By Rev. John Horgan, Catholic Education Resource Center -Each Christmas, our churches are thronged with people who come to pray before the Manger…Some of these men and women are not Catholic; others do not practice the Faith regularly. Some are estranged from the Church, angry at her teachings, hurt by her representatives; a larger number simply live their lives as if the Church had no place in their world, no bearing on their lifestyles, careers, and choices. . . except at Christmas