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| gi2 |
Hi!
I am looking for Catholic full details mass program sample please ..
it helps non-Catholics know when to sit/stand/kneel.
Thank you!
Gi2
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| Ann |
Your pastor, the church secretary, or "wedding coordinator" (in small
parishes they might be the same person) can point you to catalogs of these
sorts of things. Just ask.
Ann
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"gi2" <gigirwc@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Hi!
>
> I am looking for Catholic full details mass program sample please ..
> it helps non-Catholics know when to sit/stand/kneel.
>
> Thank you!
> Gi2
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| Walter Plinge |
Just do what the Catholics do. They don't all do it in time, so no one will
notice if you're a couple of beats behind.
Besides, it could be considered hypocritical if you partake in religious
observances when you're not religious, or a different brand. You shouldn't
take part in communion for example.
"gi2" <gigirwc@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Hi!
>
> I am looking for Catholic full details mass program sample please ..
> it helps non-Catholics know when to sit/stand/kneel.
>
> Thank you!
> Gi2
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| Ericka Kammerer |
gi2 wrote:
> Hi!
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> I am looking for Catholic full details mass program sample please ..
> it helps non-Catholics know when to sit/stand/kneel.
It is acceptable for non-Catholics not to kneel and
simply to sit respectfully instead. You should probably talk
to your priest or the church secretary to get text that will
be most accurate for your particular church and for the
service/readings that will be used for your wedding. They
can probably also help you trim the text so that it's not
so long, but still keeps people oriented. Also, you might
want to include a note describing any issues. For instance,
since Catholic Communion is closed, perhaps there should
be a note that Catholics are welcome to join you for Communion
or something like that so that those who are not Catholic
will understand not to attend. (They may not be aware
of this, as many other denominations have more open
Communion, so they may have not encountered the notion
of Communion being closed.)
Best wishes,
Ericka
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| Lady Laura |
I will be doing a full Catholic Mass program, but don't havea sample
to share at the moment. The parish office will be able to provide the
details of what I need to publish as well as the proper wording to
invite only Catholics in Communion with the Church to celebrate the
Eucharist.
It isn't hypocritical to stand when the congregation stands -- and it
is NOT necessary to kneel if you are uncomfortable with it, but you
should sit (rather than stand). I will have a short explaination of
that at the first place where it says kneel.
Since a Catholic wedding Mass is long, and we will have guest
unfamiliar with it, I think the program is a good guide to what to
expect. Especailly on things like the exchange of peace and some
prayers that are common among Christian faiths, but slightly language
(for example, in the Lord's Prayer Catholics stop before "for thine is
the kingdom and the plower and the glory" and the priest says a short
prayer and then we finish with "for the kingdom, the power and the
glory are yours, forever and ever" -- which is similar, but jsut
enough off to throw someone off. I want to INCLUDE all of my weddings
guests, not make them feel they are swimming in the deep end. They
don't have to participate, but I want them to at least have an idea of
what is going on.
I may be able to find a sample on-line, but I've been to many Cathloic
Mass Weddings and each are just a little different, so a generic guide
may not meet the needs of your particular service which is why it is
best to contact your parish office (as examples of the differences,
some priests have allowed a unity candle lighting, some haven't; some
weddings incorporate leaving flowers at the statue of Mary/the Holy
Family; some include the parents more than others.)
"Walter Plinge" <walterplinge@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message news:<4129cbfc$0$2090$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>...
> Just do what the Catholics do. They don't all do it in time, so no one will
> notice if you're a couple of beats behind.
>
> Besides, it could be considered hypocritical if you partake in religious
> observances when you're not religious, or a different brand. You shouldn't
> take part in communion for example.
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> "gi2" <gigirwc@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:e33fee4b.0408200248.72f4f787@posting.google.com...
> > Hi!
> >
> > I am looking for Catholic full details mass program sample please ..
> > it helps non-Catholics know when to sit/stand/kneel.
> >
> > Thank you!
> > Gi2
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| Laura |
gigirwc@aol.com (gi2) wrote in message news:<e33fee4b.0408200248.72f4f787@posting.google.com>...
> Hi!
>
> I am looking for Catholic full details mass program sample please ..
> it helps non-Catholics know when to sit/stand/kneel.
>
> Thank you!
> Gi2
To keep your guest from being overwhelmed at the amount of information
that could be included, I have 2 suggestions:
1: Suggest your guests turn to the front pages of the Missals - the
prayer and reading books set in the pews. This will have the Order of
Mass in it.
2: Put the basic info that's in most programs - 1st Reading are these
verses, done by friend A, Psalm Response sung by Soloist, etc. Then,
as the Mass is going on, the priest will ask the congregation to
stand, sit, or kneel as appropriate. (That's what we did). Your
guests have a rough outline, but not too much. The Order of Mass can
easily get to be a few pages long. At my parish, at least, the priest
was quite comfortable in leading the congregation - he's done it
before.
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