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tawny
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Same in mine.The typical post-Vigil reception in my parish is a combination of cake, cookies, and fruit along with coffee, tea, and punch or lemonade. Most people seem to pop in very briefly to congratulate and welcome the newly baptized and head on home since it’s late and they’re tired.
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Digitonomy
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Last year was the first time I ever attended a post Easter Vigil party, and it was pretty low key with a variety of small snacks as mentioned above. Wine was among the beverages.
The families with children cleared out before long, and those left were mostly the newly baptised/confirmed and their out of town friends and relatives who sat around talking and catching up. It was a great moment of celebration and reacquaintance for people who hasn’t been in close contact for awhile.
After maybe 90 minutes the church closed up, and smaller groups that still wanted to chat decamped to a 24 hour restaurant.
The families with children cleared out before long, and those left were mostly the newly baptised/confirmed and their out of town friends and relatives who sat around talking and catching up. It was a great moment of celebration and reacquaintance for people who hasn’t been in close contact for awhile.
After maybe 90 minutes the church closed up, and smaller groups that still wanted to chat decamped to a 24 hour restaurant.
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EveningSkye111
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Make baking for Sunday a little easier by making something that is an “overnight” thing so you won’t have to be mixing up stuff Sunday morning. Overnight cinnamon rolls are amazing and can even be made as early as Friday.Thanks for replying! This is what I thought too, but with baking for the Sunday service too…wasn’t sure whether to mix it up a bit?
We have a small church (3 in our cluster) so the vast majority are older folks within walking distance really!
God’s richest blessings to you!
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Phemie
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If our parish was providing it would be as yours, but often we’ve done these post-Vigil receptions as pot-luck, with the variety that entails (not casseroles or “meals” but variety of desserts and sweets.The typical post-Vigil reception in my parish is a combination of cake, cookies, and fruit along with coffee, tea, and punch or lemonade. Most people seem to pop in very briefly to congratulate and welcome the newly baptized and head on home since it’s late and they’re tired.
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GEddie
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Since 2001, I’ve gone to EV at a monastery across town (not a parish).
They do have a reception when over, normally consisting of light snack stuff, etc. They might have wine (don’t recall, as I don’t use alcohol).
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They do have a reception when over, normally consisting of light snack stuff, etc. They might have wine (don’t recall, as I don’t use alcohol).
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Solomonson
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It’s remarkable how many perk-up and stick around when they’re hot BBQ and a cold keg or two of beer ready to go. Two downsides though.
The BBQers can’t attend the Vigil Mass and the smell of the BBQ to a hungry person at the end of Lent can be downright harsh.
It’s amazing though how people come together, visit, eat, drink and take photos…
The BBQers can’t attend the Vigil Mass and the smell of the BBQ to a hungry person at the end of Lent can be downright harsh.
It’s amazing though how people come together, visit, eat, drink and take photos…
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Solomonson
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One of the most amazing secular things I ever expected at a Mass was after a group of adults were confirmed. Everyone was invited over to the parish hall for a “meal.” Quite a few went over.
Inside the owner of one of the finest restaurants in town was with his full staff. They were serving full chicken Parmesan meals with wine. The hall was set-up like a giant restaurant. Chef in the kitchen, the whole 9 yards. The Restaurateur’s brother had been confirmed. It was awesome!
Inside the owner of one of the finest restaurants in town was with his full staff. They were serving full chicken Parmesan meals with wine. The hall was set-up like a giant restaurant. Chef in the kitchen, the whole 9 yards. The Restaurateur’s brother had been confirmed. It was awesome!
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SuscipeMeDomine
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I like the potluck idea. We have our hospitality committee do the reception so it ends up being like every other reception. A potluck would make it unique!If our parish was providing it would be as yours, but often we’ve done these post-Vigil receptions as pot-luck, with the variety that entails (not casseroles or “meals” but variety of desserts and sweets.
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RCTechGeek
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At my parish, after getting through a long Easter Vigil Mass that starts at 10:30 PM and doesn’t finish until around 2:00 AM (my parish exclusively uses the Extraordinary Form), we party hard. We have a potluck meal after the Mass to celebrate the end of Lent and the arrival of Easter. Everyone is encouraged to bring something (and an extra plus for me being that someone in the choir always manages to bring alcohol for me and the other choir/schola members).
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Faith1960
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Why does your Mass begin so late?At my parish, after getting through a long Easter Vigil Mass that starts at 10:30 PM and doesn’t finish until around 2:00 AM (my parish exclusively uses the Extraordinary Form), we party hard. We have a potluck meal after the Mass to celebrate the end of Lent and the arrival of Easter. Everyone is encouraged to bring something (and an extra plus for me being that someone in the choir always manages to bring alcohol for me and the other choir/schola members).
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GEddie
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I’m not sure why, but at our local monastery starting the EV that late has indeed been the norm.Why does your Mass begin so late?
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Phemie
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There was one parish I’m aware of that started its Easter Vigil in the middle of the night, ending at dawn and followed by a parish breakfast. A true vigil, as it were.I’m not sure why, but at our local monastery starting the EV that late has indeed been the norm.
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I’m not sure if they continued that practice when a new pastor was installed.
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Chatter163
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My FSSP parish used to start the Easter Vigil Mass at 10:30, but the current pastor has been doing it at 9:30. It does get dark late here, but 9:30 is a safe start time.Why does your Mass begin so late?
To answer your question, when the Holy Week rites were revised in 1955, the rubrics directed that the Vigil liturgy begin at a time that would allow the Mass itself to begin at or just after midnight. For many, this meant 10:30-ish, and many EF communities today, who use the 1962 liturgical books–which includes the 1955 Holy Week rites–still follow this directive. This was at a time when anticipated Saturday evening Masses were still unknown and, like Christmas Midnight Mass, there were no provisions for Masses of the Sunday or feast to be celebrated before midnight. That came a few years later.
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