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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel the exact same as OP. But I’ll say- the church doesn’t want you back. Not the Arlington diocese. I was told not to attend or take communion because my kids weren’t baptized. I feel like at this point there are too many barriers for me to attend and I just can’t. I’m not sure why I can’t join by myself but they aren’t interested. I can go to mass, but can’t register or become a member. Can’t take communion.

I miss the church I grew up with. [/quote]

I feel like you got some really bad advice.  How would you even baptize your children if you weren’t part of the church?  That would be an unending circle!  And your children’s baptism has no bearing on you receiving communion.  Someone at that church needs a refresher![/quote]

Maybe pp would have to promise to baptize children as a condition of joining, or maybe children would have to be baptized first before pp could join.  Whatever, the church is placing rule-following above pastoring.[/quote]

I don’t really understand this, but maybe.  It still doesn’t explain the communion thing.  You wouldn’t need to be a member of that specific parish to receive communion (unless it was the sacrament of First Communion).  You can travel to Catholic Churches all around the US and all of the beautiful churches in France and Italy and go to mass at every one and take communion every time.

The only thing I can think of that you need to join a specific church for is to receive a sacrament or to get a discount on the parish school tuition.  [/quote]

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