[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

This is not the way to handle the issue of the decline of Mass attendance. First of all, children should NEVER be punished for errors of their parents. In fact, NO ONE should ever be punished for someone else's errors, derelictions, or sins. It sounds like the cleric is a kook and a control freak. There are BETTER ways to get people back to Mass.

[Dominick]

I have a different take on this:
which caters to kids who don't attend Catholic schools.

Often I find that children who don't attend the Parish school, don't get the education they should from the Parish. They get more hour on Sunday, with a recess. As a parent I have the obligation to help out. Having three kids, that doesn't leave much time. There should be at least two CCD classes for public School children, Sunday and Wednesday. They still is less than what the kids in Catholic schools get.

Going against my own argument, we also don't get as much tripe in the class as the Catholic School kids get, especially at the High School level.

Oh well, my $0.02