I remember several years ago there was an old man that was complaining to the parish priest that there were too many children talking and crying and that is was "very distracting." Father didn't miss a beat, he said, "I have a feeling that most of your distractions are internal."
We have an extra space for parents that want to bring their babies to church. There's a door and a Big glass window, they can see the Priest and we don't hear the noise. They hear everything the Priest says.
This is amazing! I attend St. Thomas More growing up from childhood to adulthood. When I move to the Dallas area. St Francis of Assiss is the closest Church near me. And that's the church I attend now. So blesses to be a part of both huge Catholic communities.
Ther is a zero percent chance that St John Cantius in Chicago isn’t in the top 10. It seats 2000. Has daily Mass. Wednesday Evening, Saturday evening, first Friday, and 6 Masses on Sundays and they are near capacity for every service. There are people who travel from Iowa solely to go there. Sundays alone they have 10K people there.
@@JudyKos 825 carpenter st in chicago, they have very traditional mass, many people wear suits and veils, but it isnt the opus dei version. Its pre vatican II would be my basic way of describing.
My parish has one priest serving 2 parishes. Each church has 1 each Sunday and Saturday Masses. Our last priest done double that. Attendance each Sunday has been steady at least 250 each week. We have a good cross section from babies to quite elderly, we have a school and a new youth director. My feeling is our parish is growing and I thank God for that.
Holy Family in Orlando Florida also has daily confessions, and many ministries for men, women, young adults, study groups, Rosaries, extra devotions, and the like.
I have attended St Matthew since 1994. It is a large church but have found it’s only as large as you want to make it. Many ministries to become involved in to feel a part of this amazing Parish.
Any Roman Catholic parish which resembles even in the slightest, a Protestant faith community is not truly Roman Catholic. We need to return to our true Catholic roots, and offer to God the extra ordinary form of the Holy Mass and step away from the ordinary form. God deserves an offering to Him in thanksgiving high solemn liturgies.
PLEASE add:Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church and Shrine in Santa Clara California. We have 4 Masses daily with confessions at all Masses except at the 6:30am Mass. On Sunday, we have 7 English Masses and 1 Spanish Mass with confessions except at the 6:30am Mass. We have 24hours Adoration for 45 years. Starting in May we have the Fatima Mass and Procession until October 13. We have Adult and children Consecration to Mary by St. Louis de Montfort, Family Conferences, Summer Children Oratory. There are many vocations from this beautiful Church. The priests are from the order of the Institute of the Incarnate Word, IVE. There are 8 sisters that are from the Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matara. The priests celebrate the holy Mass with utmost reverence, the daily homilies are well prepared and beautiful. The priests and sisters work very hard but they always take the time to talk and be with the parishioners. They are all a beautiful example of God’s LOVE! It is like Heaven on Earth! 🙏❤️😇
I attend there, and am a member of the St. Cecilia Choir, and Our Lady's Trio that sings at 6:30 mass about once a month. It is a very vibrant church. There is another Mass over Advent at 5am as well. Lots of ways to get involved. ❤️✝️🙏
@@El.Ace.del.Tabaco.. it's in a rough part of town but its a very Holy place with a very HOLY PASTOR... I'm so happy it's not too far from me. TREMENDOUS REVERENCE FOR OUR LORD IN THE HOLY EUCHARIST. 🙏
Annunciation Catholic Church of Orlando Florida should be on this list. They have huge attendance at weekend masses and a school and numerous offerings for spiritual growth.
These churches are best in accommodstions of catholic members. I M so much impressed and honored for these people who loves zjeus and sipports our churches. ALLELUIA I M 🙏
At the end of the video, it has St. Matthews as the largest parish. The bishop shown is Bishop Mike. He is our former Pastor at St. Philip Benizi in Jonesboro, GA.
Hi neighbor! At Divine Redeemer in Hanahan, SC. Our parish is growing rapidly. We have so many new families, as well as single young adults, Navy guys, and older couples who recently relocated here. We are growing so much that our church can afford some big renovations. We have also added two more weekend masses this year.
We have a lot of young families that go to mass at my church. They have many children too. It's a TLM. So glad we go to TLM, converts for 25 years now.
My home parish of St. Emydius in the archdiocese of Los Angeles has three daily Masses, 10 Sunday Masses plus 2 Vigil Masses on Saturday evening, and has approximately 7 to 9 thousand parishioners in any given Sunday…
Simply attending church is a wonderful thing but if I had a choice, I prefer smaller, older churches. Growing up in NYC, our churches were amazing but as kids we thought all Catholic Churches were built with lots of stained glass, tons of woodwork and extremely high ceilings, etc., etc..
Was at St Matthew Charlotte this past weekend. It has actually toned down some from the McSweeney days. Still yes it resembles a mega church but compared to the 1980s design church I attend in CA now - it is almost pretty. At least you can see the tabernacle though the priest has to take a hike to get to it. If you want to pray before mass, forget it, unless you have the concentration of a monk - people use the church itself as a social gathering hall. Once mass starts people mostly stay focused.
Jealous of the churches that have enough priests to hold daily masses. Many areas of the US have to share priests and those priests have to travel 80 plus miles daily to just touch base weekly with the parish. My church used to have daily mass and 3 masses on Sunday. We now share 3 priests for 6 parishes covering a radius of 100 miles. We get 3 weekly masses, confessions for one hour on Wednesday/ Saturday and two Sunday masses. For those blessed with enough priests to minister to your parish daily …cherish it
Wow! Thanks for the info. I didn’t know that some parishes are short of priests. I’m from DC metropolitan, we have 6 Sunday masses and 2 daily masses. I’m very appreciative of having dedicated priests here
Live in Baltimore City and we have three parishes within one and a half miles of each other. Two parishes were a block and a half away. St. Mary's Star of the Sea closed on Nov.23rd. We have one priest for 2 churches and we are doing quite well. We have a very active community with young and old supporting each other.
