[RedheadMN]

Well, you can't do anything about this. 

Here is what I have done when people were coughing and were sick, and where behind  or next to me:
I removed myself, went and sat somewhere else.

I did the same when the kids where kicking me, and hitting me.  I might have said something first to the parents that your child just hit me.

In other words:  If the people next to you are distractions, remove yourself, go to another seat.

Problem will likely be solved.

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"Needless to say, I'm upset how they acted before mass at the church I no longer attend mass at, but more so how this family seemed to have no dignity to the presence of the Holy Spirit, and do they act this way at their home parish?"

- They just might not comprehend what's going on, are not Catholic, and so much more.  See my previous note.  Jannet

You kind of missed my point. These things are not simply a distraction or and annoyance but I think they are disrespectful to God. Moving to a different pew still doesn't make what they're doing right. You can understand kids acting like kids or crying babies, they don't know better and so that leans on the parents and discipline. But creating a social atmosphere in church, even a non-Catholic knows better. I'm simply pointing out this behavior and praying that this isn't becoming acceptable. It most certainly isn't in Sun City or with folks from older generations.

Oh, sorry!


Regarding this matter - I don't see what you have witness so much, but I'm in rural Minnesota.  Same families nearly sit in the same places for that last 100 or more years!

I'll go back to my pew now.