At my home parish, a solitary but ornate brass bell was installed at the rear of the new sanctuary, but is never used unless the 98 year old Monsignor celebrates Mass. On occasion, a visiting priest may ask the altar servers to ring handheld bells, but the visiting priests who wish to use Sanctus bells almost always offer Prex I and the poor altar servers get confused. Particularly when said priests pray Prex I in Latin :bounce:
There’s a similar story at the Chant Mass at GU. Although our community is technically an extension of St. Aloysius Gonzaga parish, none of the parish priests celebrate our Masses. We have a cycle of Jesuits and diocesan clergy from all over the city of Spokane. Only one diocesan priest (the one who made a trek to a small shop in Rome just to procure beautiful vestments, owns the most beautiful chalice I have ever seen, and is the only one who doesn’t mess with the rubrics) permits the use of Sanctus bells. The Jesuits avoid them like the plague. Big surprise :bigyikes:
