[Straight Vermonter]

Does attending mass at Christmas, Easter, weddings and funerals qualify one as a parishioner?

During my youth I was a parishioner the largest church in the state. The church was much desired as a location for weddings. A former priest of mine like to tell a story about a woman who called to set up a wedding date. The priest, not recognizing her name, asked if she was a parishioner. The woman replied, "oh yes my mother never misses a bingo".

[mountn man]

The chuch I used to go to, used to be the largest church in the US. Our weekend services were designed for "spiritual seekers", but our midweek services were designed for christians seeking the deeper, meatier substances. Our head pastor made the comment at a midweek service once, that if all you were doing was taking up a seat, find somewhere else to go. He wanted people who wanted to be "fully devoted followers of Christ".

And though I no longer go there, not because of his comment, I fully agree with his statement.

A pastors job is to teach and shepherd his flock. But the spiritual condition of a person or their kids, is not HIS. Each person is responsible for their own spiritual condition, and if they have kids, their kids'.