[JSteff]

"The Rev. Michael Cichon, pastor of St. Joseph/St. Thomas in Pleasant Plains, used each family's bar-coded donation envelope to track attendance."

Tracking attendance? What is this? So he would rather the children NOT attend religious education? How stupid can this "Rev." be.

Good idea, deprive the children because you do not find a bar-coded envelope in the collections basket. Why doesn't he just require that everyone get an RFID chip implanted under their skin? I think Revelations speaks of the beast and his mark.

Oh and I am Catholic and I just put bills or a check in the basket.

This "Rev" is an idiot in so many ways.

[SoothingDave]

Tracking attendance? What is this? So he would rather the children NOT attend religious education? How stupid can this "Rev." be.

Do you really think the pastor did this in order to make sure children did not attend religous education?

Or was he trying to get the parents to become serious about going to Sunday Mass?

Why do you assume the first?

SD