tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post4109047222014447798..comments2024-03-28T16:16:51.062-04:00Comments on Musings of a Pertinacious Papist: What Tabernacle placement tells usUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post-76101007737856235552011-01-14T14:43:05.641-05:002011-01-14T14:43:05.641-05:00I will definitely pass this along; it's a terr...I will definitely pass this along; it's a terribly scandalous and sacrilegious practice. <br /><br />I was once at a very big parish with many well to do families, yet the tabernacle was in the REAR of the Church (shaped in a circle, of course). I went to the priest at the end and told him that was scandalous and I couldn't return until it was fixed. Luckily, it seems he was a new priest there and was making arrangements to fix the problem, which he did. <br /><br />Just as bad was when I was visiting University of Portland and the place they had mass wasn't even a church but a commons area with a stage, and the Tabernacle was in a CLOSET as you exit from the back. On top of that, there were no kneelers, so students were effectively discouraged from kneeling. This was at an alleged "Catholic" university that also received significant funding. <br /><br />The way it's been done is so ingenious that it's hard to even confront the priest about, since often the Tabernacle is placed off to the side, so that while not in the center, it can be argued that it's still "sort of" in front.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453168437883536663noreply@blogger.com