My wife and I were original attendees at St. Elizabeth Ann Seaton in Houston in 1980 when it was just founded and meeting in a manufactured trailer. Our first child was born and baptized there. We have since moved all around the USA and are now in Ashland, Kentucky where our Catholic Church has very few attendees. It is so sad but it is great to see there are many parishes active and flourishing.
I was homeless, did drugs, went into prison, where I got to know God. He changed my life. Now I have a home, a wife and a lovely year old daughter (zoe), and a stream of income that gats me $47,000 weekly. Plus a new identity - a child of God, Hallelujah!!!!🇺🇲❣️♥️♥️
The traditional Latin Mass church in our area is full every Sunday. Communion at the railing, the priest places the host on your tongue. You don't chew the host. It dissolves in your mouth. No lay people on the alter. Its holy. The priest faces the curifix, not the parishioners. He is truly interacting with GOD. We are silent. We are witnessing the appearace of GOD. No singing, or noise. Your head is covered. You are totally absorbed in GOD.
@@equine2020 Again, it’s the Attitude. I have attended Byzantine, Maronite and Anglican Ordinariate liturgies. Those who attend them on a regular basis don’t care how everyone else worships! But those that attend Tridentine Latin liturgy have a habit of condemning everyone who don’t worship like they do! That doesn’t sound very Christlike to me!
St. Gregory in Bluffton, SC has 14k on the rolls and 3-4k attend vigil & Sunday masses. The last vigil mass I attended there was standing room only. The other parishes in our area are also packed. The biggest complaints are about getting out of the parking lots. I’m now the cantor at a military base parish with fewer than 100 attendees every week, but we get the local Monsignor.
I think it is wonderful Texas has huge Catholic Church attendance and in other parts of our Country Catholic attendance is growing. I remember my hometown Catholic Church was open 24/7 during WWII and always welcomed people inside praying for brothers, fathers and sons at sea and overseas in battle zones. God Bless those praying for our military serving the US in these years of strife and away from their families at Christmas time. They are all God's First Line of Defense.
Love that my parish is on the list- Orlando Holy Family. Only correction in video is the picture shown when talking about our adoration Chapel is really our Daily Chapel (original building), Our Adoration Chapel is a separate one next to the main church. 🥰🥰🥰
St Therese’ in Alhambra And San Secondo Di Asti, in (Ontario, California) Guasti .. Both have several Masses Daily, confession, and Traditional Latin Mass..
#10 Our Lady of Guadalupe - Des Plains Illinois, #9 Saint Thomas Moore - Austin Texas, #8 Holy Family Orlando, FL, #7 Saint Patrick’s Cathedral NYC, #6 Christ the King, Tampa, FL, #5 Saint Michael ArchAngel Houston, Texas, #4 Saint Francis of Assisi, Frisco Texas, #3 Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Houston, Texas, #2 Saint Ann, Cobble Texas, #1 Saint Matthew Catholic Church, Charlotte NC
what about St. Mary's Catholic Church in College Station, Texas. 1-2 Daily Masses per weekday, 5 Sunday Masses (including Saturday vigil), and roughly 10,000 people per week in attendance.
Yes, this is not an accurate list at all. My parish would s smaller just because the diocese opened a new parish, but we still have 13 masses data Sunday in 3 languages, and about 6 k people. Prior to the new parish opeming, we did qualify as a mega church, and we have many of this size just in my diocese of San Jose. And to answer his last question, yes Iove large churches! They are active and interactive with always something going on. And yes, the masses themselves are still quite reverent.
Whoever made this survey did not cover the whole US. It does not say who did the survey, either. So, this list is pretty subjective on the part of whoever made the survey and whoever posted it here. However, I am happy to know that some Catholic Churches in the US are bursting at the seams. More power to them.
Wait a minute. One person complains about a 30,000 member church because it seems too Protestant? How many Protestant churches offer rosary making classes? God bless St. Matt’s.
Make that two persons. We left after 35 plus years (founding members) with the parish. Rosary making does not equal prayer life and orthodox Catholic teaching.
Top 10 Catholic Church in USA 1 St Mathew Charlotte NC 2 St Ann Coppell Tx 3 st EAS houston Tx 4 St Francis Frisco Tx 5 St Michael Houston Tx 6 Christ King Tampa FL 7 St Pat Cathedral NYC 8 Holy Family. OR FL 9 St Thomas More AU TX 10 OL Guadalupe Des Plains IL
I love small, close net community type Catholic churches, where everyone knows everyone and take care of each others spiritual, emotional and physical needs if they can. There is nothing like true spirit-filled Catholic churches.
We at Holy Apstles are still growing. Up to 4 masses now, 4 priests, and still 7 deacones., We have an chapel as well as the church and our school. Love my church.
St Luke Catholic Church in Smyrna Tn is a wonderful place to worship. When I am in TN I always go to this Church on a Saturday. Feel @home in Smyrna TN.
Not in the U.S., but we stopped by all the towns we visited in Italy and I appreciated the smaller and more intimate churches. But, my heart is full when I see big churches filled to the reams.
I like the smaller ones personally. I attend St. Mark the Evangelist in Tampa, FL. It's big enough with roughly 4000 families. I also live near Our Lady of the Rosary, also with roughly 4000 families. Both wonderful churches with good pastors. 🙏🏼😇
Glory and Eternal Praise to You O God Our Loving Heavenly Father through Our Lord Jesus Christ. Come Holy Spirit and Bless, Love, Guide All Your Faithfuls. God Bless all our countries, The USA and The whole World
They all have that very Protestant vibe that was pointed out on the last one. Well, maybe not St. Patrick’s in NY. They were all either ugly, whitewashed function hall looking places or they resemble the bridge of a space ship in Star Trek. I bet there are a lot of altar girls, dozens of Extraordinary Ministers and cringy music at all these parishes.
