The Six Best American Cities To Raise A Catholic Family (According To Reddit)

[@jeaninebain8345]

College Station Texas is on fire for Catholics - they prayed Planned Parenthood out of the town- 5 thriving Catholic Churches with 20 vocations a year❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏

[@rafa.t]

Didn't think I'd see this here but very true. Quite large and growing!

[@Fred.jpeg_]

Yes! 2 perpetual adoration chapels, absolutely thriving Catholic community. God brought me down there; and it was hard for me to leave when he called me somewhere else. St. Mary’s, St Thomas Aquinas, St. Joseph’s, St Anthony’s, and Santa Theresa’s are home to many faithful Catholics and I love them all ❤️‍🔥

[@ladame33]

Annunciation Church downtown too with the Traditional Latin Mass

[@JamesEarlRayMLK]

@@ladame33where? I live here and can’t find a Latin mass

[@tomlehr861]

Bet you got rid of gays too

[@markhaasmusic]

Just moved to Ave Maria, FL a week ago! This town is the most Catholic place I have ever seen. People moving here from all over the country and homes cannot seem to be built fast enough for the demand. Loving it!

[@richparsons4205]

I checked it out online and was bowled over at how expensive it is to live in Ave Maria.

[@cinwells7]

@@richparsons4205I wanted so bad to retire there in 5 years but when I started looking up the cost of housing I quickly realized it is impossible for us. But, if I had lots of money it’s exactly where I would head.

[@cynthiagonzalez658]

​@@richparsons4205 Yikes 😬

[@julieelizabeth4856]

I visited Ave Maria last winter and it is a beautiful town. I do wonder how and why the nondenominational church has to be there too though. It was purposely built as a Catholic town.

[@amieatkinson176]

It's very expensive to live ì this area of Florida. Ave Maria is reasonable for the area.

[@suel2333]

As baptized Catholics, we ALL are called to be Christ-bearers! Never underestimate the power of the Holy Spirit to work in each one of us wherever we are!

[@mariaceicarocha5020]

I loved the video, I hope Catholics remain united against all persecution. It seems the churches in the United States are beautiful. Hail Mary and Long Live Christ the King . Thanks

[@TrumpCantRead]

hilarious - “persecution” !

[@onyx7273]

@@TrumpCantReadnothing funny about it

[@onyx7273]

I was married at a gorgeous church in Manistee MI. Called Guardian Angels. It was built in 1888. It’s now considered a historical landmark.

[@TrumpCantRead]

@@onyx7273 dunno what “it” refers to but it’s hilarious that anyone would claim Catholics are “persecuted”.

[@TrumpCantRead]

@@onyx7273 so what?

[@shirleenfinney9193]

This warms my heart. To know that there are so many active and practicing Catholics in our nation. Oh bless us more Lord Jesus - we need you Father God and we love you with and in your Holy Spirit. Amen.

[@kevinphillips150]

Like the politicians who claim to be Catholic?

[@mmthomas3729]

Mobile, Alabama is 1/3 Catholic. There is a Catholic church in every neighborhood. On Sundays, there are Masses from 7 am to 9:30 at night. Mobile is home to a Visitation monastery and a Carmelite monastery. The Sisters of Charity have run a Catholic hospital since the 1840s. Mobile also has the oldest college in Alabama - Spring Hill College, founded in 1830, is a Jesuit college. The number of Catholic grammar schools rivals the number of public grammar schools and the archdiocese runs 2 high schools. There are also 2 Catholic nursing homes.

[@GonzoTheRosarian]

Having lived in Mobile previously I can vouch for that.

[@shirleenfinney9193]

Wowww! Masses late at night to accommodate parishioners. Praise the Lord Almighty!

[@kevinphillips150]

Are there any Tridentine Latin Masses available?

[@gabolujan3109]

No way it’s a racist state.

[@earthangel3234]

I live in a small town outside of Billings MT. There is a Catholic Church that attracts people from other places. It offers Traditional Latin Mass. We have members as far away as Northern Wyoming. Visiting Catholics come in for mass. Whenever I travel I look for a reverent Catholic Church for Sunday mass.

[@mblovesjesus3149]

Yay, Fr. Bart!❤️

[@rodolfoernestovidesalegria1493]

I'd SO love to live there!

[@mariekatherine5238]

SSPX?

[@julieelizabeth4856]

Whenever I travel I refer to the website called Reverent Catholic Mass, so I know where to try to attend. I'm lucky enough that my home parish is on it, and same thing - families travel many miles and bypass other churches to come here.

[@adb44]

Powell, Wyoming!

[@JChristd4u]

6. Wichita, KS 5. Phoenix, AZ 4. St. Louis, MO 3. Lafayette, LA 2. Cincinnati, OH 1. Evansville, IN

[@jasatx2024]

7. San Antonio, TX 😅

[@crispincaro1685]

Pennsylvania 😅😅😅😅 ????? Ho. 😮😮😮😮😮 No. 😮😮😮😮

[@gabolujan3109]

@@jasatx2024San Antonio is full of crime and liberals. The Catholics there vote for abortion politicians.

