you’re right that St. Mary’s has an exceptionally high birth rates, but they are both very small (pop ~2600) and as of recently not growing (2015: 2664 → 2020: 2652). (Kansas Department of Health) which makes me suspect that they’re experiencing some retention issues.
more broadly, this article suggests that while there’s a fairly large number of attendees (~150,000) of Latin Mass in the United States, I expect that the Pope’s recent restrictions on Latin Masses discussed in that article will hurt their popularity + growth.
you’re right that St. Mary’s has an exceptionally high birth rates, but they are both very small (pop ~2600) and as of recently not growing (2015: 2664 → 2020: 2652). (Kansas Department of Health) which makes me suspect that they’re experiencing some retention issues.
more broadly, this article suggests that while there’s a fairly large number of attendees (~150,000) of Latin Mass in the United States, I expect that the Pope’s recent restrictions on Latin Masses discussed in that article will hurt their popularity + growth.