@ oh absolutely, it’s just sad to see the beautiful Catholic identity which gave greater honor and glory to God which was lost after the 1960s. It also doesn’t foster reverence and places more focus on man rather than God.
I have never seen such wonderful Catholic Communities as I have when I visit Louisiana. I live in California…. I have never seen such wonderful, flourishing churches… particularly Sacred Heart in Broussard, Louisiana ⚜️
I prefer small parishes. The church I am a parishioner, Sacred Heart Church in Thayer MO, has nine pews on each side of the aisle. Each pew only holds 4 adults. Thus, 72 people maximum. We have been blessed with wonderful priests over the past few years. Fr Marice gives wonderful, detailed homilies.
"....because even when the Eucharist is celebrated on the humble altar of a country church, the Eucharist is celebrated on the altar of the world". Ecclesia de Eucharista. Pope John Paul II
We have a capacity at our privately run Catholic Church in Berlin of about 700 people. When it is is full (as it often is - four masses on Sundays, two on weekdays) it is just about right. More than 1000 is rather a cathedral feeling for special holy days...
Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Carmel, IN has over 8,000 registered parishioners, 2 daily Masses and nine WE Masses. It has an adoration chapel and a Matthew 25 center with a food pantry and a health clinic.
Some of this is affected by population and demographic change over time. Baltimore has far fewer people than it did in 1950 and much of its population now consists of people who are not historically Catholic. Florida and Texas as everyone knows are booming states. This is not at all to express anything other than admiration for the leaders of the successful parishes you tell us about--thank you.
I attended Latin Mass once- only to leave it totally confused! The Choir was in the gallery doing its thing, The priest and his men were up in front doing their thing, And the people were in the pews quietly praying with seemingly little to no awareness, and not even caring of what else is going on around them! No sense of unity or community or communication between anything or any one! If the Mass is supposed to be the official public prayer of the Church, shouldn’t everybody be in unity with each other? Not only that, But even with the English translation in the missal, I couldn’t keep up with what was going on! What was I supposed to be one with exactly? What were they doing? I got no guide on it at all and no one was around or even willing to help me! The next day I attended a Mass at a Lithuanian cultural Center close to my home (I was living in Illinois at the time.) There, it was done in the Ordo Missae form (NOT “Novus Ordo”! It’s really “Ordo Missae” according to Fr. Peter M.J. Stravinskas). Everything was orderly, easy to follow along- the priest led, the people responded accordingly, there was unity and community involved throughout- and I don’t know a word of Lithuanian! Another thing- I have attended Byzantine, Maronite and Anglican Ordinariate Liturgies in the Catholic Belief. None of those who attend those liturgies on a regular basis even care how everyone else worships! But those that attend Tridentine Latin Mass regularly have this attitude of that liturgy is the only right one, everything else be condemned, especially “Ordo Missae”! That doesn’t sound very Christlike to me! I’ll never attend Tridentine Latin Mass again!
We had the TLM “traditional Latin mass“ at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Austin, Texas, and of ALL the masses offered. It was the most well attended. The bishop decided to terminate it and replace it with the ordinary mass. And because of this one action, he caused the termination of millions of dollars of funding to various Catholic institutions.
@@jeannehall6546 The TLM is known for being meditative and not for community hand shaking. Mass is supposed to be about God, not community. It is worship of God, after all. There is plenty of time outside of Mass for community. During Mass, we are united in faith and the Eucharist which is true Catholic unity. Unity is not about hand shaking or talking to our neighbor during Mass. The TLM draws thousands of young and old alike with full Mass attendance as well as young men filling the traditional seminaries and young women in traditional religious orders. I'm sorry that you didn't get it.
Jeanne. The Mass is primarily the worship of God the Father through the Sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross. With that as a starting point you may have a little different perspective. And you are correct, it takes about 6 months to learn the "pattern" of the Latin Mass.
Thanks for the video. With regards to St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church Frisco, Texas the information is outdated. The Parish currently has about 9,000 to 10,000 weekly attendance, over 50,000 population, 2 to 3 daily masses, 12 weekend masses including the sensory friendly mass and probably the 13th one by December 8, 2024.
We travel twice the distance to St. Ann in Charlotte. We were founding members and were parishioners for 35 plus years. It became way too progressive for us.
We would love to be included in this list. We average 150 new families a year, from just over 1600 families in 2016 to over 3000. We have Daily Mass M-Say, a Vigil mass on Saturday, and 4 Masses, including one in Spanish on Sunday. We also have Masses in Polish, Korean, and Tagalog. Our new Cathedral was dedicated in 2018.
Why isn't the Immaculata in St Marys Kansas mentioned? I believe the regulars alone add up to about 4,500. It's certainly the most impressive church building of the lot.
Possibly because of their Irregular status. I myself am a Novus Ordo Catholic and have no real issues with the SSPX. They nourish His flock and that's what matters most.
Our Lady of Peace in Santa Clara CA: at least 4 masses per day, weekend 10 masses, confession at each mass, rosary every hour when mass is not occurring, open 24/7
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Modesto, California is also a thriving parish. M-Sat Confessions, 24/7 Adoration, Latin Mass available on Sunday, six Sunday Masses, approx 40 or so ministries, and very Catholic in nature. I could go on-and-on, but it’s the most active Church among the Diocese. Each Sunday Mass is packed, with an addition optional attached chapel for parents with active kids. I can’t say enough about this blessed Church!