[@melmerk12]

#3!! Cajun country

[@crispincaro1685]

@@melmerk12 O. Luisiana.

[@michaelmathews205]

I'd have to say, El Paso, Texas. It has over 50 parishes, the two churches (Yselta Mission and Socorro Mission_ date back to the 1680's, and the faithful Catholic have kept that city safe from the multiple immigration waves, dating back to the 1900s. Plus, the violence, from Juarez has not poured over, thus I would say that the over 500,000 catholic within that diocese, have done what they. And there is no abortion clinic in a city of 600,000.

[@DJPTEXAS]

FSSP and SSPX for TLM also....

[@buzztrucker]

The best city to raise a Catholic family is where there's a parish who has faithful parishioners that partake in the Sacraments and live their lives in their community in accordance with the Scripture, Magisterium, and Tradition. And they try to win souls to Christ and the Catholic Church.

[@Firebird-65]

Amen

[@autoguy57]

ANY city is a good city for Catholics! This world is lost, Jesus I trust in you! 🙏🙏

[@josipjosipovic4765]

Not in Pakistan.

[@kevinphillips150]

The bigger the city, the more of a secular society there is going to be.

[@Battlefield1918]

@@kevinphillips150 100%, people don't seem to understand that. I'd say the U.S isn't good place to raise a family, society is far too gone.

[@JamesEarlRayMLK]

Wrong unfortunately

[@autoguy57]

@@JamesEarlRayMLK Wrong about what?

[@chrisalusheff4990]

Cleveland had one of the largest Catholics populations as well as the most Orthodox churches in America.

[@enterprises9983]

I’m from Evansville and it’s so true. It’s incredible and it has a large young adult population that are devout. They fill up daily mass on Mondays and they produce many seminarians. Great catholic schools and parishes. Extremely conservative and traditional.

[@tomlehr861]

Are there any liberal cath churches in evansville

[@kelkabot]

@@tomlehr861 Catholic moral teachings on social issues like abortion, sexually active homosexuality, premarital sex, and so son, are conservative, period. Any church that teaches otherwise isn't truly Catholic.

[@thereaction18]

Evansville was also recently ranked the rudest city in the Midwest. Hopefully these young people will help turn this around.

[@enterprises9983]

@@thereaction18 I disagree 😂 I’m gonna have to see a source

[@tomlehr861]

@@enterprises9983 are they maga cath or jesus cath

[@danieladkins5242]

Time to make every city a great catholic city!

[@yvonneplant9434]

There is still a pretty big riff between Catholics and Protestants. 😂

[@danieladkins5242]

Many Catholics and Protestants have become lukewarm and don’t see each other as enemies. The most serious and sincere Christians become Catholic. Scandal is ironically the obstacle not theology. That’s how I see it.

[@tomlehr861]

@@danieladkins5242 no thanks

[@danieladkins5242]

Why not?

[@williamscott3123]

I moved to Florida three years ago and have been very pleased with the Catholic parishes I have visited, especially the one that I call home. Churches are conservative, vibrant, ethnically diverse, and Sunday Masses are packed with young families.

[@delinayoungs3988]

Where in Florida May I ask ?

[@andrear7181]

I liked very much St. Patrick in Miami Beach.

[@eugenecraig8787]

So you think Jesus was a conservative. Do you think he saw immigrants as invaders???

[@onyx7273]

@@eugenecraig8787Do you think God himself would agree with the things you do? Like abortion and lgbt? And you know very well a country has laws. Immigration isn’t the issue but illegal immigration is. If you don’t want laws move to Somalia.

[@eugenecraig8787]

@@onyx7273 First of all, I have not participated in abortion in any way and I do not own and am not involved in the life of any woman and her pregnancy issues. That is for her to decide. And in this country being gay is not against the law and Jesus did not concern himself with gay issues. Illegal immigration was being address with bipartisan support until that pathological liar, grand narcissist and sociopath instructed his minions not to cooperate. I think Jesus would have supported ant immigration legal or illegal. He in fact broke Judaic law and Roman law. I do support a reasonable immigration LAW.

[@tedthetowerdoucette1933]

We live in Louisville, KY. You named our neighbors, Cincinnati and Evansville. We've got Catholic Churches around every corner. Then you go to the country, especially around Bardstown, and you are loaded with Catholic churches and historic holy sites from where Catholicism began west of the Appalachians. Kentucky is a hidden gem!

[@Primordial_Synapse]

It's not altogether surprising to see a resurgence of Catholicism in areas traditionally associated with the Bible Belt. "Iron sharpens iron," as the old adage goes; the (constant) debates and disagreements with Protestant denominations have compelled Catholics to refine their faith and theology in ways that might not be as prevalent elsewhere.

[@joekraimer5379]

I believe that atheism/humanism/marxism is causing many Protestants to come into Holy Mother Church, particularly the traditional parishes. Rather than refine their faith, Catholics are going back to what the Church has always taught, but sort of forgotten. Here is a short clip (1min. 40sec) from last week in Cincinnati. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/enPHpKeiqNGfb5o

[@irishrose1048]

So true! I love our protestant brothers zeal for Jesus! In trying to save Catholics, they have actually helped us learn and defend our faith while deepening our relationship with God.

