Phoenix Diocese Cathedral Won't Allow Girl Altar Servers
Phoenix Diocese Cathedral Won't Allow Girl Altar Servers USA Girls no longer will be allowed as altar servers during Mass at the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix, SS. Simon and Jude. …More
Phoenix Diocese Cathedral Won't Allow Girl Altar Servers
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Girls no longer will be allowed as altar servers during Mass at the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix, SS. Simon and Jude.
The Rev. John Lankeit, rector of the cathedral, said he made the decision in hopes of promoting the priesthood for males and other religious vocations, such as becoming a nun, for females.
Made up primarily of fifth- through eighth-graders the altar-server corps in American churches has included girls since 1983 in many places. Girls and boys regularly serve together at churches throughout the Phoenix Catholic Diocese.
Bishops and pastors always have had the option of restricting the role to boys, but only one diocese, Lincoln, Neb., and scattered parishes have done so. Before 1983, when church law was revised, girls were not allowed to serve. Read More Here
23 August 2011
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Girls no longer will be allowed as altar servers during Mass at the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix, SS. Simon and Jude.
The Rev. John Lankeit, rector of the cathedral, said he made the decision in hopes of promoting the priesthood for males and other religious vocations, such as becoming a nun, for females.
Made up primarily of fifth- through eighth-graders the altar-server corps in American churches has included girls since 1983 in many places. Girls and boys regularly serve together at churches throughout the Phoenix Catholic Diocese.
Bishops and pastors always have had the option of restricting the role to boys, but only one diocese, Lincoln, Neb., and scattered parishes have done so. Before 1983, when church law was revised, girls were not allowed to serve. Read More Here
23 August 2011
St. Rose of Lima
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The Canon states that it is dependant upon the rule of the local ordinary. The Archconfraternity of St Stephen admits girls and they can be a great help at the altar and show due reverence to The Most Holy Blessed Sacrament. There is no reason that a female would not be able to anything that a male altar server cannot do. There is no persona Christi
here and therefore no need to refuse girls the …More
The Canon states that it is dependant upon the rule of the local ordinary. The Archconfraternity of St Stephen admits girls and they can be a great help at the altar and show due reverence to The Most Holy Blessed Sacrament. There is no reason that a female would not be able to anything that a male altar server cannot do. There is no persona Christi
here and therefore no need to refuse girls the great privilege of serving at The Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
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here and therefore no need to refuse girls the great privilege of serving at The Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
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@tbswv- Yes, indeed it is!
That's a start. Now the bishop needs to ban Eucharistic Ministers. I would like to see Vatican II documents that recommend the following:
1. Eucharistic Ministers
2. female alter servers
3. female lectors
4. moving the tabernacle over to the side
5. removing alter rail
6. removing statues
7. using glass pitchers for chalice
..and the list goes on. It strikes me as odd as to why "bishops" who were …More
That's a start. Now the bishop needs to ban Eucharistic Ministers. I would like to see Vatican II documents that recommend the following:
1. Eucharistic Ministers
2. female alter servers
3. female lectors
4. moving the tabernacle over to the side
5. removing alter rail
6. removing statues
7. using glass pitchers for chalice
..and the list goes on. It strikes me as odd as to why "bishops" who were trained in the old mass would allow the mass to resemble a protestant liturgy. Is the modernist influence in the Vatican that strong?
1. Eucharistic Ministers
2. female alter servers
3. female lectors
4. moving the tabernacle over to the side
5. removing alter rail
6. removing statues
7. using glass pitchers for chalice
..and the list goes on. It strikes me as odd as to why "bishops" who were trained in the old mass would allow the mass to resemble a protestant liturgy. Is the modernist influence in the Vatican that strong?