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Missian_Alyssa
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What is the history, vows, etc., of a friendship ceremony among Christian churches?
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FrDavid96
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There is no such thing in Catholic practice, so I doubt you’ll receive much of a response.
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Mumbles140
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I think that the Church of Facebook, founded by Mark Zuckerberg, recognizes this by accepting a ‘Friend Request’, a common practice among the 1.3 billion followers. Other than that, never heard of such a thing…
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Chatter163
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John_Lilburne
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I googled “friendship ceremony” and a few of the top results were about ceremonies in Brisbane, Australia. These included one at Australian Catholic University (ACU), described at blogs.acu.edu.au/international/13188/a-ceremony-of-friendship/ . It begins:
“Since July 2012, the Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Graham Quirk, has hosted regular friendship ceremonies for international Students in Brisbane. The 3rd ceremony was held and once again a group of ACU students had the opportunity of attending.
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Initiated by the Lord Mayor himself, the aim of these ceremonies is to make the international students feel welcomed and thank them for choosing Brisbane as their place of study.”
The Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Graham Quirke, distributes a “Certificate of Friendship” which includes: “As Lord Mayor, I express my respect and friendship to you, on behalf of the people of Brisbane. Our city looks forward to having a lifelong friendship with you.” (From visibleink.org/international-students/lord-mayors-international-friendship-ceremony .)
Graham Quirke appears to be a Catholic. An article in the Catholic Leader at catholicleader.com.au/features/new-challenge-awaits-fr-ken_83749 quotes Fr Ken Howell saying:
“The choir was formed at St James College in the city where I was a Grade Seven student,” he said.
“Fellow choristers included people like Graham Quirk, now Lord Mayor (of Brisbane).
“The choir had some great times including tours to places like New Zealand.”
From the information in these articles it appears to me that it is a ceremony that Graham Quirke has created, rather than a ceremony from the liturgical books of the Catholic Church.
One of these liturgical books is Book of Blessings. The USA version has 70 ceremonies, then in Chapter 71 “Order for a Blessing to Be Used in Various Circumstances”. The introduction for it includes “Since the present rite provides a wide choice of texts, it can be readily adapted for use in various circumstances. The purpose of the rite is to sanctify through the celebration of a blessing those situations in life not explicitly indicated in the rites already given …”. So a Catholic ceremony like this Friendship Ceremony might use this.
In the USA, another ceremony is: “Order for the Welcoming of New Parishioners” (Chapter 66). The introduction has:
“1930 When an individual or a family moves into a parish, it is appropriate that a formal welcome be extended by the parish community.
1931 The welcome of new parishioners, according to the circumstances, may take place occasionally at the Sunday Mass, or at another public celebration.”
“Since July 2012, the Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Graham Quirk, has hosted regular friendship ceremonies for international Students in Brisbane. The 3rd ceremony was held and once again a group of ACU students had the opportunity of attending.
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Initiated by the Lord Mayor himself, the aim of these ceremonies is to make the international students feel welcomed and thank them for choosing Brisbane as their place of study.”
The Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Graham Quirke, distributes a “Certificate of Friendship” which includes: “As Lord Mayor, I express my respect and friendship to you, on behalf of the people of Brisbane. Our city looks forward to having a lifelong friendship with you.” (From visibleink.org/international-students/lord-mayors-international-friendship-ceremony .)
Graham Quirke appears to be a Catholic. An article in the Catholic Leader at catholicleader.com.au/features/new-challenge-awaits-fr-ken_83749 quotes Fr Ken Howell saying:
“The choir was formed at St James College in the city where I was a Grade Seven student,” he said.
“Fellow choristers included people like Graham Quirk, now Lord Mayor (of Brisbane).
“The choir had some great times including tours to places like New Zealand.”
From the information in these articles it appears to me that it is a ceremony that Graham Quirke has created, rather than a ceremony from the liturgical books of the Catholic Church.
One of these liturgical books is Book of Blessings. The USA version has 70 ceremonies, then in Chapter 71 “Order for a Blessing to Be Used in Various Circumstances”. The introduction for it includes “Since the present rite provides a wide choice of texts, it can be readily adapted for use in various circumstances. The purpose of the rite is to sanctify through the celebration of a blessing those situations in life not explicitly indicated in the rites already given …”. So a Catholic ceremony like this Friendship Ceremony might use this.
In the USA, another ceremony is: “Order for the Welcoming of New Parishioners” (Chapter 66). The introduction has:
“1930 When an individual or a family moves into a parish, it is appropriate that a formal welcome be extended by the parish community.
1931 The welcome of new parishioners, according to the circumstances, may take place occasionally at the Sunday Mass, or at another public celebration.”
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Missian_Alyssa
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Has anyone ever heard of sister wife in the early church?
If so, could this have been the relationship between Mary and Joseph?
If so, could this have been the relationship between Mary and Joseph?
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solomonkane
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Sister-wife is an ancient way of saying “Auntie”, just as sister-daughter is “Niece”. There is an example of this language in Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings.” (The books).
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