Announcements from the pulpit

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Someone told me recently that only the readings and the homily should be delivered from the pulpit. At the end of mass, we sometimes have people from the parish come up and speak about ministries, etc. Is that OK?
 
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gerryran:
Someone told me recently that only the readings and the homily should be delivered from the pulpit. At the end of mass, we sometimes have people from the parish come up and speak about ministries, etc. Is that OK?
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There is something called the ambo which he is referring to.
 
I could be incorrect, but is it the Ambo that is supposed to be reserved for only the reading of Scripture? I thought that a second, less ornate ‘lectern’ was to be used by the cantor and any announcements before or after Mass?
 
The pulpit/ambo is where the readings, the Gospel and the homily are proclaimed. It is also where the responsorial psalm should be proclaimed. The cantor’s stand is where all other announcements (general intercessions, announcements at the end of Mass, etc.) should be made.

Deacon Ed
 
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SummaTheo:
At my church we have both a pulpit and an ambo.
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No, you don’t, not in a Catholic church.

It’s true that in the past, some churches had a pulpit that was strictly for reading the gospel, but this has changed.

It sounds like you have an ambo and a lectern/rostrum.
 
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AltarMan:
No, you don’t, not in a Catholic church.

It’s true that in the past, some churches had a pulpit that was strictly for reading the gospel, but this has changed.

It sounds like you have an ambo and a lectern/rostrum.
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There are still a few of the older churches around that have the old elevated pulpit that the priest or deacon climbed up to for the proclamation of the gospel and the homily while the epistle was read from a lower stand (in fact, there were supposed to be steps on it so that the graduale could be read from the steps!). In almost all cases the pulpit is no longer used, and the ambo has replaced it. But it is possible…

Deacon Ed
 
Deacon Ed:
There are still a few of the older churches around that have the old elevated pulpit that the priest or deacon climbed up to for the proclamation of the gospel and the homily while the epistle was read from a lower stand (in fact, there were supposed to be steps on it so that the graduale could be read from the steps!). In almost all cases the pulpit is no longer used, and the ambo has replaced it. But it is possible…

Deacon Ed
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Our historic church has that. And while it was indeed a pulpit at one point, today in a liturgical sense it’s an interesting adornment and nothing more.
 
Deacon Ed:
There are still a few of the older churches around that have the old elevated pulpit that the priest or deacon climbed up to for the proclamation of the gospel and the homily while the epistle was read from a lower stand (in fact, there were supposed to be steps on it so that the graduale could be read from the steps!). In almost all cases the pulpit is no longer used, and the ambo has replaced it. But it is possible…

Deacon Ed
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The Cathedral in Philadelphia also has one.

PF
 
The pulpit/ambo is where the readings, the Gospel and the homily …the responsorial psalm should be proclaimed. The cantor’s stand is where all other announcements …should be made
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What if the church doesn’t have a cantor’s stand? Our church has an ambo, from which all readings, etc. as well as announcements are made. But there is no cantor stand. There isn’t even a place for the choir really. It is as if they forgot to put it in when they built the church.
 
When was your church built? Before VII there was no need for a cantor.
 
The actual text from the 2002 General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM) which has been approved for the USA is:

“309. … From the ambo only the readings, the responsorial Psalm, and the Easter Proclamation (Exsultet) are to be proclaimed; it may be used also for giving the homily and for announcing the intentions of the Prayer of the Faithful. The dignity of the ambo requires that only a minister of the word should go up to it.”

(See usccb.org/liturgy/current/chapter5.shtml )

So it is wrong for announcements to be made from the same place as the readings. This is emphasised in 2002 GIRM 105, describing the role of the Commentator:

“In performing this function the commentator stands in an appropriate place facing the faithful, but not at the ambo.”

This can be accessed at romanrite.com/girm.html
 
You know, my priest loves to read the bulletin from there before the end of mass. Someone must have said something to him, becasue he made mention that he wouldn’t be doing it anymore because he was “offending” some people.

Guess he doesn’t read the GIRM either.

S
 
The church was built in '71 or '72. But I can’t recall ever being in a church (even really old ones) where there was more than one lectern type stand where they made the announcements from. The only time I have seen a second location was when they did the passion and had multiple people taking on the differnt “parts”.
 
My church was built in the 20’s, and has a big marble pulpit that you have to climb a spiral staircase to get in!

We also have the ambo and lectern.

S
 
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slewi:
My church was built in the 20’s, and has a big marble pulpit that you have to climb a spiral staircase to get in!

We also have the ambo and lectern.

S
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Thats the exact time my church was built and that exactly how the pulput looks.
 
There is only one Pulpit in our Church and yes the announcements are made there at the end of Mass.

Cookies are also sold in our vestabule(spelling?) As soon as you enter the Church doors.
 
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