VeraMaria Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 Which dioceses do you think are the strongest in the US?? Judging by number of faithful and the type of work they do, participation, the catholic influence in the community, vocations, etc. Definitely not Miami. <_<
Paladin D Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 I'm not sure at all, I don't keep track of any I'm afraid. :(
littleflower+JMJ Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 the diocese the pope's in? opps i just read in the us.... nm
vianney Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 Lincoln, Denver, Sioux Falls, Sioux City, Steubenville, Alexandria, Somehwere in Illiniois or Indiana i cant remeber the diocese, Minneapolis/St Paul, Phenoix, Rapid City,
BLAZEr Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 Lincoln, Denver, Sioux Falls, Sioux City, Steubenville, Alexandria, Somehwere in Illiniois or Indiana i cant remeber the diocese, Minneapolis/St Paul, Phenoix, Rapid City, NOT Ft. Wayne-South Bend
VeraMaria Posted October 23, 2003 Author Posted October 23, 2003 any specific thoughts about what makes those dioceses strong, vianney?? :D
Paladin D Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 (edited) Some state locations would be nice, since there is more than one place with the same town/city name. Example...Lincoln. Edited October 23, 2003 by Paladin D
VeraMaria Posted October 23, 2003 Author Posted October 23, 2003 Some state locations would be nice, since there is more than one place with the same town/city name. Example...Lincoln. Hmm....haven't heard much about Lincoln....what makes you think lincoln is strong??
Paladin D Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 Hmm....haven't heard much about Lincoln....what makes you think lincoln is strong?? I don't know, vainney mentioned it.
Aloysius Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 hmmm... i dont know much about any of em Pittsburgh seems pretty strong, except 4 the liberal nuns... but i don't think it's the strongest in the US. anyway, this is a relative asessment of dioceses, i'm not lookin for somethin to be better than another, i'm lookin at how pleasin 2 God it is, not relative deviation <to use my Physics terms> but absolute deviation! and i'd say Pittsburgh doesn't have the lowest absolute deviation but it isn't bad... it produces some pretty orthodox ppl i think (of course, except for the nuns.. prayin 4 em always)... Bishop Donald Wuerl!! he was there when JPII was elected Pope! he was a priest then, but 4 some reason he was actually in the Sistene Chapel with the Cardinals. B)
BLAZEr Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 Lincoln, Denver, Sioux Falls, Sioux City, Steubenville, Alexandria, Somehwere in Illiniois or Indiana i cant remeber the diocese, Minneapolis/St Paul, Phenoix, Rapid City, Lincoln-- Nebraska, Denver-- Colorado, Sioux Falls-- North Dakota, Peoria--Illinois, Austin--Texas, Scranton--Pennsylvania, Atlanta-Georgia, St. Louis--Missiouri, Sacramento-California, Philadelphia--Pennsylvania, Newark--New Jersey I'm sure there are more, but these dioceses have good strong bishops who are doing good things . . . Santa Fe--New Mexico would be on the list except for the fact that so many of their priests are flakey .. . By the way this is MY list . . and I can't show you in the Catechism where it says anything I've said above. .. :P
vianney Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 I took many things into account. Firstly Lincoln is a very on fire diocese with exploding number of seminarians in part do to the diocese unwaving orthodoxy. Secondly the youth ministry programs and laity involvement in the diocese. Sioux City and Phenix are known for this. Sioux Falls has good youth ministry along with huge seminarians. Alexandrea again is basically in the same boat as Lincoln. Denvers Archbishop has turned that diocese into an amazing place. Also it is important to keep in mind that when I say alot of seminarians I am not talking merely of numbers but rather numbers for that size of a diocese. Im sure D.C. has more seminarains then lets say Lincoln but per person or per size lincoln is the best. The archdiocese of Mnpls/St Paul has large seminarians and an amazing Minor Orthodox Seminary called Saint John Vianney. The laity involvement there is amazing and the whole community in St Paul are Catholic.
Paladin D Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 How about Arlington, VA? I heard that mentioned in some other thread.
vianney Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 Sorry my bad NOT alexandria Va but rahter Arlington VA sorry i messed up i was referring to Arlington not Alexandria.
immaculata Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 Peoria, Illinois!!! We have a really great bishop (many of you have read Bishop Jenky's Erin Feis homily) and he's been really making good changes in the diocese. (regarding the sexual abuse accusations, especially) We just seem to have a great core of good Catholic families- a large Lebanese population.. (and out of that comes congressman Ray LaHood!) Many good and holy priests.. and of course, ME! (just kidding!)
BLAZEr Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 ok . . . so maybe a thousand people are gonna disagree, but I think Arlington was great under its last bishop and especially its last vocation director, but I think the jury is still out in my mind on Loverde . . . I'm sure some people up in New York can tell us more about him . ..
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