Should we move on?

[pinereflections]

Moved here three years…called ahead to get info on the church. We have no kneelers…although there is room for them. We are a so called Mission Church. We have a regular priest who hears confession in the parking lot of the gathering space. I have asked a befriended parish counsel member to bring up setting a space for a confessional as we have plenty of empty rooms…however, after this person asks about it at a meeting, the priest said no as it was a question of privacy. Huh? like a parking lot of more private?
There is very devote person who leads the rosary before Mass. I am the only one that prays with her and now she has told me she has had enough.
The people seems very irrelevant because they talk out loud and carry on conversations before Mass about everything to the point where one in particular
stands with her back leaning on the pew and talking to the ladies about her problems etc.
It is very distracting and the priest himself, I feel bad saying this but he also walks around and talks out loud to different ones.
So this devout lady is leaving. That depresses my husband and I …I don’t know what to do. Should we stay or go to another parish?
We have a new deacon who seems to be more on the ball. Should we seek him out and try to talk to him about this?
Thank you.

 

[Fr.Vincent_Serpa]

Dear friend,

If it were just a matter of the parishioners, I would advise you to stay because the priest could bring them along. But that priest does not seem to be anywhere near doing that. He’s the biggest problem. I suggest that you pray on it, but don’t feel guilty if you decide to move on, We will pray for that parish.

Fr. Vincent Serpa, O.P.