Well, I can hear regular pew fillers remark the Society is not a democracy. And to be honest, it could exist without normal lay congregations. If the preferred model is Opus Dei, its priests and properties could pursue a very different path on the smells and bells sidelines of the reformed church, adopting an academic and archivist role for those earnestly seeking some connection between the past and the present. And if there is a wide gulf between the two the Society with its excellent record of smudge and fudge could be that important bridge.