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Very untraditional!. One of my local parishes that refuses to offer the TLM.
Pastor says it’s not his cup of tea!.
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Slap him upside the head and ask him why he became a priest.
 
bkovacs said:
Very untraditional!. One of my local parishes that refuses to offer the TLM.
Pastor says it’s not his cup of tea!.
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That is not the reason I would not go there. If there was a reverant OF Mass, I would go. This parish seems to be too “contemporary” even in terms of the OF Mass.😦
 
bkovacs said:
What do you think of this parish. Check out the photos under Bulletins and Events.
stjohnsottsville.org/ :eek:
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What is wrong with it? It seems like a very active parish that is growing. They are involved in Pro-life activities, ministry to the poor, have an active school and religious ed program. What don’t you like about it besides that they don’t have a Latin Mass?
 
Joannm said:
What is wrong with it? It seems like a very active parish that is growing. They are involved in Pro-life activities, ministry to the poor, have an active school and religious ed program. What don’t you like about it besides that they don’t have a Latin Mass?
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My thought as well. How bizarre to choose a Catholic Church website and then ask others to “pick out what’s wrong” with that Church.

Where’s Waldo?

🤷
 
I don’t get it. From the pictures I see people dressed appropriately for the events they are at, I see beautiful statues and a Crucifix - the only thing I didn’t see was a Tabernacle but that could just be the angle of the pictures so without going to Mass or being a part of this Parish, I can not make any further judgments.

I would go to Mass there if traveling and it was the closest Parish to the Motel I am staying in - for the most part I have not come across any of those “way out there” Parishes some talk about here.

So like a few others 🤷.

Brenda V.
 
I don’t exactly see anything particularly *wrong *with the parish (of course there could be things I can’t tell from a website…although it seems they haven’t bothered to complete the vocations section of the site- but then again, I don’t know how old the site is). I think the church is ugly, but I don’t think it is anything unusually scandalous. I would be much happier with a traditional-looking church, and a boldly traditional Mass (preferably a Tridentine Mass).
 
The parish has been around for 250 years, which I think is great. I wouldn’t go to it if there were a Byzantine church in the area as an alternative, but i don’t see anything shocking there. So there’s no Latin Mass–priests are not required to offer one, and since it is in Pittsburgh, a large metro area, I’m betting there are other churches that offer Latin Masses one could attend.
 
Guitar Music, they once had someone with an electric guitar and drums, Female Altar Servers, Tabernacle not in Center, Priest Rarely uses incense, Eucharistic Ministers (use at every Mass even when not needed. They have two priests and two deacons. No need for eucharistic ministers at all). They do all the things that I completely despise about the post V2 form of Mass. I just wanted to show everyone why I chose to go to an Orthodox church vs a local parish. Had to let a little steam off I guess. My ideal parish would be like this one.

cantius.org/

or

materecclesiae.org/home.php

But I know that where I live now this would only be a pipe dream.
 
catherineajt said:
The parish has been around for 250 years, which I think is great. I wouldn’t go to it if there were a Byzantine church in the area as an alternative, but i don’t see anything shocking there. So there’s no Latin Mass–priests are not required to offer one, and since it is in Pittsburgh, a large metro area, I’m betting there are other churches that offer Latin Masses one could attend.
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Not in Pittsburgh. In the Philadelphia Archdiocese
 
So when people tell me not to go to an Orthodox Church, you all know where I stand on this issue. Either go to an Orthodox Church with a valid priesthood and sacraments or stay home for the rest of my life, with no church at all. They do have a Ukrainian Catholic church locally. But there as well, incense hardly used, poor singing, priest runs through Divine Liturgy at top speed. Latinized!.
 
bkovacs said:
So when people tell me not to go to an Orthodox Church, you all know where I stand on this issue. Either go to an Orthodox Church with a valid priesthood and sacraments or stay home for the rest of my life, with no church at all. They do have a Ukrainian Catholic church locally. But there as well, incense hardly used, poor singing, priest runs through Divine Liturgy at top speed. Latinized!.
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Perhaps you’ve lost sight of the real reason for attending Mass?

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bkovacs said:
Guitar Music, they once had someone with an electric guitar and drums, Female Altar Servers, Tabernacle not in Center, Priest Rarely uses incense, Eucharistic Ministers (use at every Mass even when not needed. They have two priests and two deacons. No need for eucharistic ministers at all). They do all the things that I completely despise about the post V2 form of Mass. I just wanted to show everyone why I chose to go to an Orthodox church vs a local parish.
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So, if you can’t have Mass the way YOU like it, you’d rather stay at home? Is that your point?

😉
 
Brother_John said:
So, if you can’t have Mass the way YOU like it, you’d rather stay at home? Is that your point?

😉
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If one would rather stay home than go to a mass that they “don’t like” then I would really question that person’s faith. While I don’t particulary care for the Latin Mass, if it were the only one available to me I would go in a heartbeat rather than stay at home. Why deny yourself the Eucharist and the chance to worship God in the assembly of the faithful.
 
Joannm said:
If one would rather stay home than go to a mass that they “don’t like” then I would really question that person’s faith. While I don’t particulary care for the Latin Mass, if it were the only one available to me I would go in a heartbeat rather than stay at home. Why deny yourself the Eucharist and the chance to worship God in the assembly of the faithful.
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In an assembly of faithful for which I have nothing in common with liturgically. The Orthodox do have a valid Eucharist according to Rome. I’m not going to Worship God with guitars and clapping. I will worship him with chant, smells and bells fit for the king of glory. Like they have done for thousands of years before V2. Like they did in the Middle Ages, and in the days of the Emperor. The same Mass and Liturgies that St Benedict, St Dominic, St Francis, St Photius, and St Ephrem the Syrian in the East would have attended. Archbishop Bugnini and V2 took away what was sacred and watered it down considerably.
 
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