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The Parish You Hate Might Hate You (but Still Needs You) w/ Pat Neve

The Saint Kolbe Studios Podcast

Joe Coleman sits down with Pat Neve, podcaster, Substack writer, and author of Save Your Parish, to dig into a decade of shifts in Catholic online culture and what it actually looks like to stay and fight for your parish. In This Episode, We Cover * Ten years of Catholic online culture—what shifted, what broke, and what stayed the same * The downsides of church hopping * What Save Your Parish is (and isn’t) arguing * Why your committed presence matters more than your opinions * The one thing that will actually determine whether your kids stay Catholic Chapters: * 00:00: Welcome * 00:55: How Catholic online culture shifted from 2016 to 2026 * 06:13: Elon buying Twitter — thermometer or catalyst? * 13:03: Should left-leaning Catholics have stayed on X? * 15:25: Leaving online platforms vs. leaving your parish * 20:03: Parish as people, not product * 29:54: The consumer parish model and rootlessness * 34:44: Committed presence earns you a voice * 46:12: What Save Your Parish actually argues * 47:13: The cost of grandstanding * 55:31: Befriending Gladys * 1:01:23: Advice for young families stuck in Boomer parishes * 1:04:03: Building parish community around your kids * 1:09:35: What will actually save your parish Resources Mentioned: * Save Your Parish by Patrick Neve * Pat’s Substack * Crabgrass Catholicism by Fr. Stephen M. Koeth * Bropostles Podcast Produced by Saint Kolbe Studios This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com