(plaincatholic.tripod) Plain Catholics: Who are They?? PLAIN CATHOLICS: WHO ARE THEY? Plain Catholics embrace the simplicity of the Gospel and are faithful to the Magisterium of the Roman Catholic Church. They go to Mass either Novus Ordo or Tridentine. They practice some form of regular family devotions and prayer life. Many are members of a third or secular order of a religious community like the Lay Carmelites, Lay Dominicans, Secular Franciscans, Oblates of St. Benedict, Cistercian Oblates, etc. Plain Catholics do not buy expensive houses or cars. Many practice homesteading skills such as gardening, sewing, raising livestock, blacksmithing, carpentry, canning, etc. They prefer to have fewer tech toys and more hands-on activities, thus saving money and developing useful skills as they spend more time with their children. The children learn these skills at their parents sides. Spending time together as a family is a first priority of Plain Catholics. Some have computers but most do not have television nor even radios (except for the Weather Alert radio). If they do have television or radio the use is restricted to Catholic programming, weather, and news information. By controlling mass media technology, Plain Catholics remove the distractions which fracture many families and isolate the children from the parents. Homeschooling is the education of choice but some do attend Catholic or public school. Most of the Plain Catholics agree that all are in different stages of Plain-ness. Unlike the Amish or other groups, Plain Catholics are not necessarily gathered into a community with a common rule. Instead they are individual families who pursue this simple and plain lifestyle. In short, Plain Catholics are one of the many cultures that exist in the Roman Catholic Church; we have Vietnamese Catholics, Italian Catholics, Irish Catholics and Plain Catholics. Plain Catholics may come from any ancestry. Their culture is based upon simplicity and a countercultural witness against the consumerism and other notions that are so prevalent in the world. They seek to separate themselves from the values of the secular world and to live their lives in full obedience and in the full simplicity of the Gospels.
Posted on: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 09:31:11 +0000
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