Do you go to Mass while on Vacation?

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It’s the best part of our trip. Our whole family looks forward to seeing how much we have in common with others when it comes to hearing mass. We even heard it in French, Polish, Spanish, Latin, multi-lingual as well. It’s always a blessing to us. We even try to take back some of the traditions used in other parishes. Our’s adopted the monthly birthday blessing as a part of the Family mass.It’s wonderful!
 
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Naphali:
Maybe I’m coming from a different prespective being a convert but really, if I totally disagree with the entire order of service, with the attitude and words coming from the priest and feel as though there is nothing in the place that makes me feel closer to God why WOULD I take communion with them?
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Naphali,
I think the key word here is feel. The worship of Christ trancends feeling. No matter how bad of a preacher or how badly he presents the liturgy, the priest is still consecrated to mystically transform the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of our Lord, Jesus Christ. That is the most important thing at mass. While everything else is essential, we must still approach the Lord in the Eucharist.
God Bless,

Justin
 
Since I converted over three years ago, I have only missed Sunday Mass one time when I was with my oldest son on a high adventure Boyscout campout in the carribean. I found a Catholic Church but there was no Priest, so there was no Mass.
 
I heard a great tip on “Relevant Radio” one day. Look up Catholic Churches online and find a list of churches in any zip code you are going to visit. That way you can plan way ahead and know exactly where and when Mass is. I have found some really great churches that way. Planning ahead is half the battle.

I went to San Francisco recently to visit a brother that doesn’t attend church. He waited in the car and read because we weren’t going to miss Mass (Easter). We then went on to attend a walking tour of the city and then to dinner. I felt bad he didn’t come in, but I think my son understood where we stood on attending Mass.

This also led us to yet another family discussion later about religion. Within my family there are some fallen away Catholics. My children always have questions.
 
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MGEISING:
Mijoy2 😦

We are staying at the Marriott Copley for two nights … which church should my family go to? There are so many of them, but I DO NOT WANT A LIBERAL one. Any suggestions my friend? 👍
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Actually I work in Boston, live south. However I do think I can recommend a church for you 🙂 . It is the church that my daughter, wife, sister (daughters sponsor) and I went to as part of my daughters confirmation experience last year just a few weeks proir to her being confirmed in out local parish during the Saturday vigil. It is a beautiful church and (I believe) The Cathedral of The Roman Catholic ArchDiocese of Boston. It’s called the Cathedral of The Holy Cross. It is at 1400 Washington Street. Mgeising, I believe it is only a few blocks from where you will be staying. You may even get to go to a Mass of which Arch Bishop Sean O’malley will preside. If you so choose this Church you can tour (I believe) the basement of the church. It is much like a museum, truly a pleasurable and spiritual experience. I was there the once and was mesmorised by the beauty.
Try this link: angelfire.com/ma4/cathedral/home.html
 
Our family routinely goes to Mass on Sunday even if on vacation. When we plan the trip, we plan where will attend Mass. We’ve had some great occasions from “Our Lady of the Coasters” at the amusment park to San Xavier Del Bac Mission in Tuscon while at a dude ranch. It is part of planning a complete vacation. It takes little effort to include Mass into the agenda. Also FYI, some airports have Masses! Call ahead.
 
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Mijoy2:
Actually I work in Boston, live south. However I do think I can recommend a church for you 🙂 . It is the church that my daughter, wife, sister (daughters sponsor) and I went to as part of my daughters confirmation experience last year just a few weeks proir to her being confirmed in out local parish during the Saturday vigil. It is a beautiful church and (I believe) The Cathedral of The Roman Catholic ArchDiocese of Boston. It’s called the Cathedral of The Holy Cross. It is at 1400 Washington Street. Mgeising, I believe it is only a few blocks from where you will be staying. You may even get to go to a Mass of which Arch Bishop Sean O’malley will preside. If you so choose this Church you can tour (I believe) the basement of the church. It is much like a museum, truly a pleasurable and spiritual experience. I was there the once and was mesmorised by the beauty.
Try this link: angelfire.com/ma4/cathedral/home.html
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Mijoy2 👍

Thank you so much, Mijoy2

Moe from NH!
 
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baltobetsy:
Hi, Cecelia! Welcome to Maryland! I wouldn’t bother with either of the churches in Columbia. Take Route 29 North to Route 40 East headed toward Baltimore, and go to St. Agnes, Catonsville, which will be at most 20 minutes’ drive from Columbia. The phone number is (410) 744-2900. They can give you Mass times and better directions. Try to attend a Mass celebrated by Fr. Tim Fell. He’s a wonderful young priest with a great love for the truth. He does a lot of apologetics work with youth. He’s just being transferred to St. Agnes. Enjoy your reunion!

Betsy
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Hi Betsy.
I was just about to suggest Saint Agnes, too! Before I moved to S. Florida, I attended Mass at St. Agnes with my mother. It is a beautiful little church. It’s been a few years since I moved, but whenever I go home to visit my family, I attend Mass at St. Agnes. I remember a young priest there several years ago (If my memory serves, his name was Father Larry. He was a young black or hispanic priest with a close-cropped beard), who was telling about his spiritual struggles, and how it took him a bit longer than usual to get through seminary because of them. He said that he had to take “remedial lessons for the spiritually impaired”. You know, at that time in my journey, to hear a priest confess out loud that he has had his doubts, and yet still trusted in the Lord enough to get him through them, was such a huge affirmation for me that I was on the right path. I will never forget the impact that that one homily had on me, and I will always be thankful that Father shared his own doubts with us.

