The importance of data: How we know how St. Louis compares to other dioceses
A friend texted me after reading Archbishop Robert J. Carlson's message in the August-September issue of Catholic St. Louis magazine: "...was surprised to read that we are only the 40th largest archdiocese in the country. Would love to know the 39 that are larger.. Do you know where I could find such a list? "Could not find one on Google.)" Well, there isn't such a list. Not an accurate one, anyway. The website catholic-heiarchy.org lists one with 10-year-old data. But we don't need an online source. We have John Schwob, director of pastoral planning for the archdiocese. John is our Read More