[@k1y2l2e1]

Yes! I live in Central Arkansas where most people either go to a baptist or nondenominational church. The Catholic population here is smaller but fervent! There are some beautiful, growing FSSP apostolates in our state too attracting homesteaders and transplants from all over the country! Love seeing our faith flourish here 🤍

[@ashleyargall8791]

Milwaukee, WI has a large and thriving Catholic community, especially young adults.

[@PhilipGermani]

Yes, Cincinnati for sure! I have adopted this as my hometown, and Catholic life here is quite vibrant. Check out our Cathedral St. Peter in Chains, St. Xavier, and Old St. Mary's, plus countless others!

[@KoalaF3]

I recently got a remote job based out of Cincinnati and did a week in office. Hearing radio advertisements for Fish Frys and debates over the best Catholic Parish on a top 40 radio station was a culture shock to say the least.

[@PhilipGermani]

@@KoalaF3 Too funny! Thanks for sharing.

[@Kindred-o8n]

I will assume you made your list and are meaning orthodox, conservative Catholic as far too many these days are cino's.

[@kurt4320]

Now days, conservative mostly means supporting adulterers and patrons of porn stars.

[@smittywerbenjaegermanjense2350]

Dallas-Fort Worth Metro in Texas. Both dioceses have great bishops that support tradition and orthodox teachings and both cities are home to FSSP Parishes that practice the TLM. Many beautiful churches and the cathedrals in both cities are amazing. Many Catholic schools and also one of the areas in the US that has seen a lot of growth/converts to Catholicism.

[@KoalaF3]

Yeah but waiting over an hour to give confession because you have only one priest for each of the Mega Churches is rough. Guadalupe Radio though is insanely good and is a great conduit for EWTN's programming.

[@bluecomb5376]

Not to mention the University of Dallas attracts awesome Catholic young adults.

[@dianealexander315]

Isn’t that where Dr. Taylor Marshall resides?

[@KoalaF3]

Well for famous Catholics in DFW we have Trent Horn from Catholic Answers and his podcast "The Counsel of Trent", along with Dr. Italy Marcellino D'Ambrosio.

[@Asheve27]

ST. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Keller is a really lovely Catholic Church 🙏🇻🇦

[@tommyaqua]

Yo, Irving, TX is great too

[@jetaber]

Mater Dei, brother. Accessible from the DFW metroplex.

[@Synos001]

The Cathedral in Lafayette Louisiana is the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, not the Baptist. It is a beautiful church and agree it is one of the best places to be and raise a catholic family.

[@aarismen]

You skipped Houston and San Antonio. Houston-Galveston has 2 million Catholics more than any other state.

[@John2verse5]

"All the evils of the world are due to lukewarm Catholics" - St. Pope Pius Just wait until faith is tested. The Heart of the matter is truly a matter of Heart.

[@petermichaelherbert5165]

Amen brother

[@petermichaelherbert5165]

@@jasatx2024🤮🤮🤮

[@tomlehr861]

And right wing ones

[@TrumpCantRead]

@@jasatx2024Dumpy is Jesus 2.0 His golden hair is the new calf !!

[@raulllido]

r u sure? buddy!, u must study more about CATHOLICS FAITH. pls. dont just limit your knowhow about bible and history of our salvation.

[@3ggshe11s]

I'll put in a pitch for Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Lots of vibrant Catholic parishes, both Novus Ordo and traditional (FSSP, SSPX).

[@elbawarner4677]

Thank you for this educational video. I was so surprised to learn so much and see so many beautiful churches I ignored we had. God bless

[@davidjones5547]

How come New Britain Ct is not on this list? After all New Britain is heavily Polish and Catholic

[@jambangoni]

Kind of surprising, but Memphis, TN.. it’s not a “Catholic city”.. but a great place to be Catholic. Numerous great parish options with good priests

[@lyndavonkanel8603]

And it has an excellent bishop, too.

[@ElessarofGondor]

Lincoln Nebraska. Technically a small city more like a big suburb, but has to be one of the best Catholic cities in the US. Adequate amounts of priests, affordable Catholic education, and very traditionally minded clergy and laity.

[@Lexarf0rk]

Houston, TX has become an orthodox, conservative, and flourishing Catholic city that fosters tradition.

[@caroleunderwood5002]

Which parishes in Houston do you consider orthodox and conservative?

[@kingcrool]

@@caroleunderwood5002Annunciation, Regina Caeli, St. Bartholemew just to name a few

[@caroleunderwood5002]

@@kingcrool I forgot about them - the first church built in the Archdiocese, I think. I could live in that church, like Anna and Simeon in the Temple. When I lived in Houston , I went to Holy Rosary and loved the Dominicans priests. I would add that parish to your list. Knelt for Communion, only priests gave the Eucharist, etc.

[@almeggs3247]

I personally feel that the new attempt by Luther to destroy the only true faith is the FOOD ! When did a mass become a restaurant? My neighbor told me to go to the Baptist Church which is much closer than St Cabrini because their food at the Baptist “place” is much better!

