of a husband or wife.
When we were growing up, my parents insisted upon meeting the young men before allowing we girls to go with a boy, even if it was just to a young people’s event. A boy who refused was an automatic “NO.” They gave girls a less thorough inspection, but insisted upon a prior introduction, even if brief. In today’s atmosphere, the girls need just as thorough a preview as the boys. Women’s Lib has turned most women into females who want to wear the pants and dominate the males, or else they are gold-diggers.
Topic: Failure of the church to serve singles (Read 16888 times)