THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST Diary Entry #46: The Laughing Ladies at the Funeral Home I have witnessed many strange things during my years as a priest; so many strange things that it takes something particularly novel or extraordinary to stop me in my tracks. That happened to me recently as I was conducting…
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THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST #45 – EL DIARIO DE UN SACERDOTE URBANO #45
THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST Diary Entry #45: Singing at Mass In 1991 author and Catholic Church musician Thomas Day published a book entitled Why Catholics Can’t Sing. In it he proposed many explanations for why Catholics can’t, don’t, or won’t sing at Mass. It was a book very popular among Catholic musicians at…
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THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST #44 – EL DIARIO DE UN SACERDOTE URBANO #44
THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST Diary Entry #44: “You saved my daughter’s life.” I was invited to a neighboring parish one evening for a round of the game “Stump the Priest”. Typically, this “game” involves a panel of two or three priests and a crowd of interested Catholics who gather for dinner. During the course…
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THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST #43 – EL DIARIO DE UN SACERDOTE URBANO #43
THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST Diary Entry: #43 “We Hate Latin!” “We hate Latin!” I will never forget these words hurled at me one Monday morning by an old Polish couple who had come to the rectory office to complain, just after I had assumed the role of pastor at an inner-city parish. Prompting complaints…
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