I don’t know about any other dioceses, but women are running mine. Women have blown the men away.
As long as the parish newsletter, (sadly) calls for VOLUNTEERS(!) to be extraordinary ministers, it’s the women who clamor forth. A scandalous way to choose “ministers” who will present our Lord in Holy Communion and to choose to run an ad!! And, SOMEONE, does “choose” to do such a disgusting thing.
What ever happened to the priest speaking to and calling forth the boys and the men to the Alter, and working closely with boys and men to make them feel more vital to the Christ’s Holy Church and to the life of the parish??
Never mind the banishment to the back of the bus of boys, in both public schools and as Alter Servers. It’s been on purpose. and has certainly enjoyed its intended effects.
The attraction by boys to the priesthood is dead and the complaints calling for women priests is alive and well.
A “duh” moment, one would think.
There is one parish with a woman in her 60’s, liberal of course, a resume as long as your arm of theological merits, certificates, degrees and various and sundry other under studies, who OWNS the religious education program and the RCIA!
Women should teach— some have a gift. At the expense of men participating and masculinity getting shelved, they do need to rethink how is it that they and too many namby pamby priests, without a clue, not solely responsible for feminizing the Western Church.
Did Deacon Harold hammer that fact home, or simply remind men they are the head of the domestic home AND the Church, while just hoping for the best?
I think the Rule Book has been burned and the traditions subjected to modernism and the women.
You might want to consider looking around for a similar parish in your area. It sure helps avoid all the nonsense that passes for "Catholicism" these days.