“All the voices in the survey are asking for more movement in the direction of parent and parish responsibility.
“At the heart of what has to be figured out, the survey suggests, is how to relate to parents who are coming from different places.” “For instance this year everybody who wanted to be confirmed had to write, make a formal application addressed to me, again to emphasise that Confirmation isn’t a school subject, it’s a faith subject.”
Parents are already up to their eyes. Children will be forced into putting in hours of preparation at inconvenient times that adds to their work load and people will have to pay to hire a teacher as is done in non denominational schools! Who are these you would trust ?
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