Eucharistic Adoration in Oratory

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On other news, public Spanish radio is speaking about the Virgin of Fatima this morning! Woot! Yay!
 
I’m not sure what you mean by an “exposition tabernacle”. I’ve never seen such a thing.

It is perfectly acceptable to adore Jesus while he is locked in a regular tabernacle. Although we generally like to see Jesus exposed in the monstrance while adoring, He is just as present when in the tabernacle, and in fact when churches weren’t locked as frequently in US as they are today, people were encouraged to “visit Jesus” by stopping by the church, where the Blessed Sacrament would generally be locked in the tabernacle.

You get the exact same indulgences for Adoration of Jesus in a tabernacle as you do when the Eucharist is exposed.
 
OK, I see what it is now.

I don’t want to get into the practices of certain parishes who do things even less secure than an Exposition Tabernacle to deal with the issue of “few adorers”, because it’s best to just not talk about it in order to keep Jesus safe. But I worry that these kinds of arrangements are not secure enough.
 
I agree, it’s most ideal if the tabernacle is build into the structure of a church or tabernacle so that it is fixed in place. These tabernacle boxes that are moveable I perceive as being problematic. We are working on this issue also by greater security of the entry and exit doors to the chapel.
 
A local parish around here has an exposition tabernacle. I too am somewhat concerned about how safe it leaves the Blessed Sacrament. However, I do make visits there occasionally and I will say it seems to be a resounding success to bring people into the Church throughout the day. It is never alone, and they have a sign up that tells anyone to leave to close the outer door if they are the last people leaving the adoration chapel. But I have never made a visit where there were not several people their praying.
 
It is a public association of the faithful? We must be very careful of terms. There are private and public lay associations.
If the Bishop has erected it, and it is recognised publicly by the Church, then again, the Bishop needs to know what is going on. As every Public Association of the Faithful is reportable to the Bishop of the Diocese in which it functions.
 
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Lateran, what is your background concerning theology? I do not know the answer to some of these details. All I know is that it has permission from the Bishop, which is really the key question. All other questions concerning Church law flow through the head of the tribunal.
 
I am also in complete disagreement that this needs to go directly to the Bishop. The Bishop sanciltioned and trusted the priest (who was trained in Rome) to carry out the ministry. The local priest given authority needs to be consulted first.
 
I don’t know if there is a language barrier at work here or not, but I (and likely others) am very confused about what exactly is going on with this group and what information you want from us.

Suffice it to say that none of us can be of any assistance to you if you can’t tell us what the canonical status of your group is (using the correct terms), whose authority you are under, whether you have a rule, etc.

Lay people don’t generally have the ability to reserve the Eucharist in a tabernacle or have perpetual adoration where they live unless they have been given authority to do so. If authority was given, there should be a priest who is responsible for your group. If you have questions about adoration, tabernacle design, and recovering the key from whomever you need to consult him and he will in turn consult the chancery if he needs to.
 
I was honestly hoping to have a discussion with a canon lawyer regarding this. That and receive counsel;

Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed.” -Proverbs 15:22
 
Your chancery should be able to direct you to an canonist who can help you. This is really something that needs to be handled offline.
 
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Lateran, what is your background concerning theology? I do not know the answer to some of these details. All I know is that it has permission from the Bishop, which is really the key question. All other questions concerning Church law flow through the head of the tribunal.
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Speak to the Bishop, you are not expected to know the answer, but the Bishop will. The Bishop will NOT have given permission for a single person to hide/steal/squirrel away the key.
 
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I am also in complete disagreement that this needs to go directly to the Bishop. The Bishop sanciltioned and trusted the priest (who was trained in Rome) to carry out the ministry. The local priest given authority needs to be consulted first.
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This is really not for you to agree or disagree, there is a serious issue going on here with a consecrated host in a tabernacle and only one member of the laity ( who may or may not be installed by your Diocese to have charge of the Host.
The local Priest surely must be aware of this situation? If he is not, there is quite a bit of questionable protocol going on.
 
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