has it come to this?

While at church this evening at All-Saints Catholic Church a group of people whom I do not know if they are family or not, were quite disruptive.

Let's begin with right before Mass starts. I could have sworn we are in a church and not at a movie theater or some kind of party. Well, the lady is waving her arm straight up & side-to-side getting not only the attention of this group of people, but the entire church as well.
So, this clan of 8 people make their way over. Of these 8 people, 3 of them are very small children. One is an infant, two are around 2 yrs old. What I want to know is since when has it become acceptible to have a picnic in the pews? Hmmm... let's see... let's be as rude as we can be by unwrapping food and making as much noise as we possibly can while doing so in the hopes that everyone around us can hear our loud-ass wrappers that our food is in. Let's allow the small children to talk freely during the homily so that no one around us can listen & learn. Let's not go into the rooms that have doors for families with small children so that they can respect those around them by maintaining the peace while still being able to listen to the service.


I have nothing against children (I want at least one child myself) nor bringing children to Mass. Just please show some courteousy and respect for those who are there and use the closed off rooms for what they are created for- noisy, loud, whiney, starving children.