This is nothing new. I went to many a parish in the 80s & 90s that had these little 'dictators'. They did everything from banning Adoration to having Stations of the Cross & altar rails removed. When I was in seminary in the early 90s a group of us were labeled divisive for praying the Rosary together! It was 'allowed' individually in private - but was considered a formation issue to gather to …More
This is nothing new. I went to many a parish in the 80s & 90s that had these little 'dictators'. They did everything from banning Adoration to having Stations of the Cross & altar rails removed. When I was in seminary in the early 90s a group of us were labeled divisive for praying the Rosary together! It was 'allowed' individually in private - but was considered a formation issue to gather to pray it publicly!