i think if you don't want to burn bridges with this church you must go and talk to a local bishop about this. i am not catholic, but i do know that they copied alot of the hebrew ideals, like tradition of the fathers of the faith, etc. they pray to inanimate objects( idoltary) and believe the story about how mary is now the queen of heaven and her and all those dead saints have some kind of power. sorry folks, these people are dead! they cannot help you, and actually going as far as to pray to statues and charms and roseraies and the graven cross symbol will lead you into sin, not salvation. many people are being decieved by this sin.so, to answer your question, if you want to go back to it, it would be best for you to talk to a bishop at their office. don't worry, if you are not tithing directly to them, they will not try to talk you out of it.