Have you ever had your priest over for dinner?

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mesquite_magic said:
May I share my expierance? You are bringing back a really funny memory for me.
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I have a funny story to share too. We invited our parish priest to dinner, and a friend told me how she spent days cleaning every room of her house which the priest never even saw. I decided to relax and concentrate on cleaning the main level. That night, Father comes over and says, “I love looking at houses. Mind if I have a tour?” :eek: I cringed and said yes: my husband gave the tour while I hid in the kitchen. After he left, I toured the house to see how big a mess he’d seen. Fortunately, the kids were outside for most of the day while I cleaned the main level, so their rooms were surprisingly neat. Then came my bedroom, which was overall very neat except for the bra I left strewn in plain sight! :o
 
blessedstar said:
Then why in my country are Priests the way they are? I don’t understand. Priests never socialise like this with us, they do at big functions within the Church where anyone can go, but they don’t do anything like this like you people are saying happens in your country.
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Just a comment to your last post, if someone invites a priest over for dinner, the fact that they invited him and are welcoming him is the reason to go. Preparing a meal is an act of charity and is beneficial to the giver. Why would the priest deny a parishioner this opportunity?
 
No, I have never had a priest over to my home for dinner… in fact nobody gets invited to my home for dinner. I am an awesome cook but I live in the smallest cruddiest house around. I am too embarrassed to invite anyone over. Heck, my inlaws and my own family have never been inside my house… I am sort of weird about it. But, I have baked pies, cookies, etc and take that to the church offices, the police station, and I have even cooked whole meals and taken it to peoples houses… just as long as they don’t come inside mine!!!

One time I was at a military dinner. My ex and I sat with some friends and there was a gentleman that joined us at our table. He was by himself so I engaged him in conversation. He seemed nice enough. At this point all of this as the “guys” were telling dirty jokes and I was getting really ticked at my ex so I turned to this guy and asked what his job was… He looked at me and said, “I am the new Catholic chaplain” I was soo embarrassed at the way the guys were acting!!! So I spent the rest of the evening talking with him. He had just gotten there the day before and hadn’t even said mass yet…poor guy picked my table to sit down at!!!

Another time I was at a military awards banquet and I was presenting the award at this dinner so I was sitting at the head table. I was sitting between the wing commander and the chaplain. This particular Catholic chaplain and I didn’t get along the greatest so I just stuck to pleasantries. The wing commander and I got into a wonderful conversation about AA. We were discussing the third step in AA: Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. Well the chaplain had a problem with the last 4 words… as we understood him and we ended up getting into an argument in the middle of this banquet and the Wing commander thought it was the funniest thing to see someone arguing God with a chaplain. After a few minutes the chaplain was all red in the face and so was I. The wing commander leans over and whispers, “For what it’s worth, I think you are right and he is just mad” I felt so bad arguing with the man!
 
CarolAnnSFO said:
I have never invited a priest to my home for dinner – as I am a single woman, living alone, it would be inappropriate. But the priests at my Franciscan parish are always welcome to attend any of our SFO gatherings, including the ones where meals are served. 🙂
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I am single too but wanted to invite a particular priest over for dinner. I live in Tokyo, and he is originally from America but has lived in Japan for over fifty years! I asked my friend (who is married with a family) if she would join me. So we called him up, gave him a couple of dates to choose from, and everyone had a really nice time. We cooked American food for him since we have ovens (which most people in Japan do not have), and also made apple pie (another rarity in Japan). We all had a really nice time, and a wonderful discussion on Christianity in Japan.

I think it is rare for priests to be invited over to peoples homes for dinner these days. But I know it made the priest feel very special, especially since Japanese dont normally entertain at their houses. (We are both American though). For single folks, it is a great idea to team up with another single person or family. That way you can share the work, and it is still very appropriate and comfortable for everyone involved.

Sincerely,

Maria1212
 
You guys are so lucky to be able to do this. I wish I could invite my priest over for dinner and also to bless our home, but DH prohibited me from doing so 😦 because it’d make him uncomfortable, he’s a bit anti-Catholic (even though he did exchange many jokes with a priest at Retrouvaille).
 
Hi, just think this is so wonderful of you to consider. Some of
these priests don’t have many homecooked meals. A nice old
fashioned meal and no serious political or reviewing scandals
would really be a “relief” for him. And as I read in one of your
other e-mails be sure to find out what he likes.
Some of these priests are on the go from Masses to hospitals,
to sick homes, and I have seen them just grab whatever is leftover
on the buffet tables. Dry, etc.
God bless your planshttp://*Madonna080.jpg
 
We have had several priests over, and a few even ate with us. Priests are just people. Today, more and more, they live alone, too. I think most would appreciate a home cooked meal.
 
