Where do you sit at church?

[Wendy-Kay]

Front roll seats at Calvary…for free!

I meant row! I must be hungry!

 

[leonie]

I like to sit front on the left side because it is near the tabernacle.

However, sometimes when I’m feeling a little overwhelmed with the details of life, I sit near the St. Joseph statue on the back right side. St. Joseph makes me feel protected.

Or…when I go to Mass with just my older kids, I like to sit center left up front because they pay better attention.

But, when I take the toddlers, I sit in the back near the doors.

I bet I annoy people when I take their favorite pew!

 

[Swiss_Guard]

I sit in the pew.

 

[Vox_Borealis]

I sit four or five rows from the front on the right side so I can be in line to receive communion from the priest. I also like to sit up front so I can see. It helps to hold my attention.

Same here, except on the left side–that’s where our priest stands to give communion. Front, but not right up front.

 

[CarolAnnSFO]

I sit in the choir loft, so I guess you could say I sit all the way in the back, and all the way up!

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[maryjk]

Front row, center. Left or right of the main aisle, it doesn’t matter.

Normally on the end, I have a really bad knee.

 

[cutiesmak]

My DH and I sit on the left side of the altar. There is no center pew, just a center aisle. We sit about 2-3 rows back. I like being where the action is!

My DH just made fun of me last Sunday… he said, “if it were up to you, you’d just hop up on the altar like a kitchen counter!” haha… He HATES being that close. I think he likes to slink around toward the back. When we have kids (hopefully soon!), I’m voting for the crying room until they make their confirmation. I’m a little strict like that…

 

[tom.wineman]

I sit in the pew.

Do you sit in your own pew

 

[Philothea_2.0]

Very front row, to the right. That way my two year old can see EVERYTHING happening on the altar and stays fairly interested, as well as not being able to be distracted by anyone in front of us. By staying to the side, though, we can make a discreet exit if necessary.

 

[Paganus]

Sorry, vince2paul, but that is one ugly church. That “crucifix” looks like a corpse that was burned at the stake. There is no defending “art” that bad. No matter what His wounded body may have looked like, Christ was nailed to a wooden cross, not suspended from wires. The GIRM specifically says in p.308 that “There is also to be a cross, with the figure of Christ crucified upon it, either on the altar or near it, where it is clearly visible to the assembled congregation.” This was specifically worded to avoid this kind of representation, or especially the “resurrexifixes” popular in the 70’s and 80’s.

Good grief - this is the funniest thread I’ve seen here yet. I laughed until I cried. A terrible, terrible crucifix…

You should see the chrome statue of St. Thomas Aquinas (in front of the parish of the same name) in Charlottesville, VA. It was made from recycled car bumpers by Fr. Henry Mascotte of South Bend, IN back in the Sixties. The students at UVA called it “The Silver Samurai.” The church itself is a wooooonderful triangle on stilts. I know good taste when I see it!

In answer to the subject at hand: I sit with my wife and kids in the cry room. In the absence of small children, I prefer the front pew. However, we prefer to sit together when possible. And we prefer not to be asked to leave, so it’s the cry room for us.

 

[maherite1977]

I usually am up in the choir loft, right by the organist. I cantor and can get to the microphone easier. Plus, my voice blends with the organist very well and I can get the full effect of the song.

If, on the rare occasion, I am not in the loft, I sit in the front, left hand side, also known as Mary’s side of the church. I adore the Blessed Mother and feel more comfortable there, plus the pulpit is on that side of the church and can gage the reaction of the priest.

 

[Em_in_FL]

We sit on the right side of the church… near the middle.

I think we started sitting there because the choir is in front on the right side… so DH wanted MIL (in the choir) to be able to see the kids during Mass.
We like sitting on the right, which is near the huge statue of Mary…
Also, we like being slightly off to the side in case we have to exit to take a disruptive child to the back of the church.

 

[GregoryPalamas]

I don’t sit. I stand front and center.

CDL