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Wjdav43
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Can a lay person make announcements and/or update the people about news or items of interest concerning that church right after holy communion is distributed but before the mass has ended?
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Lapey
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Yes, normally after the closing prayer but before the final blessing.
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Pregustator
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I have to say I really dislike it when a parish does that. In my opinion, all announcements should be read before Mass, just before the celebrant is named and the hymn numbers are announced.
I used to belong to a parish at which a nun would give endless announcements before the dismissal, and sometimes her own interminable “sermonettes”. Basta! We’re ready to go; shut your trap and let us leave.
I used to belong to a parish at which a nun would give endless announcements before the dismissal, and sometimes her own interminable “sermonettes”. Basta! We’re ready to go; shut your trap and let us leave.
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RB2
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the answer is totally acceptable, happens all the time. Ive never heard of a traditionalist berating this practice, but it does grate on all of us all the same.
Afterall, I know how to read and pick up a bulletin as well as the next guy.
Sometime I just leave then, if it goes on too long or I am a little impatient that day.
Afterall, I know how to read and pick up a bulletin as well as the next guy.
Sometime I just leave then, if it goes on too long or I am a little impatient that day.
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MarianD
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On a related note, can a…
Homily unrelated to the Mass or the readings be given?
Can such a homily (or any homily for that matter) be given by an lay person?
My local church has had the Monsignor give an unrelated speech in place of the homily on the need for money by the Church, and the next week, he allowed a laywoman to give a speech on the issue in place of the homily. Was this OK?
Homily unrelated to the Mass or the readings be given?
Can such a homily (or any homily for that matter) be given by an lay person?
My local church has had the Monsignor give an unrelated speech in place of the homily on the need for money by the Church, and the next week, he allowed a laywoman to give a speech on the issue in place of the homily. Was this OK?
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Barbkw
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Yes, I was asked to speak to raise awareness for RCIA sponsors.
I got my little prewritten speech out and then lost all ability to breath.
I nearly hyperventilated.
After it was mercifully over, my 91 year old Dad says to me, “You said ‘uhm’ too many times.”
“Daaaadddd, I almost pasted out up there, I couldn’t catch my breath.” :blushing:
I got my little prewritten speech out and then lost all ability to breath.
I nearly hyperventilated.
After it was mercifully over, my 91 year old Dad says to me, “You said ‘uhm’ too many times.”
“Daaaadddd, I almost pasted out up there, I couldn’t catch my breath.” :blushing:
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TheMc
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Why would you name the celebrant?
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TheMc
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“Speech in place of the homily” given my a clergyman: Not ideal, but ok once and a while.
Allowing a lay(wo)man to give a speech/homily/whatever after the gospel: No, no, no!
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RB2
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Actually the answer is that homilies can only be given by a priest or deacon.
There is a small exception for book authors in the U.S. when the book is being taught or discussed in a parish seminar.
Frankly, you should have refused to do it at the homily.
As people should refuse an priests invitation to come up behind the altar during the consecration and hold hands. As people should refuse to clap in
mass. etc., etc.
A search would confirm what I have said.
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John_Lilburne
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From the 2002 General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM) approved for the USA, which can be accessed from romanrite.com/girm.html :
“184. Once the prayer after Communion has been said, the deacon makes brief announcements to the people, if indeed any need to be made, unless the priest prefers to do this himself.”
No mention is made of these announcements being made by the lay commentator:
“105 … b. The commentator, who provides the faithful, when appropriate, with brief explanations and commentaries with the purpose of introducing them to the
celebration and preparing them to understand it better. The commentator’s remarks must be meticulously prepared and clear though brief. In performing this function the commentator stands in an appropriate place facing the faithful, but not at the ambo.”
But from the 2004 Instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum:
“[74.] If the need arises for the gathered faithful to be given instruction or testimony by a layperson in a Church concerning the Christian life, it is altogether preferable that this be done outside Mass. Nevertheless, for serious reasons it is permissible that this type of instruction or testimony be given after the Priest has proclaimed the Prayer after Communion. This should not become a regular practice, however. Furthermore, these instructions and testimony should not be of such a nature that they could be confused with the homily,[156] nor is it permissible to dispense with the homily on their account.”
So it seems to me that “announcements” are not to be made by a lay person, but “instruction or testimony” can be given by a lay person.
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ConstantineTG
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Normally no. But yes it can and does happen. Especially if there is a social issue and is to be addressed by a pastoral letter from the Bishop. Some priests would say a very short, 2-3 minute homily related to the Gospel and then go to preach about such issues.
Never in a Mass.
It can be by a deacon. Remember deacons are Ordained. They would have to receive the preist’s blessing for it.
The lay woman is not okay.
Asking for the money, I would say its within his rights but highly inappropriate. Some crafty priests would work that into the Homily. Others would just wait 'til the announcements.
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jmcrae
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I can relate to your feelings; however, sometimes I don’t read the Bulletin until I get home, and discover that I’ve missed a lunch meeting that I wanted to go to.
As a general rule, we try to keep announcements short, and limited to things that people would need to know right now as opposed to after they get home and have a chance to read the Bulletin. Also, the sum total of the announcement period should not be longer than three minutes, which gives you time for six 30-second announcements - more than enough!
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Phemie
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That’s in a Mass with a Deacon.
But in a Mass Without a Deacon the GIRM says:
No mention of who may make them. In our parish it’s usually the priest/
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Lapey
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I would have to agree with an earlier poster who said that after the closing prayer and before the final blessing is not a good place for these anouncements. My parish, years ago, did all anouncements before the procession, before mass actually started. I have no idea why this changed. It does seem a little disjointed where this takes place now.
But to this post I have to say this is dead on. When there is no deacon or instituted acolyte, many of the duties normally performed by the deacon or acolyte are performed by lay people. Who else will do them?
Many parishes have no deacons. Mine does not, at least won’t untill December, God willing.
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Phemie
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Since that is the moment during the Mass that the Church has assigned to announcements, I won’t complain if it’s done there. In fact, if anything NEEDS to be said, I think this is the ideal place. It’s kind of an “OK, folks, you need to know X, Y, Z, before you go back home; now here’s my blessing and go out to serve the Lord.”
I do have a problem when everything that’s in the bulletin gets repeated. “Hey, why did I bother to work hours on a bulletin if you’re just going to read it to the congregation? Could have saved my time and a few trees…” Usually, in my parish, only things that came in too late to make it into the bulletin are announced at that time.
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puzzleannie
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if it is done during Mass at all it should be after the prayer after communion and before the final blessing, in other words, after the communion right is completed, definitely not smack in the middle of the communion rite.
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Barbkw
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People who are asked to speak, do so after Communion is over, not after the Homily.
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Bob_Aliano
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At the TLM parish I attend the announcements are read by the priest after the sign of the cross before the homily. At the OF parish I occasionally attend the announcements are read by the deacon before the final blessing. I prefer them before the homily because there is less tendency to run on and on and on with all manner of nonsense.
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ConstantineTG
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Some priests also confuse the timing of announcements. Some make the announcements after the choir stopped singing the last of the Communion hymns. Sometimes it even happens while the purification of vessels is ongoing or even before the Hosts are reserved in the tabernacle.
Announcements should happen after the Prayer After Communion and before the Final Blessing
Announcements should happen after the Prayer After Communion and before the Final Blessing
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RB2
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Sorry, I got carried away with misunderstanding.
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