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Thanks for your reply.

And in return, let me ask this question:

What are you doing to make things better in your parish?
With your pastoral council? Are you giving them feedback so that they might be alerted to some problems (Abuses of the GIRM for example?)
Your diocese? (Believe me, write a letter, and you will be heard!)

And in return, let me ask this question:

What are you doing to make things better in your parish? >>

At this instant? Attempting to keep my four year old from howling during the Consecration, and keeping my two year old from running up the aisle, while my beloved spouse keeps the seven year old in a hammerlock for the duration of the liturgy. I'm sure you know what it's like to have a basketful of puppies in church.

With your pastoral council? Are you giving them feedback so that they might be alerted to some problems (Abuses of the GIRM for example?) >>>

We are currently attending an Eastern Rite parish, which is less rank than most in the Detroit area, but still pretty heretical (our first Sundah there the priest told us that the Miracle of the Loaves consisted of a crowd of people choosing to share lunch). But since it's Eastern Rite, if you're not one of the Old Families, forget about serving on the parish council.

Your diocese? (Believe me, write a letter, and you will be heard!)

Your diocese? (Believe me, write a letter, and you will be heard!)

C'mon, this is outrageous, and you must know it if you have ever written to the diocese. Clearly it is a complete waste of time to write to the diocese. None of my letters have even been acknowledged, none the less answered. I used to live in the Boston diocese where I wrote several letters to Cardinal Law that were never acknowledged. Once after I wrote a follow-up saying, "At least you could acknowledge receipt of my previous letter, it wasn't anonymous," I got back a form letter saying "Your concerns have been forwarded to your local deanery." But I didn't even get the form letter until I complained.

And it wasn't only me. Just a couple weeks ago the priest who refused to implement the outrageous program "Talking about Touching" said that none of his letters to the chancery were ever even acknowledged. And he's a PASTOR! The new archbishop finally responded after the story was making headlines in the Boston newspapers and Michael Rose was reporting on it.