In the Philippines, it is common in every church to have Three (3) Masses a day from Monday to Saturday. with Nine (9) masses on Sunday. At popular shrines, they can have as many as twelve (12) masses on Sunday.
@@davidstout6051 When I moved to Dallas in the 1980s an article came out in the newspaper about the great influx of Catholics moving to the Dallas area. There was a high school run by Cistercian monks whose baseball team was scheduled to play against a Baptist school. When the Baptists found out that their opponents were Catholic, they refused to play.
In contrary, in Indonesia parishes in primary and secondary cities are always expecting thousand of attendees. Cathedral in my town always add more seats outside the church, even using space of classes in school next to it to accomodate people. In christmas or easter we have to come at least 1 hour before mass if we want to sit inside.
IMHO a perfect parish size is between 1200-1600 weekly attendees, with a school attached. It'll be large enough to afford almost anything a spiritual community will need, but small enough to not get completely lost in the crowd. There's something to be said for very small rural and ethnic parishes too. The sense of community can be very thick.
St. Francis in Frisco has over 45,000 parishioners as of 2020. It is rapidly growing. Fr. Rudy Garcia leads a wonderful staff of four priests and four deacons.
Shout out to my parish, St. Maximilian Kolbe, in Houston, Tx. It's small compared to most Houston parishes, only 2100 families but we have 70 ministries and Perpetual Adoration!
The sad part of all this is that I noticed some of the churches removed the Tabernacle from the Altar. Very disturbing OMHO. Comunion on hand is already a big abuse to Our Lord! Quantity became the main focus of the Bishops agendas. Doing so they lost the true faithfull, and gained the fake ones. That is not what Jesus want.
St. Vitus Catholic Church- Northridge, California Home of the FSSP in Los Angeles The Tridentine Mass of the ages, full of children, young people and adults Glory be to God
My church is standing room only for Sunday mass. Its encouraging to see so many young families attending.
Does it have a large amount of Hispanics? That is okay of course.
Those parishioners who complain about the noise from children during mass, are very short sighted. They are the churches future.
I remember several years ago there was an old man that was complaining to the parish priest that there were too many children talking and crying and that is was "very distracting." Father didn't miss a beat, he said, "I have a feeling that most of your distractions are internal."
@@RaymondYocum-uw5hd Well said of him. ❤
Complete nonsense. The mass is to contemplate not to listen to the children screams.
"No crying in your church means your church is dying"
We have an extra space for parents that want to bring their babies to church. There's a door and a Big glass window, they can see the Priest and we don't hear the noise. They hear everything the Priest says.
Praise the Lord and Thankyou Lord for all my Catholic brothers and sisters.
This is amazing! I attend St. Thomas More growing up from childhood to adulthood. When I move to the Dallas area. St Francis of Assiss is the closest Church near me. And that's the church I attend now. So blesses to be a part of both huge Catholic communities.
Ther is a zero percent chance that St John Cantius in Chicago isn’t in the top 10. It seats 2000. Has daily Mass. Wednesday Evening, Saturday evening, first Friday, and 6 Masses on Sundays and they are near capacity for every service.
There are people who travel from Iowa solely to go there.
Sundays alone they have 10K people there.
Where is this church? Address?
@@JudyKos 825 carpenter st in chicago, they have very traditional mass, many people wear suits and veils, but it isnt the opus dei version. Its pre vatican II would be my basic way of describing.
My parish has one priest serving 2 parishes. Each church has 1 each Sunday and Saturday Masses. Our last priest done double that. Attendance each Sunday has been steady at least 250 each week. We have a good cross section from babies to quite elderly, we have a school and a new youth director. My feeling is our parish is growing and I thank God for that.
Catholic Churches in the south are growing
Holy Family in Orlando Florida also has daily confessions, and many ministries for men, women, young adults, study groups, Rosaries, extra devotions, and the like.
May His name be praised forever 🙏
Of course I will attend.....I am a 💯 Catholic here who serve for 25 yrs in our parish🙏🥰💚
A 75 yrs.old grandma here 🇸🇬🇵🇭💚
Christ the King!! yes!
Bring Perpetual Adoration to the people at any Catholic church, and the reverence to Christ and souls growing in holiness will flourish❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
I have attended St Matthew since 1994. It is a large church but have found it’s only as large as you want to make it. Many ministries to become involved in to feel a part of this amazing
Parish.
I wouldn't judge churches by how much attendance they get.
That is like judging the quality of a restaurant by how many trucks are in the parking lot.
The video is not "judging" anything it's only letting know which ones are the most attended.
@@glennso47 The video is not judging the faith or sanctity of the faithful attending this parishes, it's all about the most attended.
Any Roman Catholic parish which resembles even in the slightest, a Protestant faith community is not truly Roman Catholic. We need to return to our true Catholic roots, and offer to God the extra ordinary form of the Holy Mass and step away from the ordinary form. God deserves an offering to Him in thanksgiving high solemn liturgies.
Oh ok
SO impressive! Thank you!!
PLEASE add:Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church and Shrine in Santa Clara California. We have 4 Masses daily with confessions at all Masses except at the 6:30am Mass. On Sunday, we have 7 English Masses and 1 Spanish Mass with confessions except at the 6:30am Mass. We have 24hours Adoration for 45 years. Starting in May we have the Fatima Mass and Procession until October 13. We have Adult and children Consecration to Mary by St. Louis de Montfort, Family Conferences, Summer Children Oratory. There are many vocations from this beautiful Church. The priests are from the order of the Institute of the Incarnate Word, IVE. There are 8 sisters that are from the Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matara. The priests celebrate the holy Mass with utmost reverence, the daily homilies are well prepared and beautiful. The priests and sisters work very hard but they always take the time to talk and be with the parishioners. They are all a beautiful example of God’s LOVE! It is like Heaven on Earth! 🙏❤️😇
I attended there circa 2000 and moved away right after the changing of the guard with the new missionary order of priests.
