St. Patrick's Day causing Catholic dilemma

[eddy1]

Our parish, Old St. Patrick’s in Chicago, kicks off the Chicago Civic St. Patrick’s celebration before the parade on March 15. One of the the Cardinal’s auxiliaries will celebrate the Mass (although Cardinal George has celebrated it in the past). No dilemma here. Since Mayor Daley the First brought the parade back downtown, the day always starts with Mass at my church.

John

well there is a dilemma here if the Cardinal’s auxiliary celebrates the suppressed optional memorial Mass of St Patrick instead of the Solemnity of St Joseph. Then it becomes superstitious folklore instead of thinking with the Church.

I wonder at what point the Irish started eating meat at all during Lent. Surely it was not more than 100 or 150 years ago that North Americans started slacking off. I wonder how St Patrick and his congregation would have observed Lent, and especially Holy Week. Now there’s a model worthy of imitation.

 

[eddy1]

Anyone know if the Canadian bishops moved St Patrick’s to Friday?

I’m a Irish-descent Catholic from an Anglo-Irish culture (Newfoundland) whose confirmation patron is Patrick.

Do I get my Jiggs Dinner, or is it fish ‘n’ chips?

they did not. It is suppressed.
Of course in Newfoundland you can (or rather could) eat seal (in the form of flipper pie) on Good Friday. If it was fish and chips it would have a good dose of dressing too.

 

[strngrnrth]

And today I heard another version of when it is/was – Saturday. But a lot of people were wearing little shamrock ties or pins or all-green outfits at Mass. I guess the word got out too late. People were confused.

 

[snowfly]

And today I heard another version of when it is/was – Saturday. But a lot of people were wearing little shamrock ties or pins or all-green outfits at Mass. I guess the word got out too late. People were confused.

And my SIS in law who was so extremely annoyed as to why Saint Patrick’s day was jiggled’ suddenly when she attended her annual Mass attendance, discovered that St pats couldn’t be moved because of the summer solstice.

So it’s do to do with the lunar thingy, well come to think of it we can’t move the moon, and we can’t move Holy Week, big deal, so much fuss about StPatsday, wish we were so scrupulous in everyday life.

 

[Ghoti]

they did not. It is suppressed.
Of course in Newfoundland you can (or rather could) eat seal (in the form of flipper pie) on Good Friday. If it was fish and chips it would have a good dose of dressing too.

OK, how’s this for stupid…

Donna’s mom had a heart attack, so she’s off in Newfoundland for the week, leaving me to fend for myself nutritionally. Basically, a week of leftovers. I don’t mind, actually; I figure if it was nice the first time, it should be nice again, right? (Matter o’ fact, my fave breakfast is leftovers.)

So, after having waffles for breakfast and scrupulously avoiding Donna’s nummy spaghetti with meat sauce or the deli roast beef sandwiches, I decided to call the Archdiocese to see if the CCCB had made any provisos for transplanted Micks named Paddy to have a feed of Jiggs’ Dinner. So while I was on hold and being transferred to various departments, I was noshing on some snackies while I was waiting for a decision. Baby carrots, some grape tomatoes…

…(expletive deleted). While there may be some light-hearted argument about the actual source of various foodstuffs, I’m sure whatever they make it out of, ***kielbasa ***still constitutes meat.

D’oh!:doh2: :tsktsk: