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[franky]

One of the problems is that the majority of the people going to the movie were not Catholic.

Our priest did a hand count of the people who saw the movie at mass a few weeks ago and probably 20-25% raised their hands

A few evenings later, one of the MDs in our parish gave an overview of the wounds that killed our Lord and about 25 people showed out of about 900 people showed.

We have 4 openings on our Catholic grammer school board and it looks as if there are no takers.

I am affraid that people are Catholic in name only and any effort to support the Church and its work falls on deaf ears. On the other side, we had a fund raiser with all sorts of goodies to be won or bought for low prices. You could not get a parking spot in the area.

[netmilsmom]

Here in my part of MI, we can't get a Catholic school spot. The biggest church in the area is great at blackmailing people to try to get an upper hand. I worked their nursery for mass and found out about what they were doing. I love volunteering but do not like to be forced to do so. Also strapped for cash, tuition was high and then the amount we would have to give (no matter whether the car broke down or not) would not be workable. Along with that, there was no sibling guarantee.

I chose to homeschool. We learn from the Baltimore Catechism.