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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am Catholic - my in laws are Methodist.

We are raising my daughter catholic. [/quote]

Then a) It wasn't communion according to the teachings of your church, it was a snack of bread and grape juice.

b) Either they knew enough about Catholic teaching to know that what they were doing was obnoxious, or they didn't have a clue.

What is their knowledge of Catholicism?  Have they been disrespectful of your religion in other ways?[/quote]

Not disrespectful, but...they are not fans. They know that we've been planning for her first communion. [/quote]

I would express my displeasure. [b]They had to know this was not acceptable.
(I'm not Catholic, but my mother is. We all have to be respectful of others' beliefs.)[/b][/quote]

And you don't see that your Catholic mother influences the 'had to know' bit here?

I grew up in a lightly-practicing protestant family in New England. My best friend in College and my SIL are Catholic.  Until those weddings I had no idea about the prohibition on non Catholics taking communion during Catholic mass since I had never been to one before and my understanding of the Catholic/Protestant schism (to the extent I thought about it at all) focused more on papal authority then other doctrinal differences.  Even after I knew I wasn't supposed to take it, I didn't know about the crossing of the arms bit - I was my friend's Maid of Honor and there were definitely some awkward moments for me during the mass trying to figure out what the heck I was supposed to be doing.  I also didn't know any protestants took Communion at the front of the Church until I went with my (Methodist) husband for the first time in my twenties. Which was during my 'not taking Communion' phase and was how I realized that it is a LOT more awkward to skip communion in a congregation that goes to the front of the church vs one that stays seated.

All of which is to say it is entirely possible the ILs actually *don't* know this wasn't acceptable, or simply didn't think about it / realize in the moment. [/quote]

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