The Church has faced dark times before and has prevailed. I had the good fortune to attend an Opus Dei school for six years. They are the Catholic version of Preppers. They have stocked up a surplus of knowledge and grace and can out last any siege.
I think the Church will get smaller before it prevails again, but when it does, it will speak with a louder and clearer voice.
A few of us tried to organize a small number of pro-life Catholics from surrounding towns and meet to discuss the Life and Marriage issues and exchange information.
We found it difficult because most the of the parish pro-life groups have permission from their pastor to exist, but they think if they actually talk about anything as it relates to elections, they will be shut down.
Therefore, we got little done. The Social Justice groups preceded us into the parishes and know how to keep the pro-lifers silenced. It’s as if we need to find someplace to meet outside the reach of the parishes. You cannot organize inside your adversary’s camp.
if you see my links above, you see the number of paid staff people ... paid and supported by the Diocese. Anybody run into this before and have ideas?