[@brysonstevens1431]

​@@caroleunderwood5002 Holy Rosary

[@judyp.6753]

It’s sad that San Antonio, TX, with its 3 major Catholic Universities didn’t make list, but our Archbishop is failing us! We’ve had many, many Catholic schools close under his watch and he completely ignores the poorest of his parishes. Very sad!

[@TxHoneybee01]

It is so true and very sad.

[@FrankRios2b]

Holy Spirit Catholic Church in San Antonio off of Blanco has one of the Adoration Chapels in the country!!!

[@judyp.6753]

@@FrankRios2b that’s awesome! Of course you are on the North side of town and have a wealthy congregation. St. Margaret Mary’s is one of the most beautiful churches in SA, but sadly our congregation is one of the poorest. Our antiquated AC system goes out often and we have a hole in our ceiling that’s been there since before Covid! Our own priest had to get on the roof himself to repair it. I could go on and on about the repairs needed. We had to resort to keeping our adoration side chapel locked at all times except during mass times because the homeless kept going in and doing unmentionable acts! They destroy our fences and leave so much trash that it’s gotten to where we can’t keep up! Break ins and theft are a problem too. It’s so sad! It’s been years since Archbishop Gustavo has visited. He truly has forgotten us and this part of town needs this parish the most! God bless and be thankful for your affluent parish.

[@njohn6995]

St Mathew’s parish has perpetual adoration chapel.

[@jasatx2024]

failing us? What are you talking about? Generally speaking schools closures are due to demographic changes overtime and socio-economic conditions. He is a priest, not a politician. 😅

[@jess.e]

I live in New York City. Although it is liberal politically, the Archdiocese of New York serves the pastoral and spiritual needs of 2.5 million Catholics in nearly 300 parishes throughout its three boroughs of New York City and seven counties to the north. We also have some of the most beautiful churches here. I ✝New York.

[@jess.e]

@propheticHeartbeat-n6r On the Westside in the fifties.

[@TitusKingdom]

Is the cost of living as bad as people say?

[@jess.e]

@@TitusKingdom That's the general complaint here but I am a retiree on a fixed income with a simple lifestyle so no matter what happens to the economy, I do not feel the effect much. I always have enough food on the table, I have a nice small apartment in a building for low income seniors and I am able to feed my travel bug. There are many Catholic churches within a short distance, three of which offer TLM.

[@jess.e]

@propheticHeartbeat-n6r Originally from the Philippines, been in NY since 1971. Does that qualify me as a New Yorker? Fuhgedaboutit!

[@SashaSteveBlair]

@@jess.eWhich 3 offer TLM? I’m only aware of Holy Innocents

[@jfaulk5717]

Lafayette LA is the heart of Acadiana and Cajun culture. Catholicism is in the muddy water and in the heart of its people.

[@codename495]

So is hoodoo.

[@giseles4224]

New Orleans cand give a run for the mopney too. No. 1 city % of black Catholics in USA is Shreveport.

[@boink800]

Are there any Masses in French in the Lafayette area?

[@jfaulk5717]

@@boink800 yes! St Martin de Tours, the mother church of the Cajun people, and St Bernard, both in Breaux Bridge, offer Mass en Français!

[@jakealden2517]

Surprised Baltimore isn't on the list as it's considered the home of American Catholicism and Maryland was founded as a place for Catholics to worship freely.

[@tommasosantojanni]

St Mary in Kansas is by far the most Catholic city in America. Probably in the world. It is almost wholly Catholic, with beautiful churches schools and universities. The last church - _"The immaculata"_ was a $30 million dollar project wholly funded by local faithful without a single penny from Rome 💪🏻🙂

[@kathiejoseph33]

My Mother's family was from St. Mary's, Kansas. A great town.

[@calebsmith5102]

Greenville SC is an area with explosive growth amongst practicing Catholics. Our diocese recently had an article published about our success and growth by the National Catholic Register. We offer many reverent parishes, great Catholic education from K-12 and a 2 year college, and incredible opportunities for those of all ages to actively participate and grow in Faith and Devotion.

[@markjohnson1520]

went to Mass @ Fr Longenecker's parish a couple years ago (Church of the Holy Rosary?)...beautiful service & wonderfully welcoming to a visitor

[@conservativecatholic9030]

I am from California and spent 5 years in seminary. My wife is from Georgia but lived in Lafayette, Louisiana for many years. Most of her friends live there. I can confirm the strength of the communities. I have also seen beautiful liturgy there and wish I could find something like that in my home archdiocese.

[@leoinsf]

Yes! Liturgy is more important than people: the Catholic effect!

[@julieelizabeth4856]

Check the website called Reverent Catholic Mass. Maybe a parish on the list is close to you.

[@leoinsf]

@@julieelizabeth4856 Are you kidding!!! After 50 years in the Catholic Church and living the Catholic joke, I left forever! God is our Father and He loves His children! We don't earn His love! Jesus is all about love, charity, and acceptance. Catholicism is about EARNING God's love, sitting in a pew on Sunday and watching a priest do everything, going home fully convinced that we have earned heaven! Meanwhile, how many Catholics do you know who work in a soup kitchen or have any concept of helping the poor: Jesus' thing! Young people do not enter a church once they leave the family nest! The fear that animates their parent to embrace the Catholic "joke" is not part of their children's life! I give Catholicism ten years!!!

