{"id":14199,"date":"2012-06-11T17:08:10","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T23:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=14199"},"modified":"2016-09-30T17:08:10","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T21:08:10","slug":"cara-survey-a-sizable-number-of-u-s-catholics-parish-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2012\/06\/cara-survey-a-sizable-number-of-u-s-catholics-parish-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"CARA survey: many U.S. Catholics parish shop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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The group\u2019s ongoing study of American Catholics is continuing to yield interesting nuggets, like this one: <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the most surprising aspects of the results so far has been how positive Mass attending Catholics are in their evaluations of their parish (\u2026yet there are also many interesting sub-group differences here as well). I always remind people that many respondents in these surveys have\u00a0chosen<\/em> to be a part of the parish they are evaluating. One way we know this is that 31% of parishioners report that they are\u00a0not<\/em> attending the parish closest to their home\u2014they may even drive right by another parish on their way to Mass. Some Catholics are clearly going \u201cshopping\u201d and finding parishes where they feel they fit in well or where they feel their needs are best met. Of course with a few exceptions parishes are territorial (Can. 518<\/a><\/em>;\u00a0Can. 100-107<\/a><\/em>) but there are clearly unofficial \u201cmarket forces\u201d at work as well and these tendencies may be gaining strength\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026In an era where more parishes are closing than opening, these market forces may be putting pressure on some parish leaders. The phenomenon may also be eroding some of the neighborhood culture of Catholic parish communities (in CARA\u2019s commissioned in-pew surveys we have\u00a0discovered parishes that are drawing Mass attenders from otherdioceses<\/em>\u2014most often in the Northeast). At the same time the survey data seem to indicate that\u00a0this mobility\u00a0may also\u00a0make for happy parishioners.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The group\u2019s ongoing study of American Catholics is continuing to yield interesting nuggets, like this one: One of the most surprising aspects of the results so far has been how positive Mass attending Catholics are in their evaluations of their parish (\u2026yet there are also many interesting sub-group differences here as well). 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