It’s not just Catholics. The entire Christian church is failing men. The Curcillo movement was created after WW2 to bring men back into the Roman Catholic church in Spain and it spread to become Via de Cristo for Lutherans, Walk to Emmaus for Methodists, and Presbyterian Pilgrimage for Calvinists.
But, the pilgrims on weekend retreats are largely women. The problem is that the role of men as spiritual leaders of the family has been destroyed by society and by their ex-wives and current wives. Since men can’t even be the spiritual leader of their family, they just give up and let the priest/pastor be the spiritual leader of the wife and kids who do attend church. Another case of the husband/father becoming irrelevant in today’s family.
I think you are painting with a pretty board brush, though I certainly agree most mainline denominational churches are in fact failing man...
There are churches that have not bowed the knee to Baal...
Your second half of your post is spot on
The problem is that the role of men as spiritual leaders of the family has been destroyed by society and by their ex-wives and current wives. Since men can’t even be the spiritual leader of their family, they just give up
True shepherds will hold the men in their church accountable for the spiritual life of their own family...
When women seize power, men walk away.
The Curcillo movement was created after WW2 to bring men back into the Roman Catholic church in Spain and it spread to become Via de Cristo for Lutherans, Walk to Emmaus for Methodists, and Presbyterian Pilgrimage for Calvinists.
ACTS is the Catholic outgrowth from the Curcillo movement. ACTS is an acronym for Adoration, Community, Theology, and Service, and is patterned after the description of the early Church in the Acts of the Apostles (ACTS 2:42-47).
ACTS started in a suburb of San Antonio, TX, in 1987, and has spread to many parishes all over Texas. In 2002, the ACTS Mission Board brought ACTS to two parishes in St. Louis County, MO, where it has spread to several other parishes in the area as well as in Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio.
More information on ACTS Missions retreats can be found here: http://www.actsmissions.org/2013-03-06-20-32-25/history-of-acts