Unsere Hoffnung sind: die Väter

Touchstone, ein ökumenisches Magazin hat mit The Truth About Men & Church von Robbie Low einen sehr interessanten Artikel online, der von einer Schweizer Studie ausgehend die Rolle der Väter bei der Weitergabe des Glaubens und der Hineinführung in die dazugehörige Gemeinschaft deutlich macht:

"In short, if a father does not go to church, no matter how faithful his wife’s devotions, only one child in 50 will become a regular worshipper. If a father does go regularly, regardless of the practice of the mother, between two-thirds and three-quarters of their children will become churchgoers (regular and irregular). If a father goes but irregularly to church, regardless of his wife’s devotion, between a half and two-thirds of their offspring will find themselves coming to church regularly or occasionally.

A non-practicing mother with a regular father will see a minimum of two-thirds of her children ending up at church. In contrast, a non-practicing father with a regular mother will see two-thirds of his children never darken the church door. If his wife is similarly negligent that figure rises to 80 percent!

The results are shocking, but they should not be surprising. They are about as politically incorrect as it is possible to be; but they simply confirm what psychologists, criminologists, educationalists, and traditional Christians know."

Es scheint, daß die "Hausfrauisierung" der Katholischen Kirche jedenfalls nicht so stark zur Einführung der Kinder in Glaube und Kirche/Gemeinde beiträgt, wie "man" es allgemein sieht - ja: vielleicht sogar kontraproduktiv ist.