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flutes, drums, and other instruments in the church

You ought to read a bit more deeply on the posts. While you're at it, about 5 years' study regarding the art of music, its purposes, and music fit for worship would be helpful to you.

Just possible that your aunt's insistence on the pipe organ has to do with the VatII's insistence on the same, as the PRIMARY instrument for music accompaniment in the Church.

You ought to do some more reading of the posts. I've read endless complaints from self described conservative Catholics that guitar masses and the like are part of the downfall of the church. My MOM (not my aunt if you took the time to read carefully) falls into the same camp. All I'm trying to point out is that my mom is very conservative about church traditions/doctrine/etc. I can't believe how many people are having an apoplectic fit about this point because I didn't list the 362 reasons why she's a conservative. I never commented one way or the other about my position on music in the church...I was just trying to quickly point out that my mom is a conservative Catholic. Sheesh.

Actually, the burden of proof is on you to demonstrate that vocations have increased due to "altar girls."

What? Endless comments on this and other threads blaming the decline in vocations (at least in part) on the presence of altar girls, and the burden of proof is on me????? It seems to me that the person making the original contention has the obligation to prove his/her point. All I continue to point out is that posters keep making this claim without offering any proof. The fact that vocations are low in dioceses with altar girls does not show causality. Maybe it's the other way around. All I would like to see if one person support this argument. I admit that I don't know the facts regarding altar girls and vocations, but no one has yet shown the evidence one way or another in this thread.