Have a great day!
Judy
 
If the mass is within a reasonable distance, you are required to go.

I usually try even if it is not a reasonable distance.

peace,papist
 
h(name removed by moderator)2four said:
masstimes.org/ASP/

No excuse to miss Mass anymore :tsktsk: 😉
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Hmmm, don’t see anything in Glaciar Bay National Forest!
😉

One of our favorite vacations was a sea kayak trip in Glaciar Bay and around Point Adolfus (sp?). We did have to miss church (7 day trip), but it was BEAUTIFUL. We felt espeically blessed becuase we actually got to see a whale in the northern part of the park. The whale actually waved it’s fin at us as we left… 😛
 
I love attending Mass everywhere I am…

Tomorrow morning my husband and I are headed to UT to a mini-reunion with some of his high school/college friends. Out of the 8 of us, 5 are Jewish, 2 “Christian/non-participating” and myself, a devoted Catholic. I’ve found a mission church through masstimes.org. The area seems to be very remote and they only have a Saturday vigil Mass - nothing on Sunday. I’m praying circumstances will allow me to attend on Satuday night without too much fuss… but I definitely plan to go - fuss or not.

P.S. None of the Jews (my own husband included) practice their faith, either. I’ll definitely be in the minority - spiritually, and politcally, I might add! Please pray for me…:ehh:
 
It is really hard to go to mass while on vacation with 12, non catholic, family members, and only one RV. If I ever think I am going to miss mass while on vacation, I just go talk to my local pastor and ask for a dispensation before heading out. I’ve asked for dispensations two or three times in 3 years. Once I was asked to pray the rosary for the sake of a recently deceased man, and the other time I was asked to go to mass on the coming first friday liturgy…little penances for missing the Sunday. When in doubt, visit with the priest!
God Bless,

Justin
 
One of my fondest memories as a little kid was going to Mass while on vacation at our cottage, at a small church that held its services in a roofless building if the weather was good.

When I taught 7th grade religious ed we would begin class by going over the previous Sunday’s readings. One week one of the students said, “Hey! Those are the exact readings I heard while on vacation last weekend!” What a great teaching moment! (and isn’t it cool that he actually listened?!?)

Isn’t it wonderful to know that no matter where you attend Mass, every other Catholic in the world is hearing the exact same readings – in China and Croatia and Zimbabwe and Zaire? We really are One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic!

'thann
 
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rfk:
Just to present the other side of the coin. I do not know if this is an indult for the entire USCCB, or if it is just issued by our local Bishop. But we are excused from Mass when travelling.

Now, if we are staying somewhere on vacation, we will go anyway. But if I am actually travelling on Sunday, I have occasionally missed Mass and not felt one iota of guilt, nor was it something I confessed. After all, I have had many Sunday’s where I spent 10 hours or more travelling, by the time you include travel to/from airport, waiting for connections/baggage, waiting for late flights, and waiting for connections. And although I often get the chance to go to Mass anyway, if I miss it after a day like that, so be it.
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If you can’t go to mass because you are on a plane, a train, a bus or a ship, its OK (you are traveliing). But if you are on vaccation and there is a church near by, you SHALL go if the the church is not further away than one hour in drivingdistance (I am not sure if
it is 1/2 hour per way).

I L ❤️ VE to go to mass at home or at vaccation!

G.G.
 
Yes, always, and now I enjoy it, but boy, did I put up a fuss when we were first married. My poor husband! He insisted that Mass was not an option, and his newly-Catholic wife wasn’t quite so understanding about that (in my Protestant family, we were on church hiatus while on vacation, since our church was at home). After having gotten a bit more catechesis under my belt, I agree with my husband (and the Church, of course).

Now, I find all the different churches interesting (some more, uh, interesting than others), and it’s nice to see how churches in different areas of the country look. We’ve even gone to Mass in England, France, and Ireland (all in Gaelic)!
 
Part of the fun of planning even a short trip is to see if I can find a way to visit different churches and go to daily Mass. One of the best things I can say about the Internet is that it makes it easy to find daily Mass times all over creation!
 
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MGEISING:
Mijoy2 😦

Sorry - I did start out with good intentions 😦 not to wag my finger … and it really wasn’t a real wagging … but it did come close … sorry.

We are staying at the Marriott Copley for two nights … which church should my family go to? There are so many of them, but I DO NOT WANT A LIBERAL one. Any suggestions my friend? 👍
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I really would highly recommend St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine on Boylston St., not too far from Copley. It’s run by a very orthodox order, the Oblates of the Virgin Mary. On the grounds is Our Lady of Grace Seminary and the seminarians usually are the servers for the masses dressed in cassocks and surplices! Plenty of votice candles around as well as confession before all the masses, and eucharistic adoration every single day.

stclementshrine.org/
 
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randall_brown:
Actually, I got to go to church in Austria, while in a singing competition .

Hearing the Mass in German was an amazing experience.
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Ahh, reminds me of my exchange to Germany back when i was in HS. Palm Sunday I had a difficult time following the readings (since there were no handmissals or missalettes around) but i caught on once I heard, “Mein Gott, Mein Gott…” (“My God, My God…why have you forsaken me…”)…

It was a real experience hearing Mass in Cantonese 🙂
 
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