Our lady of peace is a beautiful parish!
I attend there, and am a member of the St. Cecilia Choir, and Our Lady's Trio that sings at 6:30 mass about once a month. It is a very vibrant church. There is another Mass over Advent at 5am as well. Lots of ways to get involved. ❤️✝️🙏
LETS GO CHRST THE KING💞💞💞
I will bless the Lord @all time's His praise shall ever be on my lips Amen
St. Martin of Tours (Gaithersburg, MD)
- 13 weekday Masses (11 English, 2x/day + 1 Sat); 2 Spanish)/Confessions after each
- 1 weekday Mass (French)
- Sat Vigil/Sundays: 10 Masses (4 English; 5 Spanish, 1 French)
- Additional Saturday confessions
- K-8 Catholic School
- Adoration Chapel (7 days / 7am to 9pm)
- Weekly Food Pantry
- Many ministries
Saint JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH In Pomona USA!! 🙏.... MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE PARISH!
Just looked it up on google maps. It’s a beautiful church.
@@El.Ace.del.Tabaco.. it's in a rough part of town but its a very Holy place with a very HOLY PASTOR... I'm so happy it's not too far from me. TREMENDOUS REVERENCE FOR OUR LORD IN THE HOLY EUCHARIST. 🙏
@@SmithsnMoz yes, that’s what I thought when I saw it on the map. I’m aware of Holt Ave’s… “nightlife”.
Annunciation Catholic Church of Orlando Florida should be on this list. They have huge attendance at weekend masses and a school and numerous offerings for spiritual growth.
I go to St. Mark’s in Huntersville, NC. I love it It is a great parish
You do have a great parish and turn out many seminarians, unlike the parish as listed #1 in this video.
These churches are best in accommodstions of catholic members. I M so much impressed and honored for these people who loves zjeus and sipports our churches. ALLELUIA
I M 🙏
Yeshua, Jesus the Christ ETC. NOT ZEUS the Greek
This is so encouraging to watch!! Thank you so much!!
At the end of the video, it has St. Matthews as the largest parish. The bishop shown is Bishop Mike. He is our former Pastor at St. Philip Benizi in Jonesboro, GA.
St Gregory the Great Bluffton SC. Amazing, growing, and spiritual. 3 daily masses, at least 8 weekend masses. great priests and active ministries
Hi neighbor! At Divine Redeemer in Hanahan, SC. Our parish is growing rapidly. We have so many new families, as well as single young adults, Navy guys, and older couples who recently relocated here. We are growing so much that our church can afford some big renovations. We have also added two more weekend masses this year.
We have a lot of young families that go to mass at my church. They have many children too. It's a TLM. So glad we go to TLM, converts for 25 years now.
I've been to more than 2 dozen TLMs across the country, and they are all full of large families. It seems like the children outnumber the adults.
Same here. The Latin Mass is growing in our rule community.
My home parish of St. Emydius in the archdiocese of Los Angeles has three daily Masses, 10 Sunday Masses plus 2 Vigil Masses on Saturday evening, and has approximately 7 to 9 thousand parishioners in any given Sunday…
Simply attending church is a wonderful thing but if I had a choice, I prefer smaller, older churches. Growing up in NYC, our churches were amazing but as kids we thought all Catholic Churches were built with lots of stained glass, tons of woodwork and extremely high ceilings, etc., etc..
Didn’t realize Texas had so many Parishioners that is Amazing ❤🕯️
This was such an encouraging video!
Was at St Matthew Charlotte this past weekend. It has actually toned down some from the McSweeney days. Still yes it resembles a mega church but compared to the 1980s design church I attend in CA now - it is almost pretty. At least you can see the tabernacle though the priest has to take a hike to get to it. If you want to pray before mass, forget it, unless you have the concentration of a monk - people use the church itself as a social gathering hall. Once mass starts people mostly stay focused.
Jealous of the churches that have enough priests to hold daily masses. Many areas of the US have to share priests and those priests have to travel 80 plus miles daily to just touch base weekly with the parish. My church used to have daily mass and 3 masses on Sunday. We now share 3 priests for 6 parishes covering a radius of 100 miles. We get 3 weekly masses, confessions for one hour on Wednesday/ Saturday and two Sunday masses. For those blessed with enough priests to minister to your parish daily …cherish it
Yes, pray for more priests!!!
Wow! Thanks for the info. I didn’t know that some parishes are short of priests. I’m from DC metropolitan, we have 6 Sunday masses and 2 daily masses. I’m very appreciative of having dedicated priests here
Live in Baltimore City and we have three parishes within one and a half miles of each other. Two parishes were a block and a half away. St. Mary's Star of the Sea
closed on Nov.23rd. We have one priest for 2 churches and we are doing quite
well. We have a very active community with young and old supporting each other.
My wife and I were original attendees at St. Elizabeth Ann Seaton in Houston in 1980 when it was just founded and meeting in a manufactured trailer. Our first child was born and baptized there. We have since moved all around the USA and are now in Ashland, Kentucky where our Catholic Church has very few attendees. It is so sad but it is great to see there are many parishes active and flourishing.
Wow, lots in Texas!❤
I was homeless, did drugs, went into prison, where I got to know God. He changed my life. Now I have a home, a wife and a lovely year old daughter (zoe), and a stream of income that gats me $47,000 weekly. Plus a new identity - a child of God, Hallelujah!!!!🇺🇲❣️♥️♥️
I'm feeling really motivated. Could you share some details about the bi-weekly topic you brought up?
Thanks to my co-worker whom God used to give a great opportunity of crossing paths with 'Mrs MARY MARGARET SCHIMWEG".
