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To: NYer

I don’t know. It depends on the pastor, and it depends on you.

When my kids were born, our priest knew us. He saw us in church every week. In that we’d taken the time to get to know him a little and he to know us a little, he was able form a judgment about us and our knowledge of and devotion to the faith.

No baptismal preparation classes. Our sons were baptized within a few weeks of their birth.

Our deacon was furious, but the pastor had spoken.

We homeschooled our two sons (the younger is finishing 8th grade and will join his brother at a local Catholic high school), including religious education.

Again, our new pastor (pastor #2) knew us. He saw us in church every Sunday. We were active in the parish. When we began homeschooling when my older son was in first grade (before the sacramental year for First Penance and First Holy Communion), I visited with him, showed him the materials we planned to use, and explained our methods. He approved.

Same for the second son.

Before our sons received their sacraments, the pastor interviewed each of them to make sure that they had the basics of the sacramental theology down.

My younger son will receive Confirmation this year. Our newest pastor (this is pastor #3 for us in this parish) knows us, sees us in church, sees us involved with the parish. No problems.

Three priests, all different folks. But all willing to accommodate parishioners who show up faithfully for Mass, who are involved with the parish, and who bother to have a relationship with their pastor.


5 posted on 02/04/2010 10:41:36 AM PST by sitetest (If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
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To: sitetest

And that is precisely how it should be. Kudos on an excellent job of raising your children in the faith!


6 posted on 02/04/2010 10:44:11 AM PST by NYer ("Where Peter is, there is the Church." - St. Ambrose of Milan)
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