CT Catholics are dense

Densely populated, that is. Referred to as 43% of the population, this density, in part, creates an apathy about their faith, their Archdiocese, local parish, religious education, etc. That is why teaching moments in CT should be taken when they present themselves, through whatever mediums are available.

Two perfect storms of media attention and Catholic moral teaching are presenting themselves again this spring. They are "gay marriage" and "abortion/Plan B". Each issue, to the average CT Catholic, brings up feelings of bewilderment and embarrassment. Their heads raised, their eyebrows twisted, their gazes, well . . . . blank. How should they feel about this issue? What do they know? Pressure abounds from local elite to abandon any notion that marriage is more than a number, or that a person's a person no matter how small. In this legislative session where both measures are looking like they may fail, what harm could come to a Bishop's reputation by spending time with local media to explain the church's well informed positions on these issues? I KNOW they are working behind the scenes to ameliorate these bills, crafting compromises, making important phone calls, doing the hard work of actually destroying these bills. But that still leaves the flock to, well . . . flounder when presented with these issues. Forget about changing the minds of Mark Davis, Al Terzi, or the editorial board of The Hartford Courant - reach out to the lapsed among us, and give them the education they never received in 12 years of Catholic schools, or at their confirmation retreat, or Easter Sunday Mass.