Feast of the Blessed Sacrament: New Bedford celebrates 100 Years

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Am I missing something here? My impression of the quick google search of this event comes across as way too secular of an event. Apparently the original founders of this annual event for the past 100 years intended this to be a festival honoring our Catholic devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. They still have a Mass scheduled for the last day of the event. ( I really think the event should start off with the Mass) Did this event get sidetracked from the original intent? The event this year if from July 31, 2014- August 4. The day that we normally celebrate the feast of the Blessed Sacrament is on Corpus Christi, a movable feast that is usually in early June.

Here are a few more links:
portuguesefeast.com/page/2014-entertainment

facebook.com/TheFeast?ref=br_tf

portuguesefeast.com/page/6379516:Page:222
 
zab said:
wpri.com/the-feast-of-the-blessed-sacrament-new-bedford-celebrates-100-years/

Am I missing something here? My impression of the quick google search of this event comes across as way too secular of an event. Apparently the original founders of this annual event for the past 100 years intended this to be a festival honoring our Catholic devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. They still have a Mass scheduled for the last day of the event. ( I really think the event should start off with the Mass) Did this event get sidetracked from the original intent? The event this year if from July 31, 2014- August 4. The day that we normally celebrate the feast of the Blessed Sacrament is on Corpus Christi, a movable feast that is usually in early June.

Here are a few more links:
portuguesefeast.com/page/2014-entertainment

facebook.com/TheFeast?ref=br_tf

portuguesefeast.com/page/6379516:Page:222
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It seems like most Church feasts wind up turning into secular events really. The same thing happens here in Rhode Island. I bet that most people that come to them probably never attend mass.
 
praestat_fides said:
It seems like most Church feasts wind up turning into secular events really. The same thing happens here in Rhode Island. I bet that most people that come to them probably never attend mass.
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but I’m just wondering if continuing to allow this event, which seems to be diverted from the original intent, to be named “Feast of the Blessed Sacrament” is an insult. I really don’t know, not having attended or heard of this event before. Does anyone who has attended this event think differently? My son seems to think it is a good idea. I just don’t know.
 
zab said:
but I’m just wondering if continuing to allow this event, which seems to be diverted from the original intent, to be named “Feast of the Blessed Sacrament” is an insult. I really don’t know, not having attended or heard of this event before. Does anyone who has attended this event think differently? My son seems to think it is a good idea. I just don’t know.
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If there’s food and drink involved then expect it to turn secular! lol
 
zab said:
but I’m just wondering if continuing to allow this event, which seems to be diverted from the original intent, to be named “Feast of the Blessed Sacrament” is an insult. I really don’t know, not having attended or heard of this event before. Does anyone who has attended this event think differently? My son seems to think it is a good idea. I just don’t know.
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I grew up in the New Bedford area, and am familiar with this annual celebration. Yes, much is secular / food / drink. It’s also a traditional celebration of the historic Portugese community of New Bedford, and in that regard is kin to what happens on March 17th, as well as the traditional Italian festivals that are/used to be part of Little Italy in New York – all with a traditional religious core but with major secular elements. As a specific church in New Bedford is the sponsor, and as it has the blessing of the bishop of the Fall River diocese, I don’t think it should be regarded as an “insult.”
 
Tarpeian_Rock said:
I grew up in the New Bedford area, and am familiar with this annual celebration. Yes, much is secular / food / drink. It’s also a traditional celebration of the historic Portugese community of New Bedford, and in that regard is kin to what happens on March 17th, as well as the traditional Italian festivals that are/used to be part of Little Italy in New York – all with a traditional religious core but with major secular elements. As a specific church in New Bedford is the sponsor, and as it has the blessing of the bishop of the Fall River diocese, I don’t think it should be regarded as an “insult.”
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OK, thank you.
 
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