[@julieelizabeth4856]

@@leoinsf You were obviously poorly catechized, as so many have been in the past 50-60 years. We don't "earn" our salvation, but faith without works is dead, as the book of James tells us. Luther hated that book and wanted to chop it, and others, from the NT besides what he did to the OT. If you've joined the "faith alone" crowd, all I can say is this: with so many people running around believing they can do as they please, all they have to do is be "believers," then it's no wonder society is such a mess. "If you're going to sin, sin boldly. Just believe more boldly." - said Luther. Look at society now. The gates of hell will not prevail. The joke will be on you.

[@leoinsf]

@@julieelizabeth4856 Catholic schools: 8 years grammar school - 4 years high school Served mass from childhood through 2nd year of college. Seminary for 8 months (nervous breakdown!) Marriage 18 years - 4 children - divorce! My I.Q. was too high to just sit in a pew, attend Mass, and then go home: waiting to die. God is our Father - He loves us like a father - We don't earn that love! Catholicism is all about earning God's love, but God loves us automatically since we are His children. The Catholic Church's focus on sin is strictly Middle Ages! Is society a mess if you stop thinking sin? Catholicism is a Middle Ages religion and it really can't modernize without making itself unimportant!!!

[@johnhasken]

Nashville, TN is a hidden gem with a very strong young Catholic influence. Nashville's Cathedral of the Incarnation hosts masses for University Catholics, their masses are open to everyone and some of the best you'll attend.

[@christopherthorkon3997]

A very strong Catholic community for sure.

[@michaelmathews205]

I agree. I'd recommend going to St. Mary's of the Seven Sorrow or the Assumption church when that opens up. A lot of history there and so beautiful.

[@orangemanbad]

Omaha, Ne. Just miles from the FSSP seminary with FSSP parish. And a grand cathedral with Catholic parishes on every corner and a dozen schools and colleges for Catholic learning.

[@Mike_and_Ike-xb3io]

Conservative Catholicism may be growing, but Catholics all believe their parish is the best. My kids spent 12 years in Catholic schools, and hung around “Catholic” families. The sad fact is that most Catholics are lukewarm, dipping their toe in the water, just in case - the humanistic qualities of The Church has led to indifferentism (all Christians are alike) even within the religious. Of course, parishioners are generally nice people, but that will not get you through the narrow gates.

[@avarmadillo]

The Novus Ordo mass has destroyed much, and robbed the faith and zeal of many. The abuses are deeply disturbing. It's like the Wild West, with an anything goes atmosphere. I fear for those involved in these abuses. Over 30 years after my conversion from Protestantism I'd had enough. I now attend the TLM here in Irving, TX, a parish that is filled with faith and fervor and a vital orthodoxy in Faith and morals---the parish is bursting at the seams. Masses are packed! When I got there as a convert, I exclaimed,"Wow! This is where they've been hiding the Church I read about and converted to!" My wife and daughter were reluctant to attend at first. Once they did the mass transformed them! Now you couldn't take them from the Latin mass with a team of wild horses. I'm so thankful to God that dedicated and fervent souls preserved this, the Church's greatest treasure, often at great sacrifice and high personal costs. "Normal" parishes are said to have only 30% who believe in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist.(My sense is this is an inflated number). Among those who attend the Latin mass surveys say the number of those who believe rises to 99%. No more Novus DisOrdo for me! We have vital and strong Traditionalist Catholic Churches in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. We feel fortunate to be here. Like many others, my friend in Pennsylvania must travel long distances to attend the TLM. For us, our parish is only 12 miles from us. We love it and are inexpressibly grateful.

[@dominicedwards16]

@@avarmadilloI can second this. I grew up Catholic, went to the same parish my whole life (novus ordo). I really started to wisen up to how things bad were when we got a band playing bongos and a recorder?? Terrible. That parish is in an absolute free fall. I started attending TLM a few months ago and I can’t go back to NO. It’s missing so much, and the parishioners themselves are partly to blame.So many lukewarm Catholics who you can tell are there out of pure obligation

[@tomlehr861]

All the church is now is a rightvwing political party,no thanx

[@IsabelRodriguez-nv2ue]

@@avarmadillo THANK YOU! very much for your testimony! May you and your family be abundantly blessed!

[@erikriza7165]

Well said, and unfortunately, largely true.

[@lvx4408]

Sad Boston, of all places, is no longer on this list

[@saturn5668]

Don’t get me started

[@James-p6o1v]

Vienna Austria is the best Catholic city to live in. It's ranked as the number one city in the world for quality of life.😊

[@TrumpCantRead]

But is it BLESSED ? The flesh MUST be fresh! The blood MUST be warm!

[@sumeshjoseph2471]

Is their enough practicing Catholic s in Austria 🙄

[@James-p6o1v]

Yes, very Catholic country. As with most central and southern Europe.

[@TrumpCantRead]

@@James-p6o1v Do they have FRESH flesh and WARM blood?

