Society of Saint Gregory

At an abbey in NW France, where I have sometimes attended Mass, distribution under both kinds involves intinction, which is not permitted in England & Wales. (Perhpas becuase it smacks of self-administration, which is reserved to the ordained?) On my first visit, not having watched what those in fr...

Just to point out that some priests bypass all these recommendations by saying Mass in the Extraordinary Form. The Extraordinary Form doesn't provide for Communion under both kinds nor for the sign of peace among the People. I haven't experienced it myself but have heard of priests imposing the Ext...

Some months ago, I discovered by chance that - after taking place for a decade or more - weekday services with distribution of Communion had ceased in my parish, even when a neighbouring deacon was available to preside. Regular attendees are of the opinion that this ban had followed the arrival of ...

Something to do with protecting the uniqueness of the Mass and the dividing line between priests and the rest of us?

Gwyn wrote: ↑ Sun Oct 28, 2018 6:48 pm Re: 16ft manual stop: It can be useful, I sometimes draw it for a final verse of a rousing hymn, then play the verse up an octave. This gives added zing. :D Depends on the voicing. Hence "can" and "sometimes." :wink: Fair enough. Got to say that most of the or...

Gwyn wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 28, 2018 6:48 pm

Re: 16ft manual stop:
It can be useful, I sometimes draw it for a final verse of a rousing hymn, then play the verse up an octave. This gives added zing.

Depends on the voicing.

Not really.
Sad for those who hanker after such things.
A tragedy? No.
I reserve that word for matters such as the abuse of minors and the cover-ups that served to multiply the hurt to the victims and the damage to the rest of the church.
That is what causes me to feel shame.

Is the creed actually a lyrical text that is meant to be sung?
Is it not more of a prose statement that should be spoken?
Just a thought.

Well I think it depends on the complexity of the chant among other things. I don't find the sound of a crowd bellowing and swooping their way through Credo 3 particularly uplifting, I have to say. (Sadly Credo 3 seems especially vulnerable to this treatment.) On the other hand other simpler bits of ...

No, despite living just across the river from Liverpool.
I am not terribly proud to be a member of the Church at the moment.

I find I dont have the stomach to tune in to anything that features clerics at the moment.
So I avoided.

In the early 60s we had dialogue masses in school. Table set up on the stage in the hall, facing the people, with the readings in English while the priest read them silently in Latin. English hymns and we all said the Latin responses. All very exciting at the time.

Blimey, Oops. You do seem to find 'em.

Good principle.

Faith, hope and social support? Indeed. That is something the bishop should be organising for his priests - even more so, now that numbers are declining and they become more isolated. And of course a half-decent parish will have the kind of relationship with their priests that is mutually enriching...