I guess my company has never heard of Lent

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They announced that tomorrow, Friday, they are throwing a big BAR B QUE for all employees for lunch.😦

One of my Catholic co-workers asked me if I was going to eat it. :confused:

I did mention to a supervisor before I left that they could have had it any other day, and that it wasn’t very much of a celebration for the Catholic employees.

I can’t believe they didn’t think about Lent…makes one wonder if there is any religious observation going on at all in our leadership…🤷

I don’t know if I should send an email asking if there will be an alternative item for those observing Lent??
 
Just bring something acceptable in case there is nothing offered. Don’t make a big deal about,just be a quiet witness to your faith. That’s what I would do.
 
Protestants who might also observe Lent don’t have to abstain from meat.

No big deal, go eat something else.
 
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funnyyetsavvy said:
They announced that tomorrow, Friday, they are throwing a big BAR B QUE for all employees for lunch.😦

One of my Catholic co-workers asked me if I was going to eat it. :confused:

I did mention to a supervisor before I left that they could have had it any other day, and that it wasn’t very much of a celebration for the Catholic employees.

I can’t believe they didn’t think about Lent…makes one wonder if there is any religious observation going on at all in our leadership…🤷

I don’t know if I should send an email asking if there will be an alternative item for those observing Lent??
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Ask them if there will be barbecued fish or shrimps.
 
Regular Lenten Friday or Good Friday?

If it is a regular Lenten Friday, then, just skip the burger/hotdog or chicken. Eat the side dishes (or fish if there is any). We do not have to fast from eating food cooked outdoors during Lent 🙂
 
There should be an alternative, typically, companies are sensitive to vegetarian needs…My son has been dealing with this, with school lunches…every Friday, there is some type of meat lunch. He asked around at his table, if anyone follows Lent practices, for no meat on Fridays, and everyone looked at him like this :confused: He was used to meatless lunches on Fridays, up north–where there seems to be more of a Catholic dynamic, both in business and at the schools. But, it was great! He explained what Lent is, and he said that some seemed interested in learning more…

One of his friends said…‘so, uh…you give up meat for God, on Fridays? Cool.’ lol :o (a little more than that, my son explained, but it’s a start)

Hopefully, there will be a meat alternative, or you can use the opportunity to fast. God bless! Hope it works out for you.
 
I think it’s just carelessness because most people are not practicing Catholics and they didn’t even think about Lent and Fridays.

The school that my children graduated from (a preschool through high school country day school) is having an INTERNATIONAL FOOD FESTIVAL!–featuring delicious foods from 14 different countries. Yum yum!

The date–TONIGHT, FRIDAY!

Grrr.

I’ll probably gently say something to someone about it. I’m sure there will be things there that Catholics can eat. But why didn’t they just have it on SATURDAY NIGHT instead?! As it is, they have excluded a lot of people (Catholics and some Protestant Christians) who ordinarily might have come, and since it’s a fundraiser, that seems kind of silly.
 
Sorry to be blunt, but all I can say is get over it. Your reactions is a little bit childish, and it is certainly not becoming of a Christian who is supposed to make sacrifices joyfully and silently.

If the company were to make special arrangements for celebrations or what have you in consideration of Catholic religious observances, they would be required to do the same for all other religions and their observances as well.

What about any Jewish employees in the company? Is the food they will be serving kosher? Or how about the Muslim employees? Is the food they will be serving haal?

And you can’t expect everyone to know about Catholic religious practices. Be realistic.
 
My company had a barbecue on a Friday in Lent several years ago. I survived eating the potato salad, cole slaw, and macaroni salad. The following year, I took a lunch. Still had a good time.🙂

Peace,
Linda
 
I remember years ago, we had our Winter holiday potluck at work scheduled only to realize that it was occurring on one of the last days of Ramadan. We did have Muslim employees and felt pretty badly about it because if we had known, we’d’ve just moved it back a few days. They took it pretty well, though, and we all brought in enough and had crock pots, ice, etc. to keep it all warm (or cold) until they could eat around 4:30. They were really understanding about it though, and didn’t seem upset.
 
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Sorry to be blunt, but all I can say is get over it. Your reactions is a little bit childish, and it is certainly not becoming of a Christian who is supposed to make sacrifices joyfully and silently.

If the company were to make special arrangements for celebrations or what have you in consideration of Catholic religious observances, they would be required to do the same for all other religions and their observances as well.

What about any Jewish employees in the company? Is the food they will be serving kosher? Or how about the Muslim employees? Is the food they will be serving haal?

And you can’t expect everyone to know about Catholic religious practices. Be realistic.
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I have to agree. I guess because I always have to bring my own food, I feel less sympathy for those that have to do it once in a while.
Offer it up and eat the side dishes that don’t have meat. And think about the people that always have to bring their own, or just not eat.
 
Many good meaning Protesant folk simply do not view such things as we do. Very nice Protestant business owners view it as a holiday not a holy day as we Catholics do. They are trying to do something nice for their workers. My old employeer did this, I just filled up on the veggie plate stuff. 🙂
 
PureGrace said:
Sorry to be blunt, but all I can say is get over it. Your reactions is a little bit childish, and it is certainly not becoming of a Christian who is supposed to make sacrifices joyfully and silently.

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First of all, I think it is very rude and ‘not becoming of a Christian’ to call someone childish.

Secondly, I am joining the Catholic Church next week after a long history of experiencing Lent in other denominations. Guess what? Lutherans observe Lent and some choose to abstain on Fridays as well…Presbyterians as well…and as a new convert I choose to try to do the things I have been taught are right…

My coworkers and I asked HR what they could do. They ordered mac and cheese and extra beans and rolls. Until we mentioned it, they hadn’t thought about it.
 
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I think it’s just carelessness because most people are not practicing Catholics and they didn’t even think about Lent and Fridays.

The school that my children graduated from (a preschool through high school country day school) is having an INTERNATIONAL FOOD FESTIVAL!–featuring delicious foods from 14 different countries. Yum yum!

The date–TONIGHT, FRIDAY!

Grrr.

I’ll probably gently say something to someone about it. I’m sure there will be things there that Catholics can eat. But why didn’t they just have it on SATURDAY NIGHT instead?! As it is, they have excluded a lot of people (Catholics and some Protestant Christians) who ordinarily might have come, and since it’s a fundraiser, that seems kind of silly.
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Exactly! I think you’re right, in today’s society there just isn’t as much awareness of these things as there used to be.
I grew up in a school system that was meatless on Fridays for my whole time there. Didn’t matter what you believed. It was the Catholic influence on the world at that time, which in retrospect was pretty cool. It made us aware that those days were different.

So sorry your fundraiser fell on a Lenten Friday!
 
I agree with some of the other posters, just ask if there will be a meatless option. My law school friends threw a suprise baby shower for me last night (friday) and DH who was in on it, had to call the day before and ask for somthing meatless to be offered. 😛
This is in the northeast (Catholic area?) and one of the girls who organized it is “Cathlic.”🤷

So after bringing it up the people who hosted it were super nice and had a little bit of tuna salad for me DH and I and made a whole other meatless Ziti. I also just put cheese on a bun and skipped the meat. It was quite yummy.
 
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