10 of the Best Cities in America to Raise a Catholic Family

[Michie]

To help those who are looking for Catholic communities, Crisis Magazine has compiled a list of 10 of the best cities to raise a Catholic family.

In an era in which America is becoming an increasingly anti-Catholic place to live, Catholics desperately need to be supported by a strong Catholic community in order to live out their faith. For some, the community in which they were born supplies that need. However, for many others there exists a desire to find a community where orthodox Catholicism is supported and lived out. To help those who are looking for such communities, Crisis Magazine has compiled a list of 10 of the best cities to raise a Catholic family (plus an additional unique situation).

A few notes about this list. It is not a scientific study; the cities selected obviously don’t include every city with a strong Catholic community. However, these cities stand out in terms of offering distinct advantages for Catholic families.

Regional factors impact families on a local level, so ultra-liberal states are unlikely to have cities that make the list. You’ll also notice a dearth of large cities (the largest city listed is Kansas City, MO, which is the 37th largest city in America). It’s likely that every large city in America has an active Catholic community in it; however, the significant drawbacks for raising a Catholic family in a large city, such as high cost of living, higher levels of “wokeness,” and higher likelihood of a liberal local government kept those cities off this list.

Continued below.

10 of the Best Cities in America to Raise a Catholic Family

To help those who are looking for Catholic communities, Crisis Magazine has compiled a list of 10 of the best cities to raise a Catholic family.

crisismagazine.com

 

[Bob Crowley]

I have just about zero knowledge of American geography other than some idea where the big cities are, but I was watching a DVD series featuring Scott Hahn. It was a visual presentation of elements of his book "Reasons To Believe" (which I don't have).

Anyway with every session the presenter (Mike Aquilana) stated that Scott Hahn worked at the Franciscan University in Steubenville. I noticed Steubenville, Ohio is on the list.

It appears Mr. Aquilana also works in Steubenville at the St. Paul Centre for Biblical Theology.

Google Search

 

[WarriorAngel]

To help those who are looking for Catholic communities, Crisis Magazine has compiled a list of 10 of the best cities to raise a Catholic family.

In an era in which America is becoming an increasingly anti-Catholic place to live, Catholics desperately need to be supported by a strong Catholic community in order to live out their faith. For some, the community in which they were born supplies that need. However, for many others there exists a desire to find a community where orthodox Catholicism is supported and lived out. To help those who are looking for such communities, Crisis Magazine has compiled a list of 10 of the best cities to raise a Catholic family (plus an additional unique situation).

A few notes about this list. It is not a scientific study; the cities selected obviously don’t include every city with a strong Catholic community. However, these cities stand out in terms of offering distinct advantages for Catholic families.

Regional factors impact families on a local level, so ultra-liberal states are unlikely to have cities that make the list. You’ll also notice a dearth of large cities (the largest city listed is Kansas City, MO, which is the 37th largest city in America). It’s likely that every large city in America has an active Catholic community in it; however, the significant drawbacks for raising a Catholic family in a large city, such as high cost of living, higher levels of “wokeness,” and higher likelihood of a liberal local government kept those cities off this list.

Continued below.

10 of the Best Cities in America to Raise a Catholic Family

To help those who are looking for Catholic communities, Crisis Magazine has compiled a list of 10 of the best cities to raise a Catholic family.

crisismagazine.com

I will keep this in mind for upcoming families who want a place.
Heck, I want a place.

It makes sense, being in Utah the Mormons thrive [or did] that being around like minded people creates a thriving area. How did they get so much land for their own community? but anyway....
Iron sharpens iron.

 

[WarriorAngel]

Ok wait...what?
I live in, raised and close in vicinity of Pittsburgh Pa.

The other day I saw two men dressed as women.
That said; [and my complaints of the new kids in town wanting to spread the agenda]
we have not had parades but we are in a higher tax state/liberal blue state...
[BUT also mostly blue collar workers who will no longer drink Bud Light]

It's confusing.

But it's mostly Democrat/liberals living here and I don't see a lot of kids in Church.



Yet nobody harasses Catholics, so there's that, too.

Did you know that Pittsburgh is home to more first class relics of saints than any city on earth other than the Vatican? In the decaying decades of the nineteenth century, when Europe was rejecting its Catholic identity, an intrepid Pittsburgh priest took it upon himself to build a refuge for the sacred. Now known as Saint Anthony Chapel it is a fitting metaphor for the Pittsburgh area itself in our own days of cultural chaos.​

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I did NOT know that ^^^^
I have to go review my life... brb

 

[mourningdove~]

Anyway with every session the presenter (Mike Aquilana) stated that Scott Hahn worked at the Franciscan University in Steubenville. I noticed Steubenville, Ohio is on the list.

It appears Mr. Aquilana also works in Steubenville at the St. Paul Centre for Biblical Theology.

Google Search

Matthew Leonard, "Art of Catholic" podcaster ...
and founder of the "Science of Sainthood" online study program (www.scienceofsainthood.com) ...
is also in Steubenville.