An interesting "ecumenical " story

[Peter_J]

Hi, there.

Good to see you.

 

[LutheranScholar]

Hi, there.

ah, yes, howdy! :tiphat: www.anglicancatholic.org. One of my coworkers, who is now ACNA, seems to be leaning in that direction…

 

[GKC]

ah, yes, howdy! :tiphat: www.anglicancatholic.org. One of my coworkers, who is now ACNA, seems to be leaning in that direction…

If I were ACNA, I’d lean Anglo-Catholic-flavored Continuum, too.

Not that I don’t admire the ACNA, generally.

 

[Little_Sheep]

That kind of story happens almost weekly at my Episcopal parish during our Spanish mass. The Spanish speaking priest is a man and our church is very High Church/Anglo Catholic, so it’s not immediately apparent that our church isn’t Catholic. It was happening so often the Spanish speaking ushers had to start making a point of welcoming people specifically to the Episcopal church at the door that they didn’t recognize just so they knew they were in the place they’d intended to be.

The services of the Episcopal Church and the Catholic Church are very similar. I should think it would be any easy mistake to make in many instances.

 

[Rosebud77]

Well, I thought it was funny, rosebud!

THANK YOU! Some stories are their own “point” are they not? Situation comedy relies in this and on our awareness of the humour in everyday life… I honestly thought folk here were more… relaxed and imaginative than they seem to be, Same with the GPS thread that was a really funny situation but got turned into a tech discussion…

So here we have an IRISH CATHOLIC, working in the UK, having been instructed and indeed nagged by mammy GO TO MASS IN THAT HEATHEN PLACE… GO TO MASS!

So he does… and shock horror! He has been AT A PROTESTANT SERVICE!!! WHat will mammy say…

Mammy was my landlady and I was still Church of England then…her cousin used to tell me how when they were younger they were FORBIDDEN even to walk past a Protestant Church on the same side of the road… and there he was, taking communion… OH MY!!!

As I keep saying, lighten up… smiles and laughter are good for the body and for the soul.

 

[Peter_J]

THANK YOU! Some stories are their own “point” are they not? Situation comedy relies in this and on our awareness of the humour in everyday life… I honestly thought folk here were more… relaxed and imaginative than they seem to be, Same with the GPS thread that was a really funny situation but got turned into a tech discussion…

So here we have an IRISH CATHOLIC, working in the UK, having been instructed and indeed nagged by mammy GO TO MASS IN THAT HEATHEN PLACE… GO TO MASS!

So he does… and shock horror! He has been AT A PROTESTANT SERVICE!!! WHat will mammy say…

Mammy was my landlady and I was still Church of England then…her cousin used to tell me how when they were younger they were FORBIDDEN even to walk past a Protestant Church on the same side of the road… **and there he was, taking communion… OH MY!!!
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As I keep saying, lighten up… smiles and laughter are good for the body and for the soul.

I can see how the part I highlighted would rub some the wrong way. If it wasn’t for that then I would be in full agreement with you about people needing to lighten up.

 

[Michael68]

THANK YOU! Some stories are their own “point” are they not? Situation comedy relies in this and on our awareness of the humour in everyday life… I honestly thought folk here were more… relaxed and imaginative than they seem to be, Same with the GPS thread that was a really funny situation but got turned into a tech discussion…

So here we have an IRISH CATHOLIC, working in the UK, having been instructed and indeed nagged by mammy GO TO MASS IN THAT HEATHEN PLACE… GO TO MASS!

So he does… and shock horror! He has been AT A PROTESTANT SERVICE!!! WHat will mammy say…

Mammy was my landlady and I was still Church of England then…her cousin used to tell me how when they were younger they were FORBIDDEN even to walk past a Protestant Church on the same side of the road… and there he was, taking communion… OH MY!!!

As I keep saying, lighten up… smiles and laughter are good for the body and for the soul.

My Italian grandfather used to tell me it was a sin to even walk into a Protestant church. LOL

 

[mackbrislawn]

My first Irish landlady told me this, as a peace as she knew I was Anglican…

One of her sons went to work in England.

He went to Mass on Sunday; lovely Church with Stations etc. Lovely Mass. He felt totally at home

The priest was at the door greeting folk so the young man said to him how wonderful it was to be able to go to a Catholic Church anywhere in the world and find it just the same

Yes, You have guessed… The reply?

“This is a Church of England Church…”

My cousin took me to an Episcopal church in California and everything was much the same as in a Catholic church. Although it was strange to see a female priest! Later on I asked my cousin what happened to that female priest? He said she had given up the ministry and was living with her girl friend.