Wow 😱 I know her too! Miss Mary Margaret Schimweg is a remarkable individual whom has brought immense positivity and inspiration into my life.
I got started with a miserly $1500. The results have been mind blowing I must say TBH!!
The traditional Latin Mass church in our area is full every Sunday.
Communion at the railing, the priest places the host on your tongue. You don't chew the host. It dissolves in your mouth. No lay people on the alter. Its holy.
The priest faces the curifix, not the parishioners. He is truly interacting with GOD. We are silent. We are witnessing the appearace of GOD. No singing, or noise. Your head is covered.
You are totally absorbed in GOD.
@@equine2020 Anglican Ordinariate does the same thing. Try that.
@jeannehall6546
Why we're happy with what we have.
Not good for most catholics- head covering is for those with religious spirits
@@equine2020 Again, it’s the Attitude. I have attended Byzantine, Maronite and Anglican Ordinariate liturgies. Those who attend them on a regular basis don’t care how everyone else worships! But those that attend Tridentine Latin liturgy have a habit of condemning everyone who don’t worship like they do! That doesn’t sound very Christlike to me!
Sounds like the Pharisee who praises himself instead of God 😒
St. Gregory in Bluffton, SC has 14k on the rolls and 3-4k attend vigil & Sunday masses. The last vigil mass I attended there was standing room only. The other parishes in our area are also packed. The biggest complaints are about getting out of the parking lots. I’m now the cantor at a military base parish with fewer than 100 attendees every week, but we get the local Monsignor.
😮We used to belong to St Gregory the Great church.,when we lived in Bluffton, S.C. a wonderful, lively church.
I think it is wonderful Texas has huge Catholic Church attendance and in other parts of our Country Catholic attendance is growing. I remember my hometown Catholic Church was open 24/7 during WWII and always welcomed people inside praying for brothers, fathers and sons at sea and overseas in battle zones. God Bless those praying for our military serving the US in these years of strife and away from their families at Christmas time. They are all God's First Line of Defense.
Love that my parish is on the list- Orlando Holy Family. Only correction in video is the picture shown when talking about our adoration Chapel is really our Daily Chapel (original building), Our Adoration Chapel is a separate one next to the main church. 🥰🥰🥰
East Los Angeles has some really great churches that are packed too.
St Therese’ in Alhambra
And
San Secondo Di Asti, in
(Ontario, California) Guasti .. Both have several Masses Daily, confession, and Traditional Latin Mass..
Texas.... ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
#10 Our Lady of Guadalupe - Des Plains Illinois, #9 Saint Thomas Moore - Austin Texas, #8 Holy Family Orlando, FL, #7 Saint Patrick’s Cathedral NYC, #6 Christ the King, Tampa, FL, #5 Saint Michael ArchAngel Houston, Texas, #4 Saint Francis of Assisi, Frisco Texas, #3 Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Houston, Texas, #2 Saint Ann, Cobble Texas, #1 Saint Matthew Catholic Church, Charlotte NC
A lot in the South God bless them
what about St. Mary's Catholic Church in College Station, Texas. 1-2 Daily Masses per weekday, 5 Sunday Masses (including Saturday vigil), and roughly 10,000 people per week in attendance.
The 5 Sunday Masses have about 7,000 people in attendance total, and the daily Masses each have over 100 easily.
Yeah I was also surprised not to see them on here
Yes, this is not an accurate list at all. My parish would s smaller just because the diocese opened a new parish, but we still have 13 masses data Sunday in 3 languages, and about 6 k people. Prior to the new parish opeming, we did qualify as a mega church, and we have many of this size just in my diocese of San Jose. And to answer his last question, yes Iove large churches! They are active and interactive with always something going on. And yes, the masses themselves are still quite reverent.
Also used to produce the most Priests in the country
Whoever made this survey did not cover the whole US. It does not say who did the survey, either. So, this list is pretty subjective on the part of whoever made the survey and whoever posted it here.
However, I am happy to know that some Catholic Churches in the US are bursting at the seams. More power to them.
Wait a minute. One person complains about a 30,000 member church because it seems too Protestant? How many Protestant churches offer rosary making classes? God bless St. Matt’s.
@@davidstout6051 no.. He used Greek to preach the gospel Aramaic was his Nazareth language
@@viviandasilva8520 As a matter of fact Aramaic is the language that Jesus spoke!
Make that two persons. We left after 35 plus years (founding members) with the parish. Rosary making does not equal prayer life and orthodox Catholic teaching.
You mean seems too Biblical Christian. Protestant is an unflattering old fashioned almost slur. No Bible believer uses that ilk term.
@@scott4600 Christian churches you mean.
Top 10 Catholic Church in USA
1 St Mathew Charlotte NC
2 St Ann Coppell Tx
3 st EAS houston Tx
4 St Francis Frisco Tx
5 St Michael Houston Tx
6 Christ King Tampa FL
7 St Pat Cathedral NYC
8 Holy Family. OR FL
9 St Thomas More AU TX
10 OL Guadalupe Des Plains IL
I love small, close net community type Catholic churches, where everyone knows everyone and take care of each others spiritual, emotional and physical needs if they can. There is nothing like true spirit-filled Catholic churches.
Our parish is Holy Apostles in Meridian, Idaho. It's the largest parish in the state of Idaho, but not as big as these...
Just you wait. A lot of people from the blue states are moving to Idaho. Blessings.
@@marietta1335 those people would be progressive unless they are conservatives fleeing blue states
We at Holy Apstles are still growing. Up to 4 masses now, 4 priests, and still 7 deacones., We have an chapel as well as the church and our school. Love my church.
