You know if you're Pre Vatican II if..

[Gabriel_of_12]

You remember when the altar boy made the congregation’s responses.

Distinctly remember my older brother being an altar boy, who use to lift up the bottom priestly vestment during altar praying, I would imagine the priest was gonna fly any minute or reveal his superpowers… Did this take place or was my imagination as little kid took over me?

 

[Splagchnizomai]

Interesting how this is in the “Non-Catholic Religions” forum.

 

[Gabriel_of_12]

Interesting how this is in the “Non-Catholic Religions” forum.

I believe Pre Vatican II protestants apply here also? Tent meetings which including on the road evangelical healings and miracle services, self proclaimed protestant prophets proclaiming dates of the end of the World etc…

 

[Publisher]

I believe Pre Vatican II protestants apply here also? Tent meetings which including on the road evangelical healings and miracle services, self proclaimed protestant prophets proclaiming dates of the end of the World etc…

My parents grew up in the Depression and were migrant laborers…my dad said often “The only church poor people had were the “brush arbor meetings” they held by the side of the road for pea-pickers”.

I remember when we would go to my uncle’s home for Thankgiving it was a “family tradition” to watch “Grapes of Wrath”…my uncle would always say…“Sit down and watch this boy…this is as good as home movies.” There was a “brush arbor” scene…

Tent revivals to an extent are a thing of the past…except maybe in very rural areas of the South…I’ve seen a few in rural Oregon and California in the last 20 years…but not too many times.

 

[Gabriel_of_12]

My parents grew up in the Depression and were migrant laborers…my dad said often “The only church poor people had were the “brush arbor meetings” they held by the side of the road for pea-pickers”.

I remember when we would go to my uncle’s home for Thankgiving it was a “family tradition” to watch “Grapes of Wrath”…my uncle would always say…“Sit down and watch this boy…this is as good as home movies.” There was a “brush arbor” scene…

Tent revivals to an extent are a thing of the past…except maybe in very rural areas of the South…I’ve seen a few in rural Oregon and California in the last 20 years…but not too many times.

**Wow, your uncle had a Television??? **We did not get a television until 1968, my folks did not get cable until 1978, 79 forget about a color TV, Dad bought his black and white at Montgomery Wards the darn thing never quite.

I picked pickles, peppers on my uncles farm during summer vacations, but I never picked peas. That sounds like hard meticulous work? I sure know that old timers voice when being addressed as “boy” many times.

 

[sedonaman]

This has got to be some kind of record. We went from V-II to pea-pickin’ in only four posts.

 

[Publisher]

This has got to be some kind of record. We went from V-II to pea-pickin’ in only four posts.

Actually it was in response to the “Protestant” comment and changes from tent revivals to the present…

 

[Telstar]

Interesting how this is in the “Non-Catholic Religions” forum.

In case you didn’t notice, the OP is not Catholic… yet.

A couple more for the Pre-Vat II crowd…

Kneeling at the Communion rail, that stretched across the entire front of the Altar, waiting for the Priest to get to you to receive Communion on the tongue (never in the hand).

No woman would ever dare to set foot on the Altar. Only men were allowed to go beyond the Communion rail.

 

[utah_rose]

Distinctly remember my older brother being an altar boy, who use to lift up the bottom priestly vestment during altar praying, I would imagine the priest was gonna fly any minute or reveal his superpowers… Did this take place or was my imagination as little kid took over me?

No, this really does take place in the Latin Mass during the Consecration, as we attend this Mass frequently. I’m not sure though exactly why the altar boy does thin unless its a reverential thing,

 

[LilHomemaker]

I remember when the sisters were in full habit. We all wondered what their hair was like under the headcovering. I, also remember when the order around here went to the shorter habit with a headcovering and then no headcovering at all. Some sisters as you said completely did away with the habit and are invisible to society in their slacks and business suits.

What is happy is that the next generation of the same order around here has sprung up and they have returned the order to the long habits and headcovering and there’s a whole bunch of them. It is great to see.