I don't necessarily consider it a bad thing that the K of C in my parish is struggling to maintain its status.

When I joined the parish many years ago, the K of C was the only organization in existence. Having been rather active in my previous parish, it was an adjustment to resign myself to joining nothing, doing nothing. In the end, I adjusted very well.

So that even though the new pastor in these past three years has introduced the usual suite of volunteer organizations to the parish, I'm not involved ... at all.