I received a brochure in the mail a couple days ago from the conciliar church that I am a member of since I moved and before becoming more Traditionalist. I keep on the list because I want to know what is going on. I am nosey that way. :detective:
Anyway here are some statistics from the Archdiocese:
-The six county Archdiocese has 4.4 million people.
-Thirty-two percent are believed to be Catholic.
-Over 90% of Catholics live in the suburbs or rural area.
-Seventy percent of parishes are located in suburbs or rural areas.
-Fifty percent of the Catholics are registered with a parish (720,000)
-Thirty percent of those attend Mass regularly (216,000 of the total)
-Thirty percent of registered parishioners contribute to the parish.
The Archdiocese and all diocese I imagine are embarking on a future plan called "Together in Faith" which includes:
Clustered and merging parishes, personal priests for specific ethnic groups, short term assignment of priests and priests travelling from parish to parish. There's others but I will discuss later as it doesn't have to do with management or structure.
Ages of priests in years:
5% are 20-29
23% are 30-39
67% are 49-49
76% are 50-59
71% are 60-69
31% are 70-79
6% are 80-89
1% are 90-99
It looks like it is only a matter of time for the conciliar church even with all their "accomodations" to appeal to modernity and their "outreach" to other communities.
I don't think that this is true of only this Archdiocese although this area may be slightly worse off.Nonetheless, I find the statistics deeply disturbing. and scary.