"Odyssey Catholics"

One of my Catholic Social Thought students sent me a link to this piece, "Odyssey Catholics", which appeared in the National Catholic Reporter about a year ago.  It profiles several young, "Millennial"  Catholics (including Notre Dame graduates) who are wrestling with integrating the Faith into their, at present, nomadic lives, lives that are simultaneously isolated and interconnected.  My own reaction was to be a bit discouraged that these young Catholics -- who seem sincere, idealistic, generous, etc. -- seem not to have been presented, in a way that "took", during their formation, with the importance of the sacramental life in the Church.