Religious Training in the Roman Catholic Family

Abstract

Although it is generally assumed that the religious function of the modern home is on the decline, there are few empirical studies to support the contention. The present study is an attempt to investigate the amount of instruction and training which the preschool Catholic child receives in the home. A marked gap between traditional expectations and actual practice was discovered. Considerable differences are found, too, between rural and urban families in various regions. Since adequate comparative data are lacking, no hypothesis concerning trends can safely be advanced for the group studied.