[@beautifulrose8619]

Wichita, Kansas; Phoenix, Arizona; St. Louis, Missouri; La Fayetta, Louisiana ; Cincinatti, Ohio ; Evansville, Indiana. Wow. Did not expect the last one.

[@enterprises9983]

I’m from there and it genuinely is one of most catholic places in America. Strong German Catholic heritage

[@IsabeloConsulta-oh8xq]

Watching from the 🇵🇭 - 🇻🇦🇻🇦🙏🙏💙💙🙏🙏🇻🇦🇻🇦

[@Hugo.345]

You Filipinos have more beautiful processions than the US. I love the Marian and other statues of the saints y’all have there. Beautiful adorned churches too with beautiful altars!

[@seannoll2032]

The Archdiocese of Denver, Colorado is also a great place. Unfortunately the city itself has become liberal and godless, but the Catholic community here is still thriving. There's an abundance of great parishes, Catholic schools, and even TLM parishes. Archbishops Chaput and Aquila have been great orthodox leaders. And don't forget, JP2 chose Denver for the first World Youth Day because he saw it as the seat of the New Evangelization!

[@gabolujan3109]

No it’s not its full of liberals and marijuana and voted for Biden

[@irishrose1048]

Yes! We are blessed in the Denver Diocese! We have good priests, and I can go to Any Church in the Diocese and not worry about abuses in the Mass. We have FSSP here and some of the N.O. Churches also offer TLM.

[@kerrytopel9835]

That was a nice bit of hopeful info-thanks!

[@MelissaSaldanaOcasio]

FYI, you can find a Sunday mass from 7 am until 7 pm in Miami, FL. I was surprised that NYC mass ended after 12 noon.

[@cynthiagonzalez658]

Same in Manila, Philippines. Most NYC churches I know have 3 Sunday morning masses and then another at 5 pm.

[@anthonyp1414]

Columbus OH in recent years has been a good city to be Catholic. Bishop Earl Fernandes is young, orthodox, and defends the truth. Within the past few years he's done a lot of work to improve parish liturgical life, and is known for ousting a liberal religious order that ran the Ohio State Newman center. There are a lot of active parishes with good liturgy, and there are a great number of lay ministries and missionary organizations present. Seminarian vocations have also doubled in past years and are set to grow even more.

[@AMERICANPATRIOT123]

I've watched him since he came through the Archdiocese of Cincinnati where Archbishop Schnurr has done an amazing job. Our once nearly empty seminary almost closed. With Archbishop Schnurr leading us, we recently had to expand the seminary for the first time since before vatican2. Its been awesome to see that growth spread into your diocese! We are truly blessed here in Ohio!

[@kathyschaefer8635]

Cincinnati amen!

[@motherhenn8850]

We love Bishop Fernandes here in Cincinnati, and we miss him dearly.

[@kingbaldwiniv5409]

Phoenix is a great diocese, but Bishop O'Brien was a reason for its financial troubles, scandals, and broad heretical malfeasance. Bishop Thomas Olmsted, ironically of Wichita, was really the one who set up the Diocese of Phoenix as something admirable. O'Brien was found guilty of multiple dui violations including hit-and-runs where people got hurt. Bishop Olmsted was the man you should have featured. Not only did he clean up the messed of the previous administration, but he revitalized and made orthodox a failing diocese.

[@KMF3]

Yes and unfortunately now we've got another Bishop that's similar to O'Brien.

[@kingbaldwiniv5409]

@@KMF3 , possible he may be less orthodox. He never pretended that communion in the hand was the liturgical norm for the Church. He also did not study under Cdl. McElroy of San Diego.

[@irishmclass2042]

Greater Phoenix is Catholic Strong, regardless of the Bishop! I belong to St Anne, Gilbert, AZ - a thriving, growing Catholic parish with a robust RCIA/OCIA program! Love St Anne!

[@kingbaldwiniv5409]

@@irishmclass2042, I know a number of people from that parish, it has been a really good parish through at least 3 bishops! You are absolutely right!

[@matthewgaulke8094]

I don't know how it compares to the other cities mentioned but I recently started living in St. Paul MN and as a native of Minnesota and the Minneapolis area I have to say how surprised I was by how much more sane St. Paul is by comparison to Minneapolis. You still have Woke people in St. Paul but I think its hard not to find that stuff anywhere anymore. Even my visits to what I thought would have more of a small town feel still had your rainbow flag churches and rainbow flag libraries and Universities.

[@HendraG-nn1gi]

Thank you for this great video. God bless those cities.

[@mimiplay20]

I'm from Lafayette. It's very Catholic here. But unfortunately, it's more "Cultural Catholic" than authentic Catholic here. There are more "Catholics" who are not practicing their faith than the real devout Catholics who are here. If anything, I wish we were more like Wichita.... pray for us to get better. ❤❤❤

[@lyndavonkanel8603]

I was glad to hear Lafayette pronounced correctly. You, too? We have a town here in Georgia by that name and it is not pronounced right. Ugh!

[@petermichaelherbert5165]

I feel all of your passion for the Holy Spirit and the sacraments of the church. Thank you all for sharing your two cents about where strong Catholic cities are located. Love it.

