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Hi Father, thanks for doing this. As a Catholic college student who found his way back to the Faith after many awkward angsty years, I've started to notice that my family has turned away from God quite a bit. My family doesn't go to Mass anymore, and my teenage brothers do and say things that hint at their loss of faith, much the same as I did when I was their age. They have trouble with the concept of the Catholic Church being the true church, the sex abuse scandal, the "boringness" of the mass, etc. What scares me the most is that my father is exhibiting some of the same signs. He makes excuses for not going to Mass, he takes communion after skipping weeks of Mass, and he doesn't really talk about God much anymore.

I feel I'm being called to bring my family home, but I don't know where to start. I've tried inviting them to Mass at my college parish. Masses there are much more reverent than our home parish, which I think contributes to the problem. Our home parish has gotten considerably less "Catholic feeling" over the years, getting lazy with the liturgy and such.

I guess what I'm trying to ask is, what can I do to get my family interested in the Catholic faith again?