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It appears my entire 27 as a Catholic (12 years parochial school) must have been the deficient, ticket punching type of teaching.

Never did I recall hearing of a personal relationship with Jesus. Rarely did I ever see anyone who modeled that relationship. My Parish in the North East was cold and lifeless. I knew of no other local Catholics who's experience was any different. If there Faith meant anything to them it was mostly an expression of relunctantly having to go to Mass.

To me this is stunning and terribly sad.

Did no one mention saints? The Little Flower? Anthony of Padua? Rose of Lima or Martin de Porres?

Wow, some Catholic Educators are doing serious Purgatory time, I'm guessing. Or maybe that's "Evil Me" just hoping for vengeance.

Right now we are in the "pre-RCIA" period. I'm doing a monthly get-together, brief remarks and long conversation, thing for people who want some idea of what it would be like to be "inquirers." And I'm ALWAYS yapping about a personal encounter with Jesus and a life of on-going conversion.

Oh well. I have to go construct the illusion of productivity.

Never did I recall hearing of a personal relationship with Jesus. Rarely did I ever see anyone who modeled that relationship. My Parish in the North East was cold and lifeless. I knew of no other local Catholics who's experience was any different. If there Faith meant anything to them it was mostly an expression of relunctantly having to go to Mass.
To me this is stunning and terribly sad.
Did no one mention saints? The Little Flower? Anthony of Padua? Rose of Lima or Martin de Porres?

Certainly, the saints were mentioned, however, mostly in terms of praying to them. That is a big part of the problem IMO. There was not much talk about Jesus as Savior, other than the rote prayers and rote masses. I wondered why Jesus was called the Savior, when I was doing quite a bit of the work myself?