Who set Saturday afternoon as universal confession time?

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HagiaSophia:
And in years past when most working people worked a half day Saturday as part of the regular routine, great preparations were made the balance of the day for Sunday services. Shoes were polished, best clothes prepared, much washing, ironing and starching in those days. As one Protestant friend put it to me for their services: we bustled around on Saturdays because Sunday was the day for good eating, good preaching and good singing. Many Catholics did the same.

Going to church was seen as a social, a communal and a religious obligation and as a priority in family life. As such it was prepared for in a big way, not the least of which was Saturday confession.
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Yes! I remember that well. I came from a Catholic family of six kids. I spent Sat morning polishing all the shoes in the house. Then we washed all the cars. Sat evening we took our baths, and then ironed clothes so we would look nice in church. We attended confession about once a month.

Sun was church, then ( I had three brothers, all in Catholic schools) FOOTBALL. The Catholic schools couldn’t afford their own stadiums, so we played on Sundays, because the public schools used the stadiums Fri and Sat!

Our week was certainly built around our faith in every way, shape and form.

Good memories all!

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I am blessed to belong to a Parish that offers confession before EVERY Mass, Sunday through Saturday. My old Parish offers confession on Saturday’s for 45 minutes or by appointment and it is a very large Parish with only one Priest.
 
We like Saturday afternoon confession - you can go to confession as a family, then attend 5 PM Mass and have a nice dinner after! Makes for a wonderful family evening…
 
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Fergal:
You are free to call a Priest at any time to hear you confession. The saturday afternoon ‘phenomonen’ is a scheduled times for the Parish in preparation for the great feast of Sunday. You can always make an appointment if it doesn’t suit.
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The problem with having only one scheduled time for the whole week is that anybody who works that time (or is otherwise unavailable that time) is out of luck. Sure, we can always schedule an apointment, but we’re supposed to have the option of confessing anonymously – that can’t happen with an appointment.

I’d like to see more parishes offer confession before the Masses on Sunday.
 
We are fortunate in Colorado Springs to have a Catholic Center in the mall, run by the Franciscans and funded by the Knights of Columbus. They are open when the mall is open and receive confessions throughout the day, every day.
 
Which Mall? Citadel?
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itsjustdave1988:
We are fortunate in Colorado Springs to have a Catholic Center in the mall, run by the Franciscans and funded by the Knights of Columbus. They are open when the mall is open and receive confessions throughout the day, every day.
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decn2b:
for obvious reasons. Saturday afternoon confession places the confession time before all of the Sunday obligation masses because it gives the sinner a chance to HIT THE BOX . .
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Not only that, most priests have dedicated Saturday afternoons to being the Church anyway.

The Saturday afternoon weddings are done, there are a few hours until the Vigil Mass so it’s a good time to offer Confession.
 
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CarolAnnSFO:
. Sure, we can always schedule an apointment, but we’re supposed to have the option of confessing anonymously – that can’t happen with an appointment.

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Actually, it can be.

Request the appointment via phone anonymously and ask that the priest meet you in the confessional.

" Hey Father, I’m a Catholic and I am in need of the Sacrament of Reconcilliation. I would like to do it anonomously, so could we find a mutually agreeable time for you to meet me in the confessional"

I don’t think that there is a priest out there that would object.
 
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