Anyone who has worked in the field of ministry has experienced the tension between providing effective ministry and proving that they deserve their salary.  In the interest of the latter, we often strive for busy ministry and call it a great achievement when we find a program that gets 60 people out to the parish regularly on a Tuesday or Wednesday night. Meanwhile, 1500 families are registered at our parishes, and only 400 people show up to Mass on the weekend. 

We see this poor Mass attendance and think...