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Catholics are not obliged to be parish members at the nearest church. That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard! And I think you know it, too. Up here in the north people are obliged to resister at the local parish but can easily ask to transfer to another while still living in the parish boundaries of the first one. Both pastors have to approve and it has to be for a legitimate cause. It seems to be merely a formality, though. Mater Ecclesia in New Jersey has no parish boundaries and anyone in the diocese can transfer to that parish. http://www.materecclesiae.org/See, I wasn't dreaming Alexis. Told you so! 
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That's not how here, and as I said before, *no Catholic is obliged to attend the nearest parish.* That still holds true; nothing I said was incorrect.
One could be a member at the nearest parish; it doesn't mean he is obliged to ever go there. Anyway the requirement that one first register at the nearest parish before being transferred to another seems, as we see, only a regional thing.
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[quote] Catholics are not obliged to be parish members at the nearest church. That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard! And I think you know it, too. It depends on the diocese. There are diocese that will only allow you to register at the nearest parish. A friend of mine is really upset about this bc she absolutely loves the parish they normally attend. But, they can't register there, and if they aren't registered, they're not allowed to participate in parish activities and groups, and regarding the parish school, parishoners are given first "dibbs". Maybe this is unusual, but it does happen. They're actually considering moving over this bc they dislike the parish they're supposed to be registered at. I'm grateful that isn't the case where we have lived & live now. -Alexis
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You're Alexis too? That's cool!
Yes, that's all very strange indeed, but as I said, no one is forced to attend the nearest parish, registered members or no.
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We must remember in the north there are lots of Catholic parishes. In my experience most people didn't change parishes unless they moved.
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[quote=Logos - Alexis]
However, standard Roman Catholic practice is that you go to the parish nearest your house. PERIOD. Others pointed out current variations on this, but there are historical ones, too. Parts of the country ended up with "national churches"--different churches for different ethnic groups. I grew up in the San Francisco arch-diocese, where even attending a mass in the next parish was suspect without a good reason. In DuBois, PA, I was stunned. The Irish had built the first church, St. Catherine of Sienna. One *block* away was the Lithuanian church, St. Joseph's [and it was the short side of the block, too!]. About three blocks in another direction was St. Michael's, the polish church. A block behind that was Nativity of the Mother of God, the Byzantine church. No parish lines or boundaries; no other Catholic churches for several miles. St. Catherine's & St. Joseph actually shared two priests, eached assigned 3/4 time to the former and 1/4 to the latter. hawk, now passing a couple of RC parishes on the way to his Byzantine parish.
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