Traditionalist Ministries?

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For those who identify themselves as traditionalists, what ministries are you involved in outside of the physical boundaries of the Church?

I’m not asking about altar server or teaching CCD/RCIA. I’m asking about volunteering at the homeless shelter or hospital or hospice, Saint Vincent de Paul, helping the old lady down the street go grocery shopping. I know a hairdresser who goes to the Shady Oaks Senior Home and cuts hair for the elderly. I know a group of women who take turns cooking really awesome lunches for the Student Catholic Center at the local university. That sort of thing.

Are there “traditional” ministries? Are traditionalists attracted to certain ministries rather than others? I ask in all sincerity out of simple curiosity and would love to hear what you guys do.

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I think that you’re asking a good question. But traditionalists might not use the term “ministies,” but rather they would use the terms “works of charity,” or something close to that. Though I attend the OF, I consider myself a trad, and the only thing I really do to help others is to occasionally help family members and friends who are down on their luck and need a place to live until they can get back on their feet. My husband and I have done this quite a few times (and he’s not even a Catholic).

Many trads have large families (children), so it may be difficult to do anything outside of family duties. And trads do tend to help each other out, and to support their parishes with healthy collection offerings on Sunday, and they also contribute to help seminarians who are learning the EF.
 
TimothyH said:
For those who identify themselves as traditionalists, what ministries are you involved in outside of the physical boundaries of the Church?

I’m not asking about altar server or teaching CCD/RCIA. I’m asking about volunteering at the homeless shelter or hospital or hospice, Saint Vincent de Paul, helping the old lady down the street go grocery shopping. I know a hairdresser who goes to the Shady Oaks Senior Home and cuts hair for the elderly. I know a group of women who take turns cooking really awesome lunches for the Student Catholic Center at the local university. That sort of thing.

Are there “traditional” ministries? Are traditionalists attracted to certain ministries rather than others? I ask in all sincerity out of simple curiosity and would love to hear what you guys do.

-Tim-
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There is the St. Vincent de Paul society, which help the poor.
The Visitation Ministry, which visits the homebound for the purpose of socialization.
There’s those in the parish who help bring the elderly to Mass.
And there are more, individualized to each parish.
 
Why would “ministries,” works of charity, corporal works of mercy, or whatever be any different for those who prefer the EF from those who prefer the OF? 🤷
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It this was being asked by someone other than you, Tim, I would have to wonder if it was just out of curiosity.
 
TimothyH said:
For those who identify themselves as traditionalists, what ministries are you involved in outside of the physical boundaries of the Church?

I’m not asking about altar server or teaching CCD/RCIA. I’m asking about volunteering at the homeless shelter or hospital or hospice, Saint Vincent de Paul, helping the old lady down the street go grocery shopping. I know a hairdresser who goes to the Shady Oaks Senior Home and cuts hair for the elderly. I know a group of women who take turns cooking really awesome lunches for the Student Catholic Center at the local university. That sort of thing.

Are there “traditional” ministries? Are traditionalists attracted to certain ministries rather than others? I ask in all sincerity out of simple curiosity and would love to hear what you guys do.

-Tim-
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I help the less fortunate apply for welfare benefits (a task unto itself, and an example of bureaucracy run amok) and aid them with getting help from extragovernmental welfare agencies like Catholic Charities.
 
The wife has participated in St. Vincent DePaul; we both have visited at a nearby prison where an acquaintance was incarcerated. We also cared for a neighbor lady until she passed. Both of us have been involved with 40 days for life and praying outside of the local planned parenthood.
 
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