I don't find this surprising Sarah....we spent a lot on catholic university tuition and private boarding school tuition and our kids were less than thrilled with institutional church....they tended then and clearly are now committed to social justice issues on which they spend a LOT of time.....they are loving caring folks and they are raising the same...and the social justice principles are alive and very very well!

I think that the social controls that used to dictate church attendance to kids in my generation are simply not operative in theses kids...perhaps it's their levels of education (grad school and above) that indicate the intellectual problems with institutional Church, i.e. Misogyny, anti gay etc.. they are very very sensitive to what they perceive as injustice and lack of respect to other groups

Perhaps it's because the Church has not been offering helpful spiritual growth help....ie, the Ignatian Exercises, Centering Prayer et al ....instead rules and boring liturgy....