The Irish Homily Review Board
Deacon Greg pointed me to this article in the Irish Times where a group of journalists headed to several different churches in the Dublin area and wrote their thoughts on…
Boulder Priest Says Jesus Excluded People
Fr. William Breslin, a priest from Sacred Heart of Jesus parish in Boulder has banned children from entering his elementary school because their mothers are lesbians. NCR has more from…
St Patrick’s Day
I took a walk through St. Patrick’s Cathedral while in New York last week which always brings up something new for me when I do so. This year I was…
Be Naked at Church?
Um, this is not what I meant… From American Papist Dressing up to go to church has long been out of fashion in many denominations. Most Sunday services at church…
Tales from the Sacristy: Gaffs and Blunders
Altar Boys and Girls make tons of the mistakes. The secret is to not let anyone know that this happens by making your mistakes small and not so huge that…
Tales from the Sacristy: LOL
A visiting priest once forewarned a group of us altar boys: “If I see any of you laughing on the altar, I will throw you off of the altar and…
Altar Boy Humor: Tales from the Sacristy #1
So I’ll share some of the more funny experiences I’ve had as an altar server. Some happened at mass itself and others were in preparation for mass and others even…
Altar Girls and the Priesthood Shortage
Dedicating this week’s post to discussions on altar servers has proved to open the floodgates. As the first post to the first discussion claims “Altar girls are an abomination and…
A Server’s Prayer
I was talking with a parent recently about altar servers and recalled that before I served mass as a young man we had posted in the sacristy a prayer that…
Misbehaving Children at Mass
One of the hallmarks of our parish is the openness to families with small children. Parents often remark on how welcome they feel and how they don’t feel horrible when…