Is a Parish Priest able remove the Blessed Sacrament as he pleases?

[chirantha7777]

Since my last post got deleted without any reason, I would like to know if a Parish Priest can remove the Blessed Sacrament from the main church and convert the church to a auditorium for secular activities (Dancing, shouting etc) at any given moment without the permission of the bishop.

I was reading the CDW documents on removing the Blessed Sacrament ewtn.com/library/Liturgy/zlitur412.htm

It says :

1. When the proposal is made that there should be a concert in a church, the Ordinary is to grant the permission per modum actus. These concerts should be occasional events. This excludes permission for a series of concerts, for example, in the case of a festival or a cycle of concerts.

So does that mean the bishop has to grant permission for such conversions of the church?

 

[pianistclare]

It is prudent and necessary for him to remove the Blessed Sacrament if the space is being used for another purpose. Granted, those instances should be rare. Indeed, the priest removes the Blessed Sacrament to an altar of repose (and a separate, and different tabernacle) on the evening of Holy Thursday.
Why would you think your priest is not well-versed in this?

 

[momme_of_three]

It is my understanding that a consecrated church may only be used for sacred music concerts and classical music. Otherwise it is never to be used for other reasons than those for which it is consecrated. On the other hand, we have a church here which built education buildings, a rectory and a “worship center” which the Bishop blessed but DID NOT CONSECRATE. It has been used for all the uses of a church plus parish dinners and other things with the Blessed Sacrament removed to a chapel. It has not been used in any way that would dishonor it being a worship center. The new church will be consecrated in December, then this worship space will be a an all purpose building.

pianistclare, there are many many priests out there who do things the way they want to and not according to the rubrics and canon law. This is a valid question and one which would be well put to the head of the Deanery.

 

[pianistclare]

It is my understanding that a consecrated church may only be used for sacred music concerts and classical music. Otherwise it is never to be used for other reasons than those for which it is consecrated. On the other hand, we have a church here which built education buildings, a rectory and a “worship center” which the Bishop blessed but DID NOT CONSECRATE. It has been used for all the uses of a church plus parish dinners and other things with the Blessed Sacrament removed to a chapel. It has not been used in any way that would dishonor it being a worship center. The new church will be consecrated in December, then this worship space will be a an all purpose building.

pianistclare, there are many many priests out there who do things the way they want to and not according to the rubrics and canon law. This is a valid question and one which would be well put to the head of the Deanery.

While there are always people who break the rules, there are FAR more faithful priests that people just don’t support. I have worked in parishes for years, and have never once seen a “go tell someone” mentality pay off in the end. Either the complaints fall on deaf ears, or they hurt innocent parties. It’s always prudent to trust your parish priest.
Peace.

 

[Neofight]

While there are always people who break the rules, there are FAR more faithful priests that people just don’t support. I have worked in parishes for years, and have never once seen a “go tell someone” mentality pay off in the end. Either the complaints fall on deaf ears, or they hurt innocent parties. It’s always prudent to trust your parish priest.
Peace.

I totally agree! Even more troubling is the number of people here on CAF who seem to, on many occasions, assume priests are breaking rules, or don’t know the rules.

 

[chirantha7777]

It is prudent and necessary for him to remove the Blessed Sacrament if the space is being used for another purpose. Granted, those instances should be rare. Indeed, the priest removes the Blessed Sacrament to an altar of repose (and a separate, and different tabernacle) on the evening of Holy Thursday.
Why would you think your priest is not well-versed in this?

My question is, the consecrated church is converted to a hall. According the the document of CDW, permission from the bishop is required for the Priest to remove the Sacrament for such “conversion”. Am I correct?