REL 205 Catholicism

According to a study by the Dynamic Catholic Institute: 6.4% of registered parishioners contribute 80% of the volunteer hours, 6.8% of registered parishioners contribute 80% of financial contributions. There is an 84% overlap between the 2 groups. Only 17.8 million of the 96 million people in the U.S. who describe themselves as “Catholic at some point in their life” attend Mass weekly, & fewer than 3 million are involved in the parish outside of Mass.