St Luke Catholic Church in Smyrna Tn is a wonderful place to worship. When I am in TN I always go to this Church on a Saturday. Feel @home in Smyrna TN.
I prefer smaller. Great video though. Thanks.
Saint SECONDO ..GUASTI, CA!
My parish church is full. We have bench seating on the sides and they are full too.
Wow. Four in TX. That's surprising.
@sifridbassoon Why should it be surprising?
Not in the U.S., but we stopped by all the towns we visited in Italy and I appreciated the smaller and more intimate churches. But, my heart is full when I see big churches filled to the reams.
I like the smaller ones personally. I attend St. Mark the Evangelist in Tampa, FL. It's big enough with roughly 4000 families. I also live near Our Lady of the Rosary, also with roughly 4000 families. Both wonderful churches with good pastors. 🙏🏼😇
Glory and Eternal Praise to You O God Our Loving Heavenly Father through Our Lord Jesus Christ. Come Holy Spirit and Bless, Love, Guide All Your Faithfuls. God Bless all our countries, The USA and The whole World
They all have that very Protestant vibe that was pointed out on the last one. Well, maybe not St. Patrick’s in NY. They were all either ugly, whitewashed function hall looking places or they resemble the bridge of a space ship in Star Trek. I bet there are a lot of altar girls, dozens of Extraordinary Ministers and cringy music at all these parishes.
Yet The Lord still shows up in The Eucharist...
@ oh absolutely, it’s just sad to see the beautiful Catholic identity which gave greater honor and glory to God which was lost after the 1960s. It also doesn’t foster reverence and places more focus on man rather than God.
We always had packed Masses when I was in Laredo Texas, especially in the southern part of the city.
What Church? I'm from Laredo too.
@ Nuestra Señora del Rosario
@andresinsurriaga1082 pita magaña. Nice.
Go Tigres (or Rayados)
@@blaisemacpherson7637 puro Cruz azul
I have never seen such wonderful Catholic Communities as I have when I visit Louisiana. I live in California…. I have never seen such wonderful, flourishing churches… particularly Sacred Heart in Broussard, Louisiana ⚜️
I love our Lady of Peace, adoration 24/7 and masses late evening, great homilies and Holy Priests..Santa Clara calif.
"Tutto quello che avrete fatto a uno dei miei fratelli piu' piccoli di me, l'avrete fatto a Me" Jesus said. From Italy with love. E. B.
I prefer small parishes.
The church I am a parishioner, Sacred Heart Church in Thayer MO, has nine pews on each side of the aisle. Each pew only holds 4 adults.
Thus, 72 people maximum.
We have been blessed with wonderful priests over the past few years.
Fr Marice gives wonderful, detailed homilies.
The Catholic church is now growing again worldwide.😊❤
"....because even when the Eucharist is celebrated on the humble altar of a country church, the Eucharist is celebrated on the altar of the world". Ecclesia de Eucharista. Pope John Paul II
We have a capacity at our privately run Catholic Church in Berlin of about 700 people. When it is is full (as it often is - four masses on Sundays, two on weekdays) it is just about right. More than 1000 is rather a cathedral feeling for special holy days...
Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Carmel, IN has over 8,000 registered parishioners, 2 daily Masses and nine WE Masses. It has an adoration chapel and a Matthew 25 center with a food pantry and a health clinic.
Some of this is affected by population and demographic change over time. Baltimore has far fewer people than it did in 1950 and much of its population now consists of people who are not historically Catholic. Florida and Texas as everyone knows are booming states. This is not at all to express anything other than admiration for the leaders of the successful parishes you tell us about--thank you.
Baltimore suffers by lawlessness, a scourge greater than the bombardment by the British now immortalized in the Star Spangled Banner.
I go to a Mission. About 30 per week. I am so very grateful to Our Lady of Sorrows for this Mass.
Dear Sacred Heart of Jesus, You are so very kind
It is sad that none of the featured churches offered the Mass of All Ages. Attend the Latin Mass.
I attended Latin Mass once- only to leave it totally confused! The Choir was in the gallery doing its thing, The priest and his men were up in front doing their thing, And the people were in the pews quietly praying with seemingly little to no awareness, and not even caring of what else is going on around them! No sense of unity or community or communication between
anything or any one! If the Mass is supposed to be the official public prayer of the Church, shouldn’t everybody be in unity with each other?
Not only that, But even with the English translation in the missal, I couldn’t keep up with what was going on! What was I supposed to be one with exactly? What were they doing? I got no guide on it at all and no one was around or even willing to help me!
The next day I attended a Mass at a Lithuanian cultural Center close to my home (I was living in Illinois at the time.) There, it was done in the Ordo Missae form (NOT “Novus Ordo”! It’s really “Ordo Missae” according to Fr. Peter M.J. Stravinskas). Everything was orderly, easy to follow along- the priest led, the people responded accordingly, there was unity and community involved throughout- and I don’t know a word of Lithuanian!
Another thing- I have attended Byzantine, Maronite and Anglican Ordinariate Liturgies in the Catholic Belief. None of those who attend those liturgies on a regular basis even care how everyone else worships! But those that attend Tridentine Latin Mass regularly have this attitude of that liturgy is the only right one, everything else be condemned, especially “Ordo Missae”! That doesn’t sound very Christlike to me!
I’ll never attend Tridentine Latin Mass again!
We had the TLM “traditional Latin mass“ at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Austin, Texas, and of ALL the masses offered. It was the most well attended. The bishop decided to terminate it and replace it with the ordinary mass. And because of this one action, he caused the termination of millions of dollars of funding to various Catholic institutions.
