[Maximilian]

My daughter goes to school with three girls who are weekly altar girls. Two of them engage in lesbianism.

Whoa -- just when you think you've heard it all!

But to tie this to the topic of the thread, which one is the correct response to such a situation, to say that my kid is not that far gone yet, or to say that all the signs indicate that we are living in an age of depravity not seen in a very long while? When popular culture has fallen so far that such behavior is considered normal, then maybe we should be suspicious of virtually everything coming from those sources. And Harry Potter shows every sign of NOT being among those few that might seem safe (e.g. Mel Gibson's filming of the Passion).

[american colleen]

Max, on my soul, that is true about the altar girls. It is fairly rampant in our local middle school. Most familes around here are also Catholics. I started to help our with our new youth group in the parish and spoke about this stuff (and drugs and oral sex) that the middle school youth are engaging in. I asked the nun running the group for some help in figuring out ways that we could address these issues with the kids... she said she was more interested in having an inclusive (as in all religions attend) and socially aware youth group. I quit.

We are living in an age of depravity and it is of parmount importance that our kids have good moral leadership at home and a good grounding in the teachings of Jesus Christ. But we already know that, it is just a tragedy that not all parents do.

Harry Potter? A red herring.

Gotta go - kids coming home from school and then I go to work.

[Domestic Church]

Whoa -- just when you think you've heard it all!

You can say that again!!!! More Signs of the Times. I think I would exit stage right from that school.