My H is an anti-Catholic former Catholic. I am Jewish. Neither of us got much out of the priest's talks. But he did not preach or sermonize. He just talked about the topic at hand as it related to his life or the lives of people he knew. As the topic was marriage, he really had no personal experience to bring to it, so he stuck mainly to talking about his family of origin, or the life of a priest. We did not mind at all have some time to just let our minds wander. The program is sponsored by the Church, so they help to fund it. We felt that the program was truly amazingly good, and since it was supported by the Church, the price was a bargain. If the bargain came with listening to a priest for some of the time, that was fine. Limbo said something about her husband being non-religious, and not bothered by the participation of the priest. There are many people there for whom the priest is perhaps the most important part. To me, his presence was justified to fill their need.
