# Poll: How often do you go to church? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 27, 2007, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-often-do-you-go-to-church/427859 "2007-11-27T01:06:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-often-do-you-go-to-church/427859/81 "2007-11-27T20:43:04Z")
I go every Sunday that I’m not working, and occasionally to daily Mass. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-often-do-you-go-to-church/427859/82 "2007-11-27T21:21:14Z")
Roman Catholic Until this summer it was (most) every Sunday and once or twice during the week. **Suburban Plankton** and I have a terrible time going during the summer. I don’t know why. I started a new job halfway through the summer and that precluded me going to daily mass. Somehow, we just never started up again in the fall. I am using Advent as an impetus to start going on a regular basis again. I miss it. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-often-do-you-go-to-church/427859/83 "2007-11-27T21:28:25Z")
[QUOTE=Bricker] But there are ten of 'em, dang it, and I try to make it to Mass on each of these days: [ul] [li]Christmas[/li][li]Solemnity of Mary[/li][li]The Epiphany[/li][li]The Feast of St Joseph[/li][li]The Ascension[/li][li]Corpus Christi[/li][li]The Feast of SS Peter and Paul[/li][li]The Assumption[/li][li]All Saints[/li][li]The Immaculate Conception[/li][/ul] [/QUOTE] Only two of those are still non-Sunday days of obligation in Australia: the Assumption and Christmas. The most appalling example of a “shift to Sunday” has to have been the feast of the Ascension. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-often-do-you-go-to-church/427859/84 "2007-11-27T21:33:34Z")
Atheist. I go for weddings, funerals, baptisms. Also when I’m with my parents during a religious holiday - last time was a Catholic wedding in Ireland about three months ago; before that was Christmas, 2005. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-often-do-you-go-to-church/427859/85 "2007-11-27T21:48:34Z")
Every Sunday, plus occasional special services (Christmas Eve, Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, etc). When I was on our vestry (board of directors, basically) of our parish, I had meetings at the church at least once a week as well, but I don’t think you would count that since they were business meetings and not worship services. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-often-do-you-go-to-church/427859/86 "2007-11-27T21:53:02Z")
[QUOTE=Bricker] But there are ten of 'em, dang it, and I try to make it to Mass on each of these days: [/QUOTE] I see where the canon lists your ten, but St Joseph, Sts Peter and Paul and Epiphany weren’t even on the list when I was a kid 35 years ago. Here’s the 1991 list [in the US](http://www.usccb.org/liturgy/q&a/general/obligation.shtml): In addition to Sunday, the days to be observed as holy days of obligation in the Latin Rite dioceses of the United States of America, in conformity with canon 1246, are as follows: January 1, the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God; Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter, the solemnity of the Ascension; August 15, the solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary; November 1, the solemnity of All Saints; December 8, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception; December 25, the solemnity of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ. which is what I remember from grade school. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-often-do-you-go-to-church/427859/87 "2007-11-27T22:01:13Z")
Huh. So the Immaculate Conception isn’t a required day in Canada. That seems like an awfully short list of obligatory feasts. Colour me surprised by **Czarcasm’s** answer as well. I’d sort of thought he was an atheist or agnostic. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-often-do-you-go-to-church/427859/88 "2007-11-27T22:37:28Z")
I think maybe \*\*Czar \*\* was just having a bit of fun. ---
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-often-do-you-go-to-church/427859/89 "2007-11-27T22:54:50Z")
Another weddings/funerals type here. I think the last time was about a year ago. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-often-do-you-go-to-church/427859/90 "2007-11-27T23:22:24Z")
C & E Episcopalian. I haven’t been a regular churchgoer in two years. Went regularly to my church for seven years prior to my absence. Weird reason I haven’t been in so long: have had many changes, including very significant job changes, in the past two years. The folks at my church are awesome friendly and very sweet, and I was fairly involved in church doings before (served on committees, went to all coffee hours, etc.). If I go back I honestly don’t want to talk a lot about my private/job life to these people, which they’d inevitably ask about. There’s another Episcopal church right down the road, but I don’t want to go there either and be a “church hopper”. Also, I don’t want to explain why I left the other church (which would surely come up), because it sounds weird. Hell, it even sounds weird to me. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-often-do-you-go-to-church/427859/91 "2007-11-27T23:44:01Z")
Roman Catholic, once a week usually and most holy days of obligation, depending on laziness/business. ---
**Author:** ![stargazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@stargazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stargazer)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-often-do-you-go-to-church/427859/92 "2007-11-28T01:35:26Z")
I go most Sundays and for the occasional special service (Thanksgiving Eve, for example, and Holy Week services). I used to be in lay leadership, so I had to go for more meetings and stuff, but having a baby is a great way to get out of those sorts of things. 🙂 I’ll be going tomorrow night to decorate for our annual Swedish Christmas festival – can’t get out of everything! I’m [Covenant](http://www.covchurch.org/), btw. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-often-do-you-go-to-church/427859/93 "2007-11-28T02:34:21Z")
I go every single Sunday, plus on various special occasions. ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-often-do-you-go-to-church/427859/94 "2007-11-28T02:54:33Z")
Generally every week, barring illness. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-often-do-you-go-to-church/427859/95 "2007-11-28T02:56:50Z")
I don’t go voluntarily. I’m dragged, kicking and screaming, and only for things like friends’ weddings or funerals, and I get out of there as fast as humanly possible when it’s done. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-often-do-you-go-to-church/427859/96 "2007-11-28T07:09:16Z")
Never been. Though being raised as secularly Jewish probably has something to do with that… ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-often-do-you-go-to-church/427859/97 "2007-11-28T07:39:10Z")
Weddings and funerals only. The older I get, the more of these a year I attend. I’m not supposed to take communion, but I usually do anyway. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-often-do-you-go-to-church/427859/98 "2007-11-28T09:34:26Z")
About once a week 40-45 weeks/year, give or take. Special services more often than not. I’m generically protestant, attending a Presbyterian church. ---
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-often-do-you-go-to-church/427859/99 "2007-11-28T18:06:12Z")
It seems obvious that a “Day of Obligation” is a day you _have_ to go to mass. What, pray tell, is the penalty for not going? Does the priest show up and get medieval on you? Great. Now I have “The Inquisition, what a show. The inquisition, here we go…” whining through my head right now. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-often-do-you-go-to-church/427859/100 "2007-11-28T18:25:51Z")
Every Sunday that I am not working/out of town and able. Lately that is less and less. ☹ This Sunday it’s ON! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-often-do-you-go-to-church/427859.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-often-do-you-go-to-church/427859.md?page=6)