All Are Welcome?

[GwenL]

I can’t state with any certainty what the rules are, but…

Before my wife started RCIA, she went with her family to Rome. She had been looking at the Church so obviously Saint Peter’s in Rome was on her “must see” list. As she was walking in, she saw a sign (permanent type, not a paper taped to the door) That read “All are welcome to receive the Eucharist”. The sign went on to spell out what the Eucharist is and that if you believed, you were welcome regardless of whether or not you were Catholic. She received that day and came home absolutely ON FIRE for RCIA and becoming Catholic.

Now that was at Vatican City. If they are breaking rules, then I have to wonder if they are actually rules or not.

Beyond that, I Pcan’t comment…

God bless

During our recent week in Rome, we attended three daily Masses at St Peter’s. One was in the left tramsept and the others were the OF Latin Mass in the apse. I searched there areas (where Masses are normallt held) as well as other areas and found no signs at all, certainly nothing inviting non-Catholics to Holy Communion.

There was a security guy who kept people out, unless you had the “secret code word.”. That is, you had to mumble at least a phrase with the word “Mass” in it.

There was a small posted announcement about Mass times at the main entry to St Peter’s, but it only listed times, languages, and locations.

 

[GwenL]

I can’t state with any certainty what the rules are, but…

Before my wife started RCIA, she went with her family to Rome. She had been looking at the Church so obviously Saint Peter’s in Rome was on her “must see” list. As she was walking in, she saw a sign (permanent type, not a paper taped to the door) That read “All are welcome to receive the Eucharist”. The sign went on to spell out what the Eucharist is and that if you believed, you were welcome regardless of whether or not you were Catholic. She received that day and came home absolutely ON FIRE for RCIA and becoming Catholic.

Now that was at Vatican City. If they are breaking rules, then I have to wonder if they are actually rules or not.

Beyond that, I can’t comment…

God bless

During our recent week in Rome, we attended three daily Masses at St Peter’s. *One was in the left transept and the others were the OF Latin Mass in the apse. *I searched these areas (where Masses are normally held) as well as many other areas and found no signs at all, certainly nothing inviting non-Catholics to Holy Communion.

There was a security guy who kept people out of the areas where Mass was about to begin (or was ongoing) unless you had the “secret code word.”. That is, you had to mumble at least a phrase with the word “Mass” in it and he let you in.

There was a small posted announcement about Mass times at the main entry to St Peter’s, but it only listed times, languages, and locations.