Patrickulating said:
Priests are just people. Today, more and more, they live alone, too. I think most would appreciate a home cooked meal.
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I totally agree with you.

On thing that I have come to know is that priests are often insulated. Many times the priests seem to be friends with other priests and that seems to keep them apart from their congregations.

Our priest is a nice guy, he is not the most outgoing guy socially and seems best in small groups. It is just his personality and so we try to go out in small groups or invite him over in small groups. It works well for everyone. The biggest problem we have is he is just so darn busy. He loves Chinese food. We love Chinese food. And we’ve been trying to get to Chicago’s Chinatown for a “dim sum” meal for the past 3 months and not been able to work it out!!!

I think a lot of priests would LOVE to be invited to people’s homes and people are probably more afraid of this than they should be. Understand please with funerals, visiting the sick, a dozen various committees, perhaps a parish school, and other things pulling on them, it is possible that it might be difficult to get a priest to your house at the time or day that suits YOU. But I’d encourage everyone to give it a try at least once.
 
I’m a single woman and my condo isn’t big enough to do much entertaining so no invites here. We do have group dinners with the priest at restaurants or at other parishoners’ homes.

I come from a protestant tradition where asking the pastor over for dinner was just something people did. If there was a visiting preacher the congregation got together and planned out who would be responsible for which meals.

I say ask, it can’t hurt…
 
yessisan said:
You guys are so lucky to be able to do this. I wish I could invite my priest over for dinner and also to bless our home, but DH prohibited me from doing so 😦 because it’d make him uncomfortable, he’s a bit anti-Catholic (even though he did exchange many jokes with a priest at Retrouvaille).
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aw–I’m sorry to hear that. I’ll pray for your husband…that he will be willing one day soon.:byzsoc:
 
sarita said:
I’m a single woman and my condo isn’t big enough to do much entertaining so no invites here. We do have group dinners with the priest at restaurants or at other parishoners’ homes.

I come from a protestant tradition where asking the pastor over for dinner was just something people did. If there was a visiting preacher the congregation got together and planned out who would be responsible for which meals.

I say ask, it can’t hurt…
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I also like the group idea…very nice. I wonder if I could start a supper club…where a group goes out, and we invited the priests??? That’s a terrific idea…thanks for your post!🙂
 
OK–I just emailed the parish office …asking if we could start a monthly supper club??? And the monthly supper club gets together monthly to vote on where to go to dinner next. I think that would be great…and the priest is always welcome. But, I also sent a personal email to this one priest who has been reassigned.😦 I’m really sad about it, because I get ‘attached’ to my Confessors. (so does our daughter)😦 But…I know they must move on at times…it’s just sad, because he always counseled me so well…in addition to listening to my confessions. I asked if he would be available for a cup of coffee before he leaves? I hope I hear back soon:)
 
****Just in case you don’t get a large response to your suggestion…(but I’m sure you will though 🙂 ) you might consider organizing a parish pot luck…I know that many are held thoughout the year for some reason or another but like at our parish, we have one every 3 months. We all get together in the annex…it has two large rooms but it isn’t too big to feel cozy.

Father started these dinners in order for him and our two P.V. to have the opportunity to meet all of their flock. Of course, not everyone attends (or attends every potluck) but Father does make the effort to announce it and post it in our bulletin several times before the date.

Everyone brings a different dish; enough to feed 10 and we all have one duty (other than cooking). We all need to try to bring a family or member that hasn’t yet attended either the potluck or (mass itself). My family really enjoys the potlucks and it was a good way for the kids to see that priests eat and have fun too (just like when they see one of their teachers out grocery shopping for the first time. )

Wishing you the best fun (and eats)! 👍
 
Thanks for reminding me to do that. 🙂 My husband and I want our Parish Priest over since we are joining the Parish. We have 4 boys and we want them to have a positive view of the priesthood if one day, they feel called. This priest is holy and he gives fabulous homilies every Sunday. We are blessed to have him.
 
I’m a new Catholic, and my wife and children are still Baptist.

After reading all the above posts, I invited my Priest over for dinner tonight. Do you think I should tell my wife about it, or should I let it be a surprise?
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Well sure, priests over for dinner isn’t unusual, ummm is it really bad when a priest comes over and cooks dinner too:rolleyes: ?
 
tomch said:
I’m a new Catholic, and my wife and children are still Baptist.

After reading all the above posts, I invited my Priest over for dinner tonight. Do you think I should tell my wife about it, or should I let it be a surprise?
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If you’re not joking about not having told her yet, I think you should. She might be angry at you for not letting her know, especially if she’s not Catholic.
 
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