"Storytelling"?

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Saturdays 5:30 p.m.
(with storytelling)
4:00-5:00 p.m. (Confessions)
Sunday 8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m.
(with storytelling)

Well, this is how it’s written on the website, so I can see what you mean. It’s not a huge town, only two parishes listed (and one in a Newman center) so it still seems odd that they’d have TWO children’s liturgies on the weekends, though. Doesn’t it? (or maybe not on “their” planet…)
 
Well, either “they’re” inundated with work or the place is so small no one minds the store all the time, but I haven’t heard anything yet. We might have to wait until the end of April when we go there.

And the wait goes on…
 
bluerose said:
Well, either “they’re” inundated with work or the place is so small no one minds the store all the time, but I haven’t heard anything yet. We might have to wait until the end of April when we go there.

And the wait goes on…
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Thanks for the update. 🙂
 
bluerose said:
Well, either “they’re” inundated with work or the place is so small no one minds the store all the time, but I haven’t heard anything yet. We might have to wait until the end of April when we go there.

And the wait goes on…
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:cool: It’s all part of the conspiricy. They want you to wait and maybe you’ll forget about it. Its even possible that you will be visited by 2 men in black suits that will convince you that you never read about “story telling” in the first place.

Be on guard! :knight2:
 
meanwhile, just in case, why don’t you prepare and rehearse your own story in case you are invited to take part.
 
puzzleannie said:
meanwhile, just in case, why don’t you prepare and rehearse your own story in case you are invited to take part.
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“So I was taking my family camping for vacation, and I was looking for a parish where we could fulfill our Sunday obligation by assisting at a liturgy celebrated in accord with the Church’s wishes…”
 
I’m ba-a-a-a-a-a-ck! 😃

So I get an e-mail that they are currently NOT having “storytelling” (all together now, “awwwww!”😦 ) which is…

… they take the kids out during the homily and explain the Gospel to them.

Well. To be truthful, I don’t know whether to be relieved or disappointed… I was starting to enjoy the “conspiracy plots”! (Although implying that the Gospel is just a “story” makes me grit my teeth hard enough to crack my molars!)

I WILL, however, keep my eyes peeled for the “you-know-whos”

:cool: :cool:

and try to dress like the locals so’s we don’t get singled out BEFORE the final blessing and get asked to stand up: “So where are you from? Are you just visiting? What are your names? Let’s give them a big round of applause to welcome them!”:clapping: :clapping: :clapping:

Yes… “they” are everywhere!!! :eek:
 
and try to dress like the locals so’s we don’t get singled out BEFORE the final blessing and get asked to stand up: “So where are you from? Are you just visiting? What are your names? Let’s give them a big round of applause to welcome them!”
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:cool: Be careful, they may ask you to tell a “story.”

Oh well, back to my search for the Holy Grail…
 
bluerose said:
So I get an e-mail that they are currently NOT having “storytelling” … which is [taking] the kids out during the homily and explain the Gospel to them.
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I don’t think that’s appropriate. I’m pretty sure the Directory for Masses with Children (DMC) says that the children can have their own Liturgy of the Word, not just their own homily (yes, a homily, from a priest or deacon).

DMC n. 17: “Sometimes, moreover, if the place itself and the nature of the community permit, it will be appropriate to celebrate the Liturgy of the Word, including a homily, with the children in a separate, but not too distant, room.”

DMC n. 24: “With the consent of the pastor or rector of the church, one of the adults may speak to the children after the gospel post Evangelium verba ad pueros dirigat: literally, “direct words to the children after the Gospel”], especially if the priest finds it difficult to adapt himself to the mentality of children.”

For more on n. 24, see “What Have We Done to Our Children?”
 
Tell me about it. 🤷 But it is, sadly, all too common around here. One of our local parishes does it on Sundays, rounds up all the kids, Father gives 'em a blessing, and off they go, usually at the START of the Liturgy of the Word, then they all come back before the Creed. Never heard it called “storytelling”, though.

Okay, everyone, as you were…
 
bluerose said:
Tell me about it. 🤷 But it is, sadly, all too common around here. One of our local parishes does it on Sundays, rounds up all the kids, Father gives 'em a blessing, and off they go, usually at the START of the Liturgy of the Word, then they all come back before the Creed. Never heard it called “storytelling”, though.

Okay, everyone, as you were…
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It’s supposedly called “Children’s Liturgy of the Word.” In my old parish in Austin, they were dismissed in a manner similar to the RCIA folks. The adult leader would process the kids out while she was holding up the Children’s lectionary. Then, the kids would retire to the choir room (church basement) listen to the first reading, pray the psalm and then listen to the Gospel. The adult leader would then offer a reflection and/or some activity for the kids. The kids were then brought back up at a time to coincide with the offertory. It was a miss and, mercifully, this experiment didn’t last very long.
 
I pray to God that is the Catholic Answere to this question. I would like to listen to that Mass myself.
 
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