Have You Ever Seen a Catholic Church without Kneelers?

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TheRealJuliane said:
Yes, this cathedral is in Bristol, England. Mind you, a Cathedral. Where has Jesus gone, I wonder???

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The chairs, as I recall, are movable, and ā€œbucket style.ā€

I have posted pics of this cathedral in an ā€œUgliest Churchesā€ thread.

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What is shown in this picture other than the processional cross/crucifix and the altar, which makes this cathedral different from any other auditorium?
 
What is shown in this picture other than the processional cross/crucifix and the altar, which makes this cathedral different from any other auditorium?
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The presence of Christ in the Eucharist, perhaps?
 
We share one priest between two small parishes. Our typical church has normal kneelers. The other church does not. They still kneel, but they do it on the floor. I only care because whenever I do an evening mass its at the no-kneeler church.

Also if someone made a stink about not kneeling I would go to a different Catholic church.
 
aicirt said:
Just came back from St. Peterā€™s, Rome, and no kneelers. No chairs either. Well there were but better get there early.

I believe this was the way things were through the Middle Ages. Iā€™m guessing that kneelers and pews made an apparence in the 17th century or later.
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Well, I was at St Peterā€™s this past summer and there are kneelers. We attended Mass at the altar in the left transept and the altar under St Peterā€™s chair. Both had seats and kneelers. The adoration chapel also had kneelers.

We werenā€™t there for any large Masses celebrated from the main altar, so perhaps that is what you meant?
 
The church I currently go to has no kneelers in the main church area. We are a standing congregation so we stand during the consecration. Some die hards insist on kneeling during the consecration. The side chapel with the tabernacle does have kneelers but we still stand during the consecration. When I genuflect in the side chapel it hurts and I actually crashed to the floor once.

We did kneel on the very hard floor during Lent and sometimes I had challenges getting back up. Nonetheless it is still a wonderful parish.:yup:
 
St. Elias has no kneelersā€¦

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MSSheBear said:
The church I currently go to has no kneelers in the main church area. We are a standing congregation so we stand during the consecration. Some die hards insist on kneeling during the consecration. The side chapel with the tabernacle does have kneelers but we still stand during the consecration. When I genuflect in the side chapel it hurts and I actually crashed to the floor once.

We did kneel on the very hard floor during Lent and sometimes I had challenges getting back up. Nonetheless it is still a wonderful parish.:yup:
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a ā€œstanding congregationā€?
 
anp1215: A ā€œ'standing congregationā€ means that during Masses we normally sit or stand but not kneel, with a few exceptions. We arenā€™t suppose to kneel.:nope:

roadsend: It is a Latin rite church with chairs that I am talking about.
 
The church is beautiful.

But the eye is drawn to the man in the pink shirt and shorts. Why would a man wear shorts to Divine Liturgy?
 
MSSheBear said:
anp1215: A ā€œ'standing congregationā€ means that during Masses we normally sit or stand but not kneel, with a few exceptions. We arenā€™t suppose to kneel.:nope:

roadsend: It is a Latin rite church with chairs that I am talking about.
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:confused:Not supposed to kneel? Kneeling is required in the Roman Catholic Church. Who is saying that your parish is not supposed to kneel? Do you not have room to kneel or a lot of infirm parishioners?
 
GwenL said:
The church is beautiful.

But the eye is drawn to the man in the pink shirt and shorts. Why would a man wear shorts to Divine Liturgy?
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I must admit he caught my eye too. Maybe he was a visitor. Or maybe not.
 
GwenL said:
The church is beautiful.

But the eye is drawn to the man in the pink shirt and shorts. Why would a man wear shorts to Divine Liturgy?
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Highly doubt this is during Divine Liturgy as the deacon is the man to the right of pink shirt and shorts guy, and heā€™s not vested.
 
anp1215 said:
I must admit he caught my eye too. Maybe he was a visitor. Or maybe not.
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Generally we do not fuss about what people wear. Also this is probably a different prayer service or something else. Definitely not Divine Liturgy as I noted, the Deacon is not vested.
 
ConstantineTG said:
Generally we do not fuss about what people wear. Also this is probably a different prayer service or something else. Definitely not Divine Liturgy as I noted, the Deacon is not vested.
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Well, perhaps they are there in anticipation of Divine Liturgy? Why else would people be standing around, facing the iconostasis? If they were tourists, they would be wandering about, taking pictures. Anyways, the shorts are a discordant note in such a place.
 
My parish does not have kneelers, and never has, as far as I know.
 
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