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[quote=Anonymous]Yikes. That is a big problem, and with the way parishes work, it's not just as easy changing to another church.

Have you been to Mass? If there wasn't this ridiculous committee showing up at your door, would you like the services & community of the parish?

If you like everything you see EXCEPT this committee, then I would get really forceful, really quick, about shutting that down. I'd ask them to please take me off their visit list and send an email to the Priest (and follow up in person) letting him know how it made you feel as a new parishioner. He needs to know about overzealous lay groups within the parish. His reaction will tell you what you need to know too - if he apologizes and says he will make sure they aren't bothering you, then you probably have a good parish with a few over-the-top group leaders. If he gets defensive and starts to be pushy about your husband, then it is worth pursuing a parish change.

Going OOB on a parish has its own set of headaches and problems. It sounds like you want to be an active member, giving, etc so for that reason I would recommend trying to resolve before switching. If you just wanted to go to Mass & sit there and enjoy and leave, I'd say switch, no problem. But when you start getting into sacraments and schools and all that, it gets problematic to be out of bounds. I have a friend who went OOB and was told she couldn't be a formal leader of a small group because she couldn't technically be a member at an out of bounds parish. [/quote]

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