Another side of it is that only having it for an hour on Saturday for a parish of 1000+ families doesn’t really give the impression of real importance.
Freegards
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, points out that to want more opportunities for confession is to want more priestly vocations. We have our prayer work cut out for us.
We have 3,010 families, 1k students, 3 friars. They really took confession opportunities up a notch the last week of Advent including having a “confess-a-thon” (my irreverent coinage) with 6-8 friars from DC. We’re pretty well-served, especially for folks who live near the church.