@@jeannehall6546 The TLM is known for being meditative and not for community hand shaking. Mass is supposed to be about God, not community. It is worship of God, after all. There is plenty of time outside of Mass for community. During Mass, we are united in faith and the Eucharist which is true Catholic unity. Unity is not about hand shaking or talking to our neighbor during Mass. The TLM draws thousands of young and old alike with full Mass attendance as well as young men filling the traditional seminaries and young women in traditional religious orders. I'm sorry that you didn't get it.
@@jeannehall6546 did you know that the pew would’ve had a red book so you could fall along with most of the prayers?
Jeanne. The Mass is primarily the worship of God the Father through the Sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross. With that as a starting point you may have a little different perspective. And you are correct, it takes about 6 months to learn the "pattern" of the Latin Mass.
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Thanks for the video. With regards to St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church Frisco, Texas the information is outdated. The Parish currently has about 9,000 to 10,000 weekly attendance, over 50,000 population, 2 to 3 daily masses, 12 weekend masses including the sensory friendly mass and probably the 13th one by December 8, 2024.
Lord fill us with faith, hope and love. Amen.
I am a R Catholic and will stay one forever
I lived a block away from St Matthews in Charlotte. It's decent, but I prefer the smaller parishes due to the greater sense of community
We have a St. Matthew's here in San Antonio. My younger sister teaches art at the school and I've been to a couple of masses.
We travel twice the distance to St. Ann in Charlotte. We were founding members and were parishioners for 35 plus years. It became way too progressive for us.
We would love to be included in this list. We average 150 new families a year, from just over 1600 families in 2016 to over 3000. We have Daily Mass M-Say, a Vigil mass on Saturday, and 4 Masses, including one in Spanish on Sunday. We also have Masses in Polish, Korean, and Tagalog. Our new Cathedral was dedicated in 2018.
Why isn't the Immaculata in St Marys Kansas mentioned? I believe the regulars alone add up to about 4,500. It's certainly the most impressive church building of the lot.
Possibly because of their Irregular status. I myself am a Novus Ordo Catholic and have no real issues with the SSPX. They nourish His flock and that's what matters most.
Minnesota parishes are always full. At least the ones I’ve visited in the diocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Marytown in Mundelein Illinois, a shrine to Maximilian Kolbe and home to Franciscan Friars.
St John's the Baptist parish in Draper, Utah.
Our Lady of Peace in Santa Clara CA: at least 4 masses per day, weekend 10 masses, confession at each mass, rosary every hour when mass is not occurring, open 24/7
Holy Cross- Orlando, FL
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Modesto, California is also a thriving parish. M-Sat Confessions, 24/7 Adoration, Latin Mass available on Sunday, six Sunday Masses, approx 40 or so ministries, and very Catholic in nature. I could go on-and-on, but it’s the most active Church among the Diocese. Each Sunday Mass is packed, with an addition optional attached chapel for parents with active kids. I can’t say enough about this blessed Church!
In the Philippines, it is common in every church to have Three (3) Masses a day from Monday to Saturday. with Nine (9) masses on Sunday. At popular shrines, they can have as many as twelve (12) masses on Sunday.
@@GorCancio Philippines is a predominately Catholic country. We’re talking about the U.S.A. here.
This is amazing! Praise God! I wish that was common in the US
I usually think of Texas as Baptist territory. Clearly they have some competition. 😉
It depends what area in Texas
@@davidstout6051 When I moved to Dallas in the 1980s an article came out in the newspaper about the great influx of Catholics moving to the Dallas area. There was a high school run by Cistercian monks whose baseball team was scheduled to play against a Baptist school. When the Baptists found out that their opponents were Catholic, they refused to play.
@@darrellperez1029 Agreed, San Antonio is very Catholic as suggested by the name itself
@@andresinsurriaga1082close to Mexico wirh alk the illegal immigrants crossing over
@ People always feel so brave when they're sitting behind a computer.
In contrary, in Indonesia parishes in primary and secondary cities are always expecting thousand of attendees. Cathedral in my town always add more seats outside the church, even using space of classes in school next to it to accomodate people. In christmas or easter we have to come at least 1 hour before mass if we want to sit inside.
IMHO a perfect parish size is between 1200-1600 weekly attendees, with a school attached. It'll be large enough to afford almost anything a spiritual community will need, but small enough to not get completely lost in the crowd. There's something to be said for very small rural and ethnic parishes too. The sense of community can be very thick.
Wonderful 😅
Praise be to God.
I prefer to attend Mass at a smaller church. I also listen to the Daily TV Mass from Toronto, Canada, on TH-cam.
What does your church do to evangelize? Do you gave outreach to the community?
I think ill go for the smaller, faithful Holy Mass..
St. Francis in Frisco has over 45,000 parishioners as of 2020. It is rapidly growing. Fr. Rudy Garcia leads a wonderful staff of four priests and four deacons.
Shout out to my parish, St. Maximilian Kolbe, in Houston, Tx. It's small compared to most Houston parishes, only 2100 families but we have 70 ministries and Perpetual Adoration!
Most of these are major metro areas... kind of deceiving. Look at smaller markets and see that the packed masses are the TLM.
❤Keep up the faith and keep God old and new commandments always ❤love and peace be with you all ❤
All the Catholics that yap a catholic mass is like a Protestant church can never tell us which denomination. The denomination church service vary
The sad part of all this is that I noticed some of the churches removed the Tabernacle from the Altar. Very disturbing OMHO. Comunion on hand is already a big abuse to Our Lord! Quantity became the main focus of the Bishops agendas. Doing so they lost the true faithfull, and gained the fake ones. That is not what Jesus want.
St. Vitus Catholic Church- Northridge, California Home of the FSSP in Los Angeles The Tridentine Mass of the ages, full of children, young people and adults Glory be to God
St. Thomas More, Chapel Hill; St. Francis of Assisi, Raleigh; and St. Michael, Cary should all be on this list as well.