Church of the Holy Family

Just noticed the other review from Bree and I feel the need to respond as while it is her opinion to me it’s way off base from reality.
The thing that clearly she doesn’t get is that the Catholic Church of today unlike maybe say a hundred years ago does not have the same place or meaning in people’s lives as it once did. Back then it was assumed that if you’re family was Catholic you would be an automatic cradle to the grave member as well.
Like it or not, that no longer is even remotely true. There are many reasons for that and while members/​parishioners share a lot of blame in that so does The Church itself. Between various scandals involving their personnel, mismanaged finances with bishops/​cardinals living in multi-​million dollar posh Cribs-​worthy spreads all the way down to services/​priests who are cranky-​poor orators-​do zero to engage their congregation to simple things like music that is boring/​awful/​less than enthusiastic.
Like it or not but the Catholic Church is like a cabinet or a type of pasta or a charity where it is no more than a product or a commodity and if people don’t feel that they’re getting bang for their buck or any ROI or that they have no say into what’s going on, they’ll walk.
What that leads to is what is going on country wide right now with massive school & church closures/​consolidations which I know all too well as I’ve been personally through one school closure and in my area there have been nearly a dozen church closures over the last decade.
The thing that I liked about Church of the Holy Family is while it most certainly is very different they attempt to engage the community/​congregation which is what is going to keep this place open for years to come versus some outdated approach of «Here’s how it is or else» which clearly no longer works.
The idea of this place having less Catholicism than an Episcopal service is just stupid hyperbole. Look, the Latin Mass isn’t coming back in any wide spread usage other than the occasional once a week gimmick at best at maybe one parish in a diocese just like the changes that happened in Vatican II also are not going away either.
So, you can either embrace the future of what is clearly the writing on the wall for parishes that want to thrive/​survive or you can hang onto a old, dead and dying way of worship that will have you church hopping the rest of your life as churches who do not adapt will continue to close.

This is as far from a Catholic parish as you can get… utterly focused on the wrong things… More praise and worship of «community» rather then Jesus in the Eucharist. There is very little reflection of Catholicism… you’d likely find more Catholicism at an Episcopal high service. approach with caution, and make sure to genuflect outside the Eucharistic chapel if you can find it.