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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up Catholic.  My husband is Baptist (moderate) - grew up going to church every Sunday, mission trips around the world, you name it.  I became a Baptist 20 years ago before I ever met DH because that is where I felt called at the time.  We were not fabulous about going to church until we had kids.  Then, we joined a church here in DC.  After a few years, because of changes in the church leadership, we stopped going to that church.  We've allegedly been church shopping for several years now, which has so far consisted of going to one other church once at Easter and looking at some websites.  We didn't even go anywhere for Christmas this year and are not planning to for Easter this year.

Here is the thing.  I have been feeling for a couple of years that I would really like to go back to the Catholic church.  My husband, however, has a major thing about the exclusion of other Christians at communion by Catholics.  He barely consents to go to church with my parents when we visit them.  I've made him do it three times in the 16 years we've been married.  I know he would never let me raise the kids Catholic.

I realize you are supposed to sort out all the religious stuff before getting married and having kids, yet here I am quite unexpectedly.  Can others who have marriages where both parents are not the same faith and where one spouse has a real problem with the other's religion give me some guidance here?  Also, for Catholics, on the ridiculous off chance that DH would let me bring the kids, what happens if your kids have already missed some of the sacraments?  I have a 4th grader and a 2nd grader.[/quote]

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