"The group think is on their part and it's powerful in keeping them in the fold and donating money."

If no one stays in the fold or donates money, there will be no church. The future of Catholicism is in the hands of those who love and tend to it, even if they lose access to church real estate, which is increasing being either closed and/or sold off, or supported as a mere legacy. The pace is accelerating to a point of an end game.