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kage_ar
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When I use Mass Times, I’ve found it is best to follow up with a phone call to the Parish to veify that times have not changed…
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Seatuck
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Christi,
good for you . You are on the right track. You aren’t alone in these dilemmas. You are experiencing a fine tuning of your relationship with God and your role as a parent in forming your child’s relationship with God. You let an activity come before Mass. You may not have intended to do this prior but it did happen. So go confess which you know you should do.
Next vacation resolve to make time for Mass. Especially since the children will be older and be paying attention. We do have the choice often as to whether we will be traveling or vacationing on Sundays. You’ll may have to include the cost of transportation in your financial plans. You may be able to arrange a ride of some type.
Use the Mass Times source or ask around prior to a trip. We have stopped in various churches while traveling and it can be a good experience for all as Catholics.
good for you . You are on the right track. You aren’t alone in these dilemmas. You are experiencing a fine tuning of your relationship with God and your role as a parent in forming your child’s relationship with God. You let an activity come before Mass. You may not have intended to do this prior but it did happen. So go confess which you know you should do.
Next vacation resolve to make time for Mass. Especially since the children will be older and be paying attention. We do have the choice often as to whether we will be traveling or vacationing on Sundays. You’ll may have to include the cost of transportation in your financial plans. You may be able to arrange a ride of some type.
Use the Mass Times source or ask around prior to a trip. We have stopped in various churches while traveling and it can be a good experience for all as Catholics.
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KatieD
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I have to agree with the suggestion of using MassTimes. We have family living in other states. The last time we visited one of them, for the wedding of one of their kids, I was able to look up parishes near their home. My husband and I were able to attend Mass on Sunday morning at a nice parish in Oklahoma with a very reverent celebrant. It was wonderful. Or I suppose you could do a search of parishes for the diocese in the area which you will visit.
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vince2paul
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- A friend went overseas for a company trip last weekend, thus she wasn’t able to attend mass. Mortal sin?
- Another friend came here last month, she was with 2 muslim friends. I already told her that she could attend mass, but she didn’t because she thought it wouldn’t nice to leave her friends if she goes to mass. Mortal sin?
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Brenda_V
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That depends. She may have been actually traveling during the times she may have gone to Mass. If not and she was free for the entire Sunday and in a country that is known to be Catholic and there was a Church not that far from where she was (so she wouldn’t get lost) then she could/should have gone to Mass. I know when we were traveling when I was a child we found the nearest Catholic Church to where we were staying and went to Mass - the only times we didn’t (and we got a dispensation for missing Mass at these times) was when we were traveling in Turkey and there were no Catholic Churches we could attend.
This second case her excuse was not very good. You offered to take her to Mass and believe it or not, her Muslim friends would have totally understood! They would not have minded her going to Mass - what is that out of their time together? 2 hrs. max? Because you offered to take her to Mass too, she wouldn’t have gotten lost either. Not only that but she could have invited her Muslim friends to go with her.
To tell you the truth, the only times I have missed Mass when traveling were when I was in Highly Baptist Country and I could not find a Catholic Church or when I was in Turkey and even then, we were able to find the only Catholic Church for miles and miles but because of the few Catholics, they had a traveling Priest and he wasn’t there the weekend we were (they only got Mass about twice a year!) Now, if we were in Istanbul or Izmir, there were Catholic Churches with Masses in English no less (NATO had installations in both places so they provided the Priest and the cities provided the church).
Brenda V.
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vince2paul
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Well, it was her first visit to Taiwan, and the group travel together throughout the entire time (company trip) and she only speaks a little of Mandarin.
I’m asking just in case I have to go to countries where I couldn’t speak the language (i.e Thailand, China). Will it be counted? Because even if I am able attend the mass, I won’t be able to understand anything at all.
Talking about dispensation, do I need to get dispensation from my parish priest before I travel to such countries?
I agree with you, because Catholic Church is very convenient here, but what to do, I told her already that it would be mortal sin if she didn’t attend Sunday mass. I think she doesn’t take it seriously. Might have to do some follow up
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CRW
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So she placed Jesus 2nd, instead of her friends. Todays Gospel is from Luke 12: 39-48: Jesus said to his disciples: “Be sure on this: if the master of the house had know the hour when the thief was coming, he would not have let his house broken into. You also must be prepared for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.” … Intentionally missing Mass is death to the soul, without serious reason. God Bless
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Mijoy2
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There doesn’t seem to be very many (if any) parishes that offer Sunday MA on Sunday evenings.
Using MassTimes in my area I couldn’t find a one. In my circumstance it would make things a whole lot easier.
Using MassTimes in my area I couldn’t find a one. In my circumstance it would make things a whole lot easier.
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4HisChurch
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I realize its too late now, but I wonder if any churches in the area had a Sunday evening Mass. Or as someone already said, Saturday Evening.
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lifeisbeautiful
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Your question has been answered (go to confession asap) but I just wanted to add that in the future masstimes.org is a great place to go to find out about Mass times for your vacation destination (when I choose one place I usually call to make sure the information is up to date). If it seems like making it to Mass may be out of question at the destination, then one can just find a new vacation destination. One should look into how and when one can go to Mass before going somewhere.
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bilop
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Yes, the mass obligation is satisfied even if you don’t speak the language. Think of all the people who didn’t speak Latin in the past. Also, sometimes parishes have mass in different languages at different times (English, Spanish, Latin etc.). They all count.
You only need the dispensation if you will be unable, for good reason, to attend mass. Not simply to travel.
