Catholic Ragemonkey

Test Run of the Litmus Test

Okay, so I am an uncharitible jerk! So sue me. I thought we could take our litmus test from theoretical to practical, like the good Thomist I am, except for the uncharitibleness of the project.

The Ranking will work as follows. Each of the positive qualities (#'s 1-5, 7, 9, 10) earns the site one point with a bonus point awarded for Eucharistic Adoration mentioned and 2 bonus points awarded if Perpetual Adoration mentioned. Each of the negative qualities (#'s 6, 8, 11) will deduct one point. I think it's fairer to reward positive work rather than punish the negative.

Okay, so I surveyed three of the dioceses featured on our blog links: Denver, Milwaukee, and Philadelphia. And here is how they stacked up. The score is listed in order of the litmus test.

Denver: .5 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 1 + 0 = 5.5 / 8
Milwaukee: 1 + 1 + 0 + 0 + 3 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 1 + 0 = 6 / 8
Philadelphia: 1 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 1 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 0 = 4 / 8
[Most importantly, none of these sites lost points. Granted this is a little abritrary, but if you don't like it, get your own blog.]

These are three of the better dioceses in the U.S., so they are going to be the gold standard for what the rest are like. This is also a lesson for anyone in the hierarchy who reads this blog. People use the internet for information and your website is a little window in your diocese. You might want to sink some more money into this evangelization possibility.

Now try it on your home diocese webpage...You can see where your local church stands.