Telling Family You're Switching Parishes

[GeorgiiMichael]

At the very least, send a letter to the priest and copy it to the bishop. That's definitely something you should do. Beyond that, break it to your family right away. Don't beat around the bush. Tell them you're leaving because the priest is making a mockery of the liturgy and the Faith and that you will not abide it further.

[AccountDeleted]

Tell them you've decided not to be a Catholic anymore and you are going to join a cult which requires attendance at their brain-washing meetings. (cross your fingers behind your back and it won't be a sin).

 

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When they realize that you are just going to a different parish, they will be so relieved that it won't be a problem for them.  :P

[4588686]

I've found that screaming 'you can't control me!' helps a lot in these situations.  

[CatholicsAreKewl]

It makes sense that they'd be upset but you're 24. Guilting you into going to their church seems greedy on their part, not yours.

[Basilisa Marie]

You took the words right out of mouth...again!

 

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My physical disability made it difficult for me to go to another parish and leave the one in my neighborhood, the one we are already established in. Thankfully though, I have a nurse who can drive me and my mom to the parish that we prefer.

 

However, I don't want to burn my bridge to the other parish because I've been told that the parish I that I prefer (and have membership in) will not make emergency visits to me because I already have priests nearby--I've never heard such a thing. Anyway, I feel like I have a connection to both parishes so I think I'm good.

 

Well, actually, according to canon law, whichever parish covers the "territory" in which you live has a special obligation to serve you. What I mean by that is you have a right to the sacraments at a particular parish, and the pastor cannot deny you without good, serious reasons.  So if you have an emergency and need anointing of the sick and/or last rites, the pastor of that parish has the obligation to serve you, not necessarily the one where you attend.  You're still completely free to attended wherever you're most spiritually fed, though. :)  But yeah, that's probably what they're referring to you when they say you have other priests nearby. 

 

What do you mean by programming?

 

Like faith formation stuff.  Are there classes for adults, families, social nights, whatever?  Because if they go to any of those, you could offer to still come with them, so it's not like you're divorcing yourself from one community for another.  But I'm guessing they probably don't.  

Edited September 13, 2013 by Basilisa Marie

[tinytherese]

Like faith formation stuff.  Are there classes for adults, families, social nights, whatever?  Because if they go to any of those, you could offer to still come with them, so it's not like you're divorcing yourself from one community for another.  But I'm guessing they probably don't.  

 

Unless there's a dinner that the boy scouts are hosting that my little brother is in, no they don't do stuff like that. My brother will go through confirmation classes years from now, but by then I won't be still living with my parents.