Passing the Chalice around for Vocations?

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I found this link from the website of my diocese:
St. Michael Vocation Group

From the website:
Each Sunday the chalice used at a mass will be presented to an individual, couple or family. This chalice is then taken and placed in a safe and prominent location in the home. Participants will select a time to gather each day for a week by the chalice to pray for vocations. The chalice is then returned by the participants to the next mass scheduled. This chalice will be carried through each of the ten St. Michael’s masses.
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Is this allowed? :eek:
 
I have never heard of this going on before…I am skeptical…my gut tells me NO…but I am not sure…maybe someone else like Fr. Ambrose can weigh in on this topic.
A&O:
I found this link from the website of my diocese:
St. Michael Vocation Group

From the website:

Is this allowed? :eek:
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and I can remember when we were not even permitted to touch the chalice… they were locked in big safes in the sacristry after each Mass… only the Priest carried it to and from the altar…

and they call it progress, or reform, or “spirit of the liturgy” stuff.
 
Our parish does this. Not sure how often, but I’ve seen the “presentation” at the end of mass a few times. The chalice used at THAT mass is NOT the one that’s given out. Actually it was in a small case so I didn’t see it, couldn’t tell if it had even been used in a mass at all. And as I understand it, they don’t it to just anyone - a family has to ask for it, and they have to be approved. A gold chalice is valuable, after all. Although it’s a lot like the art in the Vatican - as far as the Church is concerned, it has no cash value because it cannot be sold.

Most parishes have a cabinet full of old tarnished chalices left behind by deceased priests, etc. So if this provides an opportunity to polish one up and put it to a good use, why not?

Try to get beyond the “oooh, I’m sure that’s an abuse” mindset.
 
Our parish does this too, but it isn’t the real chalice used in Mass. It’s a carved wooden chalice, mounted to a base. The chalice is always out. One family takes it for the week, brings it back on Sunday for another family to take it. It is a “chalice” specifically for the purpose of passing to a family for the week, as a reminder for that family to pray for vocations. It was never used in a Mass. It was specifically fabricated for the purpose of vocation prayers. It comes with a prayer book for vocations that the family can use if they wish.
 
MrS…where have you been old friend?? I haven’t seen you on here in a while…it is good to see you again. God Bless
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MrS:
and I can remember when we were not even permitted to touch the chalice… they were locked in big safes in the sacristry after each Mass… only the Priest carried it to and from the altar…

and they call it progress, or reform, or “spirit of the liturgy” stuff.
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A chalice is a sacramental. Therefore, it is not inappropriate to use it reverently as a devotional item to encourage prayer for priests and vocations.
 
A&O:
I found this link from the website of my diocese:
St. Michael Vocation Group

From the website:

Is this allowed? :eek:
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I think it’s a GREAT idea. At my Eastern Catholic parish we pass around a vocations icon each week between different individuals and families…

The chalice itself (particularly if it’s old and actually consecrated) is a great reminder to pray, so long as no one actually prays to the chalice…
 
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MrS:
and I can remember when we were not even permitted to touch the chalice… they were locked in big safes in the sacristry after each Mass… only the Priest carried it to and from the altar…

and they call it progress, or reform, or “spirit of the liturgy” stuff.
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It might be because chalices are now blessed – not consecrated as they were in the past…
 
Thanks for your (name removed by moderator)ut guys. I thought this would be bad because it was the actual chalice used at Mass is all. I suppose it is an OK idea.
 
Yea,

There was a similar chalice passed around at our former parish.

About 6 months later, I applied for the Diaconate.

Be careful what you pray for, you just might get it :eek:
 
At my parish they do the same thing except they do it with a crucifix, not the chalice used at mass.
 
Are there any churches that have a large statue of Mary that can be signed out for a week?

I tell you devotion to Mary will bring many more vocations than a devotion to a chalice.
 
Mine has an Our Lady of Fatima statue thar visits homes for a week. Our “Blue Army of Fatima” runs this program.
 
How about a universal indult for the celebration of the TLM and bringing in the Pius X Society to full union with the Holy See for vocations ? You want priests ? This is how they will come.
 
… bringing in the Pius X Society to full union with the Holy See for vocations ? You want priests ?
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We want obedient priests. We have enough disobedient priests, so the SSPX can keep their priests until they realize that “there is no holiness in disagreement with the Pope.” (St. Pius X).
 
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itsjustdave1988:
We want obedient priests. We have enough disobedient priests, so you can keep the SSPX priests to yourself until they realize that “there is no holiness in **disagreement **with the Pope.” (St. Pius X).
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perhaps you mean disobedience 🙂
 
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MrS:
perhaps you mean disobedience 🙂
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St. Pius X used the word “obedience,” “differ” and “dissension.” Of course this is a translation from Italian. But the meaning is the same. The SSPX say they have devotion and loyalty to the pope, but then they dissent with him and disobey his canon law. I don’t think St. Pius would approve…

*"*If one loves the Pope, one does not stop to ask the precise limits to which this duty of obedience extends… one does not seek to restrict the domain within which he can or should make his wishes felt; one does not oppose to the Pope’s authority that of others, however learned they may be, who differ from him. For however great their learning, they must be lacking in holiness, for there can be no holiness in dissension from the Pope. " (Pope St. Pius X, allocution of 18 November, 1912, AAS vol. 4 (1912), 693-695. Selection from p. 695)

We certainly don’t need any more dissenting priests.
 
ByzCath,

Thanks for the link. The icon is beautiful. I think I just found out what I’d like for Father’s Day. 🙂
 
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