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Where are the millennial Catholic activists?
https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2018/03/06/where-are-millennial-catholic-activistsLooking back on the “Catholic Day of Action to Protect Dreamers” in late February—when dozens of Catholics, many of them members of religious orders, were arrested while demonstrating in support of undocumented people who were brought to the United States as children—it was difficult for me not to notice something striking: the average age of the protestors.
Perhaps it was because so many of the photos were taken from above, capturing the gray- and white-haired heads of peaceful protesters in concentric circles flanked by the Capitol police officers who would later arrest them.
Religious sisters will always draw attention at protests—indeed, that is often a goal of including them in a demonstration. But seeing these older sisters arrested while advocating for undocumented people my age, in their early 20s, shocked me. Where were all the Catholic 20-somethings who should have been protesting for our peers alongside these sisters? Why is the face of Catholic activism today so often a Baby Boomer?
...Today, Boomers remain the face of many Catholic peace and justice efforts. Millennials need to acknowledge that our parents’ generation will not be able to lead the way forever.
Perhaps it was because so many of the photos were taken from above, capturing the gray- and white-haired heads of peaceful protesters in concentric circles flanked by the Capitol police officers who would later arrest them.
Religious sisters will always draw attention at protests—indeed, that is often a goal of including them in a demonstration. But seeing these older sisters arrested while advocating for undocumented people my age, in their early 20s, shocked me. Where were all the Catholic 20-somethings who should have been protesting for our peers alongside these sisters? Why is the face of Catholic activism today so often a Baby Boomer?
...Today, Boomers remain the face of many Catholic peace and justice efforts. Millennials need to acknowledge that our parents’ generation will not be able to lead the way forever.
I can give the author two great reasons that she didn't bother to investigate: 1) Millennials leaving organized religion, esp. Catholicism, and 2) Being so repulsed by the RCC's activism against marriage equality and reproductive rights, they'd rather go it on their own.
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