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I agree with the priest for a couple of reason.

For some reason CINO's just can't cut the last threads. Every year they clog the aisles during Easter and Christmas for some unknown reason. They also do this with CCD. To CINO's the sacraments are sort of like T-shirts. The need to get the T-shirt so they can point to it and justify themselves when they roll out of bed at 9 in the morning.

"Hmm it's raining I don't want to go to mass. Well I did get my First Holy Communion 23 years ago, I guess I'm good"

How does this relate to the kids? Well it perpetuates that type of thinking. I would rather these kids come into the faith later on in life for the real reasons. Hey maybe the children will start dragging their parents to mass! Remembering back to my CCD classes and rolling out of bed for mass, It's unlikely ;) but possible.

Personally I'd rather loose these folks than have them come and give a five spot twice a year. What are you getting from them? At least the kids won't be exposed the blatant hypocrisy of the parents.

I would rather these kids come into the faith later on in life for the real reasons.

Seems pretty unlikely for someone to be drawn at any time to a church that threw them out of CCD because their parents didn't go to church enough. And they won't even have what scraps of knowledge they might have gathered from CCD classes.

I went to Catholic school from seventh grade. In high school, some of the kids brought up with the nun in religion class parents who didn't go to church. The nun told them quite bluntly that it was none of their business what their parents did and it wasn't their place to judge their parents.

Personally I'd rather loose these folks than have them come and give a five spot twice a year. What are you getting from them? At least the kids won't be exposed the blatant hypocrisy of the parents.

I think this is the first shot over the bow in Benedict's aim for a smaller, better Church. Lets get rid of the deadwood and leftist pap and be CATHOLIC.