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If you're a member of a Parish, you're expected to take part in that Parish. Why would they have their kids enrolled in a CCD program in a Parish at which they didn't wish to attend Mass.

Believe me. This is designed to be a wake up call to parents to remind them of their responsibilities as parents.

I sounds as though this wasn't a once in a while deal; it sounds like it is something that was ongoing.

It seems to me that in trying to teach the parents a lesson, no doubt a total waste of priestly time, their children are not being taught about Jesus Christ and the Catholic Church. What the children are learning is about being rebuffed from a church because of something involving their parents. This memory will linger on into their adulthood. No matter the righteousness felt at the moment by those excluding them from contact with teachings about significant areas of Catholic belief. What can we expect these maturing children to think and feel about the Catholic church which in their minds is unwelcoming and punitive? Why the parents send the children to the classes is not relevant, and probably nobody's business. What is relevant is the opportunity for the teachers to reach the minds and souls of the children sent their way .