Announcements during Mass

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My parish always has at least 1 to 3 minutes of announcements at the end of mass (but just before the final blessing). What perturbs me is that the priest begins his final prayer of blessing (we are standing) and then breaks for his announcements, breaking the continuity of the final prayer. All the while we remain standing. Occasionally, someone other than the priest is invited to give his special announcements which typically lasts another 3 minutes or so. (almost without fail, the congregation breaks into applause after such a special announcement–but this is another topic covered at length in another thread!)

I am wondering if this practice is customary in most your parishes? Why do we have bulletins when the priest reiterites its contents during the Mass? Ultimately, there is probably nothing particularly wrong with making announcements during Mass, but from my perspective, find them unnecessary and disruptive.
 
My parish is more like a tale of two cities. My pastor has the announcments made during the offertory, while my parochial vicar reluctantly places them after the Post-Communion prayer. My PV is reluctant to make annuoncments because he doesn’t want to interrupt the Mass. He doesn’t like to have any announcments made during the offertory because he says that people are making their sacrifice to the Church at that time and this is important. On the other hand, my pastor feels that the announcments are okay at the offertory.

I tend to agree with the parochial vicar.
 
blaskoman said:
My parish always has at least 1 to 3 minutes of announcements at the end of mass (but just before the final blessing). What perturbs me is that the priest begins his final prayer of blessing (we are standing) and then breaks for his announcements, breaking the continuity of the final prayer. All the while we remain standing. Occasionally, someone other than the priest is invited to give his special announcements which typically lasts another 3 minutes or so. (almost without fail, the congregation breaks into applause after such a special announcement–but this is another topic covered at length in another thread!)

I am wondering if this practice is customary in most your parishes? Why do we have bulletins when the priest reiterites its contents during the Mass? Ultimately, there is probably nothing particularly wrong with making announcements during Mass, but from my perspective, find them unnecessary and disruptive.
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That is a pretty common practice, to place announcements before the final blessing. I guess your priest just mixes the two together as his own personal style, nothing too serious. If you still feel confused, you can talk to him after mass as maybe something to divide, but do it in a good, positive suggestion way, the priest may be unaware he is doing it that way, he is human like the rest of us.

In other parishes, it is usually only done once a month or so, it depends on what is going on in the evening at Sat masses or right after Sunday morning masses. It is often done to reach the most people as many announcements are for fundraisers and parish community events (e.g. coffee after mass, pancake breakfasts, fish boils, fish frys, etc…). Not everyone reads the bulletin and this maximizes turnout because many other people make a last minute decision to join in and/or plan to attend the items in the announcements.
 
Our announcements are always made by the lector before the start of Mass.👍 Except for our Spanish Masses, Father makes the announcements before the final blessing, every one knows to just stay sitting for a minute for the announcements.
 
The rubrics place the announcements – “Brief announcements, if they are necessary” – after the Prayer after Communion. They are the first part of the concluding rites:
GIRM 90. The concluding rites consist of
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  1. Brief announcements, if they are necessary;
  2. The priest’s greeting and blessing, which on certain days and occasions is enriched and expressed in the prayer over the People or another more solemn formula;
  3. The dismissal of the people by the deacon or the priest, so that each may go out to do good works, praising and blessing God;
  4. The kissing of the altar by the priest and the deacon, followed by a profound bow to the altar by the priest, the deacon, and the other ministers.
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I also have a problem with spending time and money on a bulletin only to have it read out at that time. That said, there are people who are illiterate and there are those who don’t really pay attention to anything they read in the bulletin unless it’s verbally reinforced by the priest.
 
At least there is a bright sunburst ray of hope: I have just read the new translation for the Mass and the rubrics note that if there are any announcements, they should be made after the post-Communion prayer.

Yeah!👍
 
benedictgal said:
At least there is a bright sunburst ray of hope: I have just read the new translation for the Mass and the rubrics note that if there are any announcements, they should be made after the post-Communion prayer.

Yeah!👍
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Everything old is new again:)
 
I’m in a parish where the commercials are given before Mass by the choir director. If there is a serious topic, IE, a visiting missionary, then the congregation is directed to be seated after the Communion prayer.

In LA Dioc where many of my family live, commercials, IE, the volunteer opportunities for the parish festival, sign ups for ministries, etc) are presented, from the pulpit, following the homily…makes me long for TiVo.

🤷 Maybe it’s because so many come late and leave early.🤷
 
benedictgal said:
At least there is a bright sunburst ray of hope: I have just read the new translation for the Mass and the rubrics note that if there are any announcements, they should be made after the post-Communion prayer.

Yeah!👍
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IOW, exactly where they are now.
 
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