UPDATE: Altar girls and the Extraordinary Form – the PCED clarifies the situation [Fr. Z's blog]

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At_Trent said:
If girls wanna serve, they can help mom serve dinner 😃
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I’m all for not allowing altar girls. That’s not all; I don’t think any lay people should be on the altar.

I was talking to a friend of my grandparents and he was an altar boy when he was young. He said that when he was engaged (about 19) there was a nun that said to him, “It looks like we’ll need someone to take your place as an altar boy because we can’t have a married man on the altar.” That would be so great to here that from a nun!

The good ol’ days!
 
ajpirc said:
I’m all for not allowing altar girls. That’s not all; I don’t think any lay people should be on the altar.

I was talking to a friend of my grandparents and he was an altar boy when he was young. He said that when he was engaged (about 19) there was a nun that said to him, “It looks like we’ll need someone to take your place as an altar boy because we can’t have a married man on the altar.” That would be so great to here that from a nun!

The good ol’ days!
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That makes no sense, the Church allows for married deacons so clearly married men are already there.
 
Cider said:
That makes no sense, the Church allows for married deacons so clearly married men are already there.
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And that there are a lot of married priests in the Latin Rite even today.
 
At_Trent said:
If girls wanna serve, they can help mom serve dinner 😃
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Its comments like this why people accuse us Catholics of being backward thinking.

We should acknowledge the fact that women contribute a lot of the Church and even to each individual parish even though they do not serve in the Liturgy itself.
 
ajpirc said:
I’m all for not allowing altar girls. That’s not all; I don’t think any lay people should be on the altar.

I was talking to a friend of my grandparents and he was an altar boy when he was young. He said that when he was engaged (about 19) there was a nun that said to him, “It looks like we’ll need someone to take your place as an altar boy because we can’t have a married man on the altar.” That would be so great to here that from a nun!

The good ol’ days!
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Well, thanks to the UE clarifying the SP, we won’t have to endure the novelties 😉
 
We should acknowledge the fact that women contribute a lot of the Church and even to each individual parish even though they do not serve in the Liturgy itself.
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Can’t one contribute from outside the sanctuary? How about being an usher or taker of collections? I don’t see a big push from anyone there.
 
ajpirc said:
I’m all for not allowing altar girls. That’s not all; I don’t think any lay people should be on the altar.

I was talking to a friend of my grandparents and he was an altar boy when he was young. He said that when he was engaged (about 19) there was a nun that said to him, “It looks like we’ll need someone to take your place as an altar boy because we can’t have a married man on the altar.” That would be so great to here that from a nun!

The good ol’ days!
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Hmm, that would come as a big surprise to my dad, who was an altar server for 27 years before he got married and he served after as well until family & work commitments made that too difficult.
 
Lormar said:
👍👍👍:clapping::clapping::clapping:
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ConstantineTG said:
Its comments like this why people accuse us Catholics of being backward thinking.

We should acknowledge the fact that women contribute a lot of the Church and even to each individual parish even though they do not serve in the Liturgy itself.
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I feel quite grateful for the nuns that taught me in grade school. Traditional roles. Stuff like that.
 
Phemie said:
Hmm, that would come as a big surprise to my dad, who was an altar server for 27 years before he got married and he served after as well until family & work commitments made that too difficult.
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But back in the day, before young boys saw girls serving Mass and thinking that’s what girls do, there wasn’t a shortage of boys wanting to serve.

The story was a recollection from years ago.
 
ProVobis said:
Can’t one contribute from outside the sanctuary? How about being an usher or taker of collections? I don’t see a big push from anyone there.
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During Liturgy? Sure. I’m just thinking that people tend to think that everything else seems of lesser importance. But there’s plenty of important work with the Church outside of Liturgy that women can do.
 
FAB said:
Another reson why the EF will not return except in very small pockets. 🙂
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I don’t think the EF’s ability to grow is about women serving at the altar. Although I would like to see women take part in the choir. But in any case, I think that hampers its re-growth is the fact that its Latin. That is the largest stumbling block for most people.
 
ConstantineTG said:
I don’t think the EF’s ability to grow is about women serving at the altar. Although I would like to see women take part in the choir. But in any case, I think that hampers its re-growth is the fact that its Latin. That is the largest stumbling block for most people.
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If one can read English there is no stumbling block. That’s what missals are for.
 
Another reson why the EF will not return except in very small pockets.
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In some ways that might be a good thing. Unfortunately many still don’t have easy access to it.
 
At_Trent said:
If one can read English there is no stumbling block. That’s what missals are for.
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People don’t want to spend time with their faces buried in the Missal. Its like not all anime fans want to watch with Japanese voices with English subs. They want to enjoy the art of the cartoon, not just read the subtitles.

And fact is, it is a stumbling block for most people. You can say what you want but most people will not go to a Latin Mass for the simple fact that its in Latin.
 
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