Monday, June 27, 2005
Pastor boots kids from RE
Tracking Mass attendance by bar-coded collection envelopes, a pastor has denied 300 kids seats in 2005-06 RE at a Staten Island Parish. Already much discussed on open book, a few more thoughts:
- What if the priest took his $150 per kid RE fee and hired a bus to bring kids to Sunday Mass if the parents were unwilling to come?
- How effective will this strategy be if neighboring pastors accept these kids and their parents' fees, churchgoing or not?
- Sunday Mass with one's parents is the single factor most tied in with church involvement as a young adult. Not RE. Not Catholic school. Not EWTN viewing habits.