[@Mobuku]

Visited St. Louis and the new Cathedral a couple of months ago, and I gotta say, it's one of the most beautiful churches I've seen in America. A blend of both Western architecture and Eastern iconography, which was beautiful.

[@Johannes3006]

Ave Maria, FL.

[@aom9802]

Ave Maria, Florida was a disaster from its inception. A Catholic fraud in the middle of the Everglades.

[@sf4131]

I’ve heard a lot about this city 🙏🏻

[@JonathanMoosey]

It’s a small city

[@julieelizabeth4856]

@@JonathanMoosey And a nondenominational church had to squeeze its way in there already.

[@wxyz4909]

Watcing from India ❤❤❤❤

[@smiths4jmj]

Atlanta, GA has vibrant Catholics. Not sure how this list was created. Did he factor in how many perpetual adoration chapels were in the cities? Because that's what really matters!

[@lyndavonkanel8603]

I agree! I love my parish here, North of the city.

[@adrianreid2055]

I get it. However my Parish in Philadelphia is fantastic.

[@JanetTerrones-v8x]

I appreciate this report, but am wondering from where many of your pictures were derived. I didn’t see the ethnic diversity of which many parishes enjoy. To my Catholic sensibility a significant marker is the inclusion of all ethnicities as children of God.

[@oremus2843]

Fort Wayne, Indiana is an another great Catholic City. An FSSP and an SSPX Chapel.

[@carmenmariacortesmarin2664]

Thank you! Blessings

[@stephenmartin9393]

While I am not a Catholic, I was raised in St. Louis, where there were a great number of Catholic people around. Now I live in Central Florida and know only a couple of handfuls if Catholics.

[@lawdogwales5921]

Any relation to Steve Martin?

[@maryannagibson5838]

🙏🙏🙏🙏! Praying for more Christian warriors to come home!

[@thisis_chavez]

I always pray that I become a successful Catholic Social Media Influencer to spread the teachings and Revelations of the Catholic Church and the entire Christendom. I hope and pray the Devotion to the Eucharist and the Holy Souls in Purgatory helps me. In your charity, lets all pray 7 Hail Mary for the propagation of all Catholic Teachings and for the success of all Catholic Social Media Influencer that all may be guided by the Holy Trinity, Holy Family, all Great Saints, and Angels

[@AMERICANPATRIOT123]

Good luck and God bless! I just subscribed!

[@ajlynch123]

#1 is Evansville where girl altar boys wear cassocks 🤣🤣🤣

[@knighttemplar77]

Girl "alter boys " is Vatican ll and goes against traditional Catholic teaching

[@lawdogwales5921]

lol

[@josemachain-of7oh]

God, have mercy on Us. Forgive us our sins. Protect Us from evil. Amen

[@JimDeBroeck]

Wichita is wonderful, the Stewardship Way of Life is so fruitful!

[@alakdan1964]

I’m Catholic from birth. I love this video.

[@collinkuzelka9256]

No way Lincoln, NE is not on this list

[@Shaolin91z]

Thanks Lord for your salvation Thanks Lord for bible study class Psalm 91

[@bobbyrogers3084]

Old St. Mary’s in Cincinnati, Ohio is the most beautiful church

[@joliettraveler]

When I was growing up as a teenager, Joliet, IL was 80% Catholic.

[@purely_catholic]

Nice - I grew up in Naperville… spent some time in Joliet

[@JamesHarrison687]

Love the channel.

[@SK-qc6fb]

You missed: Warsaw, Krakow, Lublin, Wroclaw, Gdansk, etc, etc, etc!

[@sumeshjoseph2471]

What this video is about usa only 😜

[@SK-qc6fb]

@@sumeshjoseph2471 Poland is the USA of Europe! Check it.

[@storykli5137]

I would appreciate a more methodological approach to this sort of content as it seems a bit too anecdotal

[@GlobalDestinations-USA]

This video is a great resource for Catholic families looking for the best American cities to raise their children. It highlights cities with strong Catholic communities, quality education, and safe environments, making them ideal for fostering faith and family values. A valuable guide for those seeking a place to nurture their family's Catholic traditions.

[@shaunpoland5656]

The catholic reddit is something else man

[@Jack-yh9st]

San antonio being one of the most catholic cities in the country and its not on here lol reddit at its finest

[@irishrose1048]

San Antonio has a vibrant Cultural Catholic community, but from my experience it's only mediocre. And there's a lot of woke agendas in SA Catholic Churches. Go to Mass in Lincoln NE. Specifically at the college, it will blow you away...they LOVE JESUS in a passionate way! The Mass is so beautiful!! And the people LIVE thier faith! Denver is great, Lincoln is Awesome!

[@paulnebeling2068]

Not sure what to make of this video. Long on opinion and historical background, short on the things that would get me to relocate to any of these cities.

[@purely_catholic]

It’s a tricky thing to put together. It’s hard to ‘quantify’ how Catholic a place is.. I could try to calculate how many Catholics live somewhere or how many parishes they have… but it seems that it’s really based on subjectivity. A feeling they get when a person goes to mass and sees lots of young families, etc. Hard to convey that in a video.

