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U.S. Catholic October 2006

We’re just not that into you
Some have dubbed the latest crop of young adult Catholics “Generation Disconnect,” but, explains Renée M. LaReau, their reasons for unplugging from Sunday Mass are a little bit more complicated.

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A special issue on young adult Catholics

We’re just not that into you
Some have dubbed the latest crop of young adult Catholics “Generation Disconnect,” but, explains Renée M. LaReau, their reasons for unplugging from Sunday Mass are a little bit more complicated.

It’s Sunday . . . Do you know where your children are?
For generations Sunday Mass was a nonnegotiable, but no more, laments Mike Mallowe, who wonders why boomer parents like himself have been unable to pass on the Sunday obligation.

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10 reasons not to go to Mass (and one really good reason why you should)
The usual laundry list of reasons for going to church just doesn’t wash with his college-age kids, says Gregory F. Augustine Pierce, but he hopes he’s come up with a ringer.


If you rebuild it, they will come
A generation ago, young adult Catholics were the foundation of parish life, says Father John Cusick, director of young adult ministry for the Archdiocese of Chicago, in Expert Witness. But bringing the current crop back to church may take a little restructuring.

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Suffer the children
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