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vince2paul
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Does that mean that Catholics should avoid travelling to places where there is no guarantee of attending mass?
Let say if I want to go to Japan, where I couldn’t get any information of mass time (not like in US where it is easily available online), does that mean I shouldn’t go on holiday there until I find out where is the church and the timing for mass?
It reminds me of my muslim friend who avoid going out of the house because he’s afraid that he wouldn’t be able to pray.
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lak611
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When I was in Florida at Disney World, there actually was a Mass at one of the Disney Horels on a Sunday. I forgot which one. So it is possible to attend Mass even while on vacation. When I went, I actually wore a T shirt and shorts (no problem at this Mass). If I were you, I would confess missing the Mass. By the way, don’t worry about confession if you do go; I was a lapsed Catholic, hadn’t been to confession or communion in four years, but the Holy Spirit convicted me of my sin. I knew that I was wrong and needed to confess to my priest and to God. I went to confession, and the priest did not give me a bad penance; he actually said “Welcome back.” Since then, I have joined a Catholic Adult Sunday school class (Bible study), volunteered for an ecumenical mission meal for the poor (with Catholics, Lutherans, Presbyterians, and Methodists participating), and become an EMHC. Praise the Lord! He has brought me back where I am called to be. It is all through His grace and mercy, not anything of my own being!! 
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lifeisbeautiful
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Hmmm, there is a huge difference between not leaving one’s house and one not traveling to one area out of millions of others for lack of Catholic Masses in that area… Anyways, it doesn’t seem going to Mass is out of question in Japan: cbcj.catholic.jp/eng/ediocese/index.htmDoes that mean that Catholics should avoid travelling to places where there is no guarantee of attending mass?
Let say if I want to go to Japan, where I couldn’t get any information of mass time (not like in US where it is easily available online), does that mean I shouldn’t go on holiday there until I find out where is the church and the timing for mass?
It reminds me of my muslim friend who avoid going out of the house because he’s afraid that he wouldn’t be able to pray.
You can also think of it this way: in the long run, what will matter most, having traveled to that destination for vacation or having avoided a mortal sin… ?
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adrift
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I wasn’t being
I really felt sorry that he missed that Church. I thought your comment read into mine something that wasn’t there. Anyone going to Orlando shoud see it. It is great. I provided a link to it. I thought by talking about the Church it was softening the blow as it has an evening mass. Although it is close to Disney grounds, it is not walking distance for young children. There is public transportation but I think that would be difficult for visitors. The OP might have asked the place he stayed they might have been able to assist him. Now it really is to late for him but others reading this might be encouraged to make the effort to go.
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crmcfl
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I’m laughing so hard right now because I’m clearly being led to comment on this thread. I live in Orlando. We lived in Japan for 3 years and I spent a college semester in Spain. And I used to work at Disney.
I won’t beat up on you, Chris. I missed mass for YEARS.
For those of you planning a Disney vacation: Mary Queen of the Universe is probably the closest church to the parks, there are masses all morning and at 6 p.m. There is also Corpus Christi and St. Catherine of Siena in Kissimmee and our old church, Holy Cross. And there is my current parish, Holy Family, just a few minutes up the road in southwest Orlando. We have Saturday night and Sunday 6 p.m. Masses as well as several morning ones. Y’all come! We’d love to have you.
Also, if you want to go to mass and don’t think you see a way, ask. Call the parish. You never know when someone may come and get you. Some of the hotels may provide drop off and pick up if you ask. In Orlando, there are always busses. They’re slow, but they are cheap ($1.25 when last I rode one a few months back). And pray. “Lord, I want to go to mass, but I don’t see how.” You may be surprised who and what means may appear in your path.
It’s amazing how often I’m stopped by tourists and asked if I know where there’s a Catholic church. Twice it happened at a traffic light when we were on the way to mass and we just said “Headed there right now. Come on.” Used to creep my children out (“How do they know, Mom?”) but it always makes me smile.
I won’t beat up on you, Chris. I missed mass for YEARS.
For those of you planning a Disney vacation: Mary Queen of the Universe is probably the closest church to the parks, there are masses all morning and at 6 p.m. There is also Corpus Christi and St. Catherine of Siena in Kissimmee and our old church, Holy Cross. And there is my current parish, Holy Family, just a few minutes up the road in southwest Orlando. We have Saturday night and Sunday 6 p.m. Masses as well as several morning ones. Y’all come! We’d love to have you.
Also, if you want to go to mass and don’t think you see a way, ask. Call the parish. You never know when someone may come and get you. Some of the hotels may provide drop off and pick up if you ask. In Orlando, there are always busses. They’re slow, but they are cheap ($1.25 when last I rode one a few months back). And pray. “Lord, I want to go to mass, but I don’t see how.” You may be surprised who and what means may appear in your path.
It’s amazing how often I’m stopped by tourists and asked if I know where there’s a Catholic church. Twice it happened at a traffic light when we were on the way to mass and we just said “Headed there right now. Come on.” Used to creep my children out (“How do they know, Mom?”) but it always makes me smile.
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lak611
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Maybe they don’t have it anymore, but I went to Disney World about 14 years ago and there actually was a Mass on the park property, outside by the Polynesian resort. The priest came to say Mass. I was with a group of friends all Catholic and we didn’t even have to look for a church. The park actually advertised the Mass.
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adrift
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According to their web site this is no longer the case.
masstimes.org/dotnet/showchurch.aspx?id=14282
Mary Queen of the Universe
Sun: 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 a.m.; 6 p.m.
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