[@paulnebeling2068]

@@purely_catholic I agree that is can be hard to quantify. Number of parishes compared to the size of the city could be a metric. I don't know if the diocese can provide a number of parishioners, but if they can, comparing that to the population of the city. Comparing the number of Catholic parishes against the total number of Christian churches could be useful. (I live in Jacksonville, Florida and this city seems to have TWO Protestsnt churches on every block.) Some other possible metrics could be the number of Catholic schools compared to the size of the local school district. That would be important to parents of school-age children. Any Catholic institutions of higher education? Any other Catholic institutions, i.e. Monistaries or Abbeys? Sizable Catholic charities? The list could go on and on, but I think the horse is dead already.

[@mweinheim7911]

Cincinnati on this list is hilarious. They are closing churches left and right.

[@jimprior5700]

Very interesting , I hope they all keep it up. Catholic education has been a great gift to America. God Bless America

[@lluchadden4040]

I would say this all depends on the individual's perspective. I love small town, small, vibrant, alive in the Holy Spirit, orthodox churches. Give me the Truth, Give me Jesus, give me a loving community of believers where people can flourish together in worship and love for God, and serve others, and I say that is a very good Catholic parish. There are many. You have to look for them.

[@777MusicLVR]

Thriving as Traditional Catholic or Novus Ordo?

[@theonlymeaning]

what is the beat going on in the background? Why must there be SOUND behind a speaker? !

[@sunnyday7843]

Good question! I dislike the music behind the speaking . It’s very distracting

[@shirleyfraney3130]

Louisville Ky good Catholic city

[@Wonderpattypatty]

Thanks for this! God bless!

[@gerardoluna9682]

If all Catholics move to these places, who is going to evangelize the rest of Babylons, I mean cities.

[@RainInTheSummer]

Exactly! I can’t remember where I saw or who said it but someone mentioned once that we have sort of a duty (especially in our hometown) to stay and help change it for the better not leave it to rot. We have a responsibility to make the place we were born at a better place for its citizens and our future progeny

[@lindathompson5472]

Greenville SC and its surrounding towns could be on the list. For such a small community, it has more than 4 thriving Catholic parishes.

[@johnpro2847]

catholic churches a dying here in australia.The school system is still solid.

[@billjenkins2503]

Dying churches occur because parishioners are too focused on self and refuse to open oneself to the church.

[@judithbriones5882]

Are you sure?

[@MHester-m3f]

I lived in a small town about 80 miles from San Antonio. I am old and live in Alabama, but would still love to visit the missions there. Have visited the beautiful missions in Goliad. If I could move back to Texas, I would choose San Antonio or closer to S.A. than my hometown. My hometown parish was in Corpus Christi Diocese but is now in San Antonio. God bless Texas and all Catholics. I pray Bishop Strickland is reinstated (among others) so wrongly cancelled and now excommunicated - still in shock about that.

[@MHester-m3f]

Meant to say the sisters who taught us in grade school, Sisters of Divine Providence, were based in San Antonio. They would return there for the summer.

[@steverohr6836]

Several Catholic families a week move from all over the country to Greenville, South Carolina.

[@kimchiho641]

I love you so much God, thank you for given a life, thank you for walking with me daily, sad and happy, sins and good you always beside me and make me comfortable, my heart, my soul my life all belong to you my God my Almighty God., I offer soul and bodies to those who sicks, unborn babies, sinners, weak of faith, unhappy, anxiety, depresses and who unlucky then me.I love them as you love me.Amen

[@emmydelofficial]

I love our Mother: Catholic Church

[@HellenicPapist]

I visited St. Mary’s Basillica in Phoenix last week for Sunday mass. Beautiful. Everyone. Everyone was SO REVERENT. Church bells rang thrice during consecration and Father John runs his parish wonderfully.

[@annabethdemary4486]

I was surprised to not see Lincoln or Denver.

[@ShoJ369]

Can locals tell me please, Which Parishes offer the TLM on a daily basis, Regardless if they are SSPX, or ICKSP of FSSP please ? I want to move to a Parish where I can attend Mass daily. T I.A. 🙏

[@irishrose1048]

Littleton Colorado. Fssp has daily mass. You can google them.

[@julieelizabeth4856]

Check the website called Reverent Catholic Mass.

[@AnnacolleenEtters]

If I am ever on my own, I am selling my land in Virginia, and in W. Virginia, and moving to a Catholic place. I am so tired of angry, downright mean Protestants, I could scream. I grew up Methodist, during the school year, and Baptist, during Summer. There was an incredible feeling of belonging. I want this again, before I die. My family apparently needed then, what I need, now. They attend a new non denominational church. I can't drive, and a priest comes, if I ask. I could never leave the church, no matter how lonely I am.

[@TheMaxem007]

Maria Stein Ohio home of the second largest relics in the USA. Many Catholic churches in Mercer county and Auglaize county ohio

[@michelleo7501]

Our small,rural, thriving church, part of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, was founded by the Glenmary's. ❤

[@JimJessup-z5x]

Lincoln Nebraska