[ezdays]

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.

We too have folks who sit in the same place each week, count me as one. We get concerned when we see an empty seat where we know someone that usually sits there. I think that's true in most parishes. (I believe ours is about 50 years old). The parish that I live in has families of all ages, I guess being from the generation we're in, most of us find it difficult to "go with the flow", so we're not use to using the church as a social gathering spot. I think that if you took a poll, not one person in the Sun City (a retirement community) church I attend would dispute that. We do get many visiting families, most are pious and respectful, that's why I was so appalled to see the behavior of this family.