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Tracking attendance? What is this? So he would rather the children NOT attend religious education? How stupid can this "Rev." be.

Do you really think the pastor did this in order to make sure children did not attend religous education?

Or was he trying to get the parents to become serious about going to Sunday Mass?

Why do you assume the first?

"Do you really think the pastor did this in order to make sure children did not attend religious education? "Why do you assume the first?"

Why do you assume that what ever the reason he is doing it it will not have the effect of keeping children out of class (the stated goal according to the priest).

This effectively punishes the kids by preventing them from getting ANY sort of religious education. It would be nice to have the support of the parents, but if not at least give the Holy Spirit the chance to help the kids learn.

Many saints came from families and circumstances where the family life and or circumstance was/were not supportive of the church. Saint Paul for one. He still ended up okay and no bar-codes of others attendance were necessary.

Trust the Holy Spirit and the ability of a good teacher to teach. Don't deny that chance because a bar-coded envelope says the parents weren't there.

If they are not it just shows the Parish Priest needs to talk to the parents about their belief and attendance... it does not say the children should not have the chance to be exposed to the teachings so the Holy Spirit has a chance to work for them.

No negative assumption on my part, it is the priest denying the children the chance to learn because the parents don't fit the mold of what he believes is necessary for the children to learn and be enlightened.

Not exactly based in past Catholic history of learning by one mans idea of what will be necessary for enlightenment to occur. Trust in the Holy Spirit.. not a bar-code.