Getting rid of kneelers

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This seems to be some new phenomenon.

I don’t ever recall people complaining about kneeling/having to kneel/kneelers or no kneeler questions until recently. I never once heard my elderly relatives with arthritis complaining. Either they did it, or they sat. I didn’t hear anyone asking or wanting kneelers removed.

I will be kneeling. If my knees got bad enough and my church had no kneelers, I would bring my own small cushion.
 
Thanks you for your answer.
I posted this thread precisely because I want to know what’s happening on other parts of the world.
 
There’s a place in Australia called Oz? Or are you being humorous? I’m asking seriously…
 
Most churches I’ve been to in Australia have kneelers.The odd church that doesn’t takes me by suprise,yes it may have carpet but it’s much more awkward getting up and down as it is lower .My parents prefer the kneelers also,and struggle getting back up off floor level without the kneelers.
 
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We have kneelers. There are no plans to remove them even though we have a lot of old people who sit.
 
Oh sorry. “Oz” is how Australians refer to Australia.
I write Oz but then I thought you may not understand so I wrote Australia afterwards to explain what Oz is.
The other way we say it is “Straya” (but you have to say this with an Aussie accent.
“Aussie” is short for Australian.
 
Here’s a good article RE: kneeling. Historically, the Church wasn’t always keen on it.

adoremus.org

The Theology of Kneeling

The theology of kneeling is explained by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, in the following excerpt from a chapter, “The Body and the Liturgy”, in The Spirit of the Liturgy, published by Ignatius Press in 2000, reprinted with permission...
adoremus.org adoremus.org
 
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Most churches I’ve been to in Australia have kneelers.
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I probably do have to agree with this. It’s just that the two closest churches to my home they both dont have kneelers, so I was wondering whether this is a trend or not.
 
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There were many churches that put in carpet in this area in the 70s and 80s. So it’s still there, but it’s no longer allowed to be installed. I can tell you when interviewing church architects across the spectrum of modern/traditional, they all say it is inappropriate. (Sound engineers do like it, as it makes their job easier.).
Explanation:. Our building committee was told things such as :it looks cheap, no feeling of permanent structure/ solid foundation, not a noble material,
 
I’ve been to plenty ,both modern and old …and have lived a long time 😉
In my case I haven’t seen many without kneelers at all.

Oh ,a side note …some older people actually find walking on carpet harder going.
 
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Carpet in church is bad for acoustics. Of course it’s nearly universal in churches built after the 1960s. Bad acoustics, bad sound systems, bad music. 🤣
 
What country are you in? You mentioned your parish doesn’t have kneelers.
 
Yes. I would think the pastor would mention it in the bulletin or make an announcement on how to proceed without kneelers.
 
Hard surface flooring. Think about older churches, and what they had. Even if its just part of the flooring.
 
Not so. Singing into a tin can is far worse. Hard ceiling hard floors, hard walls…all make for terrible acoustics.
Hard to install mics for the priests deacons and ambo with all that sound bouncing every which way.

The quality of the carpet has nothing to do with the quality of music, that’s way off topic.
 
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