How can you be an active member of Catholic Church?

Answer 1

One way would be to advocate and lobby for a married priesthood. That would not completely fix the current problems, but it would go a long way to make the priesthood healthier and more reliable. I know that advocating and lobbying are not part of the church's hierarchical structure, but the church has made major changes before. There is always hope.

Roman Catholic AnswerThere is only one way that anyone can help to build up the Catholic Church, and that is to become a saint. It is the one thing that Our Blessed Lord calls each of us to do, and if we do it, then we will naturally be fulfilling His Will, and doing what He wants of us. It is very simple, but not at all easy. It starts with frequent reception of the sacraments - you should start with weekly, or, at most, biweekly confession; and then attend Mass as frequently as your schedule allows you. You should pray every single day, several times a day: and beginning prayer is meditation. Start with an easy one, like My Daily Bread, from the Confraternity of the Precious Blood. Set aside at least fifteen minutes a day (to start) and read one chapter - they are only a page or two, then meditate! Pray over them, and see how they affect you, and what you can change in your life TODAY to follow today's meditation. Pray your rosary each day, this is also meditation. When you are in confession, tell your confessor of your plans and ask his advice. Believe me, a couple months of this, and you will not believe how your life will change, and how you will be building up the Body of Christ!

Answer 2

One can become an active member of the Church, at the local level, in many ways as your parish is always in need of help. One could become a lector, an Extra Ordinary Minister of the Eucharist, or even join the parish council.

The first step is to ask you priest where some help is needed and he will connect you to the person who will give you the information you need.

Just look at your schedule and find some time to dedicate to the parish - if you only have a few hours - you could always show up on Monday morning to help count the collections - or spend an hour helping to clean the church on Saturday - the point is to find something that you like to do and hop in and help.