Cry Room Question

[netmilsmom]

vicia3:

I stay out in the main part and I have three children. One is 8, one is 6 and the other is 15 months.

Thanks!
I did too when my kiddies were little.

 

[johnnykins]

I’m a cradle Catholic and always been one. My wife is Presbyterian, though she sings in the Catholic Church choir. Guess I’ve picked up some terminolgy after 21 years of marriage without realizing it.

 

[Maurelian]

genealogist:

I don’t know what we call the “pews” but the priest is in the sanctuary during Mass and we are not.

The congregation is in the nave…from the Latin word for “ship.” I suppose, because when Christians began to build great churches, the nave looked like an upside down ship?

 

[netmilsmom]

johnnykins:

Netmil - you asked if I have children - yes 3 (now 12, 14, 17). My wife has sung in the choir forever. I’m the one who has had them in the sanctuary. Have I always handled it well? No! But I do truly believe they belong in the sanctuary even as babies. They are members of the congregation. In the post above, I would take them out to see Jesus even if they were infants and could not appreciate Him. Even if He said zip to them. I also assume it would be a good thing for them. The same applies to Mass.

I’m so sorry I missed your post!
I would take my babies to see Jesus as well. But having a physical Jesus to look at is not the same as the mystery of the Eucharist.

I guess I just felt for my babies too much. They were innocent to what was going on around them or that their behavior was disruptive. My Grandmother with 12 children never took her babies to mass. She ended up with a Bishop. I’ll go with her lead.

 

[ehanway]

Thank you everyone for your advice! My husband and I have been struggling with this question and the misbehavior in the cry room. However, when I was a child my parents did the trade off thing(my mom is not Catholic) as did my grandparents. My husband(who is not Catholic but attends with me anyway) wants us to attend Mass as a family. All I can think of is my dad commenting on misbehaving in the main church by other children. He always said"I bet those parents didn’t get a thing out of Mass".
I really want to be considerate of those around me yet I also want my daughter to be brought up going to Mass so that it is very much a part of her life. She is surprisingly good but does have her moments. It seems the solution for us is to sit in the main church but close enough to the cry room to make a hasty exit should the need arise(we don’t have a separate vestibule).

Thanks again~
ehanway