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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good point.  It takes a village and all that...

I have always tried to make our faith something that is not just on Sunday.  Our parish is absolutely gigantic (one of the five largest in the US) and because of that size it can be difficult to connect with others.  We attend the same mass every week, sit in the same pew every week, and rarely do I recognize anyone around us.  Maybe 25 % of the people around me make an effort to sing the hymns.

I have gotten involved in numerous ministries to try to "shrink" the size of the parish.  But that doesn't actually translate to my kids.  I have taught faith formation for both and I know that my classes are very well received by the kids (I have significant positive feedback from parents, etc).  But my own kids are just...i don't know...disconnected or something.  Our priests are, in general, not really good homilists.  So I totally get that they are bored out of their minds at church.  I was too at their age, but there is a significant difference between me at their age and they way my kids are.

Part of the problem is definitely my parish, but I think part of it is within my sons too.  :([/quote]

08:31 back again.  It does sound like the parish size is not helping much either.  :(  I am sorry. :(  I know how you feel b/c we ourselves are part of a big parish (St. Joe's in Herndon).  Until we were in the school community, I felt like we were anonymous and a #, and I still am working on building community there after DD being in school since Sept.

Have you thought about looking into other parishes?  Attending Mass elsewhere?  Where are you located?  [/quote]

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