What are your cultural or family Catholic traditions?

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I think the used stuff is nice because I like to imagine who used it before me and also who might use it after I die.

Recently got a US combat rosary from WWI (pretty sure it is authentic), shipped from France…thinking about how it ended up in France, did the man die and lose it, or did he give it away to a French person, or did he like France so much he just stayed there, etc.
 
I second Leaflet Missal Company. Before the Internet was invented, they had the BEST paper catalog of Catholic jewelry, statues, medals, and especially books. Back in the 80s I learned about people like Fr. Amorth and Ven. Mary of Agreda just reading the book descriptions. I didn’t have lots of money then and had a lot of places to spend it, so I wasn’t able to buy much, but I enjoyed the catalogs immensely.
 
The only “catholic” tradition I had growing up was hearing my dad scream at the top of his lungs “JESUS CHRIST!”…

In a blasphemous way… with a certain four letter word thrown in between.
 
I would not throw them away especially if blessed. My children collect them and I have thought about makeing a collage of them as an art piece.
 
We had a Crucifix somewhere.
I had a giant rosary (the beads) but we didn’t really pray the Rosary until I was nearly an adult (or was an adult, not sure), except at funerals. It hung on a door or something.

I guess one of the things was that after Mass we’d eat Chinese food.
 
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We celebrated St. Nicholas Day and St. Lucia Day (though St. Lucia Day less often). I remember lighting the Advent wreath and saying the prayers that go with it was a big deal, and helped keep Advent a part of the Christmas season, even as children.
My mom also kept a holy hour at our parish once a week and would bring us along. Also, we would say prayers at 3pm everyday in remembrance of Jesus’ death on the cross. My grandpa started that and much of my family still does it when we remember. I think my mom had an alarm set to remind her.
My mom would also have us make valentines to Jesus and Mary when we were making them for our classmates and we would bring them to the church and place them at the feet of the Jesus and Mary statues there. A lot of other children in my parish did the same.
 
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Along with having visiting priests saying mass at my parents home ,we also took it in turn to have Our Lady of Fatima’s statue and pray the Rosary at home and other parishioners homes .With a nice cup of tea to follow:)
 
Funny that 😺

I had a Mass at home many years ago. Our cat who normally skedaddles at the site of visitors, remained present and observant throughout the Mass. She sat on her hunches within the half circle of family and friends and appeared to listen intently to the priest. The furry bundle almost looked human it her interactions.
 
Tis_Bearself said:
Recently got a US combat rosary from WWI (pretty sure it is authentic), shipped from France…thinking about how it ended up in France, did the man die and lose it, or did he give it away to a French person, or did he like France so much he just stayed there, etc.
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From what I understand the War Department ordered these rosaries so chaplains could issue them to those who wanted them. It probably went over with our chaplains, but the rest of its’ history is a fine mystery.
 
Nobody else abstains from meat on fridays!? Thought that would be a common one.
 
I wouldn’t fancy it for lent, meat is good for you. Vegetarians have terrible farts. But fishy fridays is a habit I’ve had for 10 years now.
 
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Nobody else abstains from meat on fridays!? Thought that would be a common one.
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In the US when I was growing up, we were only required to do this on Fridays in Lent, which we did do. A lot of churches and businesses hold special fish fries on those days, which we and all the other Catholics would attend.

Some Catholics on here choose to abstain from meat on all Fridays of the year, but outside of Lent, abstinence on Friday is no longer strictly required, although if you don’t do it you’re supposed to perform some other alternative act of penance (which most Catholics don’t bother with either).
 
I do it every Friday. It has many secondary benefits such as making you use up meat in advance that has been sat in the fridge for a while and also forces you to vary your cooking regime!
 
I have heard that too! That pets behave very respectful to icons and Christian symbols. Someone I heard say their absolutely chaotic tomcat stopped and bowed while she was praying.
Animals suffered and became wild because of the human beings’ fall into sin right? This is what I understood from Creation. The whole Creation suffered and expressed God’s sorrow for losing His children. So they (animals) are never guilty but they suffer together with us.
 
My family teached me that always when bread fell to the floor, or was not healthy to eat because passed many days and for that reason was needed to throw it, that before do that was necessary to kiss the bread because of the association of the bread with the body of Jesus Christ.
 
Also, I remember that my family told me that when talking about the future proyects, etc, it is necessary to say “Si Dios quiere” (If it is God will), and when I forget to say that they repeated me “Si Dios quiere”.
 
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