PARISH,
THE CATHOLIC BABY
BOOMER FACTS
There
are millions of Catholic
Baby Boomers living
in the United States
who were children or
teenagers during the
1960s.
- In the U.S. during
the 1960s, almost
25 percent of the
population, or
48,214,729 Americans,
were Catholic.
- That same year,
there were 452
parishes in Chicago
(where this story
takes place), and
18,244 across the
United States.
- In 1971, a total
of 210,530 students
attended Catholic
grammar schools
in Chicago with
3,348,421 nationally.
- In St. Bede’s,
the parish profiled
in this book, there
were approximately
12,000 parishioners
in 1966 and 1,922
grammar school
students.
- in 2003, 40%
of the Chicago
population was
still Catholic
with a total of
2,446,000.
- In the U.S.,
66,407,105 Americans
were registered
Catholics or 24.5%
of the population.
Source: Archdiocese
of Chicago's Cardinal
Bernadin Archives.
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