[NYer]

We went to xmas mass and all these people were there, but the church is new and soulless. i told hubby half way thru “were done here. new years resolution is find a new church”

We worship God, not a church. Over the years, I have visited some Catholic Churches that were at both ends of the spectrum from ultra flamboyant to blank walled but NEVER did it ever cross my mind to leave the Catholic Church. I looked around, visited other Catholic Churches and eventually found a wonderful Maronite (Eastern) Catholic Church.

Why would you want to leave the Catholic Church over a building?

[cetarist]

the building and the priest. the new one is not as great as the old one, and we live miles away from another parish.

but thanks to someone we found another church w/in 40 miles that may be worth the trek.