Yeah, maybe more folks would go if the appointed time was longer and more frequent than an hour before the Saturday vigil Mass for parishes with 1000-1500 families. I try to go weekly, sometimes it is crowded, sometimes not. Sometimes someone takes 20 minutes, which is a third of the allotted time. I often think, “what the heck would happen if just a 1/10th of our parish showed up?”.
Freegards
My parish has 1,600 households. Even if you posit an average of 2 per household, that would be 320 people trying to confess in 40 minutes, at best. Insane.