the catholic thing to do!
so i REALLY did forget that there was a parent's meeting for kylan's ccd class on saturday. to my "delight" they (st. anne's school of religion) had left a message with joshy's sitter informing her that he will not be receiving his first holy communion because we missed the meeting. i found this to be disturbing for several reasons: it was ONE class....i mean kylan even attended his scheduled class earlier that day; there were no reminders-the last parent meeting was in january; the kids were not informed-kylan wasn't notified either that there would be a meeting; before the last parent meeting, they were calling home and sending letters beforehand. so ANYHOO....the coordinator finally calls me back and reiterates that he cannot be inlcuded because they had prepared for the select few and parents that miss meetings are entitled to those consequences. my main concern was how he would resume with the next group of sacrament recipients, if this was the case and if he would still attend his saturday classes as scheduled. so she goes on and on about how much time and hard work it takes to coordinate parent meetings blah blah and before elaborating...ends the conversation by telling me that there is a makeup meeting on wednesday at 6pm. but not before making me feel guilty for my wrong doing and outlining her sacrifices. i wasn't argumentive and only apologetic and yet she had to go through the drama of telling me that kylan won't be included in first holy communoin for MISSING one class and withholding the fact that there was already a makeup meeting scheduled and other parents had missed as well. ugh. talk about institutional silliness.