It’s call working Weekend Shift (Saturday and Sunday) which is frequently when most service/retail industry is scheduled for peons, especially in places with no Blue Laws. Or in the case of IT department with Ransomware, or a Software Developer, it’s call hellweek, “no one goes to home unless they want to get laid off”, and variants of.
Who has said this? Why not ask them about it?
Right.
In his defence I’ve heard that from many people, particularly parents. Apparently it’s too difficult to get the kids ready for a 10 am Mass but somehow they manage to get the kids off to daycare and school and themselves to work by 8 Monday to Friday. The physical properties of time apparently change on Sunday.
That question is vague enough that an answer cannot adequately cover it.
I had a student in first communion class who told me at teh beginning of the class that he would miss a significant number of classes due to basketball games. I suggested to him that he get his mother to sign him up for a class at a more convenient time. Instead he chose to stay in my class and he gave up basketball for the year. Not everybodies priorities are bad.
True. I am a recently paroled DRE. People never, ever miss soccer or lacrosse…but Religious Ed classes, Confirmation prep, or Sunday school is MUCH harder to schedule.
After everything else, of course.
I actually had mothers come in and complain that I was just “unwilling to work within their schedule”. That’s what I was saying…people make excuses for their bad behavior.
Fast forward to when their child wants to marry a pagan on the beach in Thailand and they’re in my office crying, sobbing, “WHAT HAPPENED?”
Nothing.
Nothing happened.
You didn’t make learning about the faith a priority.
You get what you invest in.
The kid is separated from the Church, but hey, those cheap trophies will look good in the garage.
That’s rare in my experience. I suspect they didn’t want to call your bluff, and didn’t want hi to iss First Holy Communion.
Yes indeed. I’m in the IT field also, and right now I’m doing support for our Asian and European offices, and it absolutely makes my life difficult, especially since I have two small children.
I’d like to quote this, frame it, and blast it to everyone I know on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, everything. This summarizes contemporary parochial ministry quite nicely, sadly.
True. I am a recently paroled DRE. People never, ever miss soccer or lacrosse…but Religious Ed classes, Confirmation prep, or Sunday school is MUCH harder to schedule.
After everything else, of course.
I actually had mothers come in and complain that I was just “unwilling to work within their schedule”. That’s what I was saying…people make excuses for their bad behavior.
Fast forward to when their child wants to marry a pagan on the beach in Thailand and they’re in my office crying, sobbing, “WHAT HAPPENED?”
Nothing.
Nothing happened.
You didn’t make learning about the faith a priority.
You get what you invest in.
The kid is separated from the Church, but hey, those cheap trophies will look good in the garage.
Preach it sista…
True. I am a recently paroled DRE. People never, ever miss soccer or lacrosse…but Religious Ed classes, Confirmation prep, or Sunday school is MUCH harder to schedule.
After everything else, of course.
I actually had mothers come in and complain that I was just “unwilling to work within their schedule”. That’s what I was saying…people make excuses for their bad behavior.
Fast forward to when their child wants to marry a pagan on the beach in Thailand and they’re in my office crying, sobbing, “WHAT HAPPENED?”
Nothing.
Nothing happened.
You didn’t make learning about the faith a priority.
You get what you invest in.
The kid is separated from the Church, but hey, those cheap trophies will look good in the garage.
I got to know him and his family. He made the sacrifice in order to make his first communion.
Its not your business.