tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post6245380899765721585..comments2023-10-18T14:53:28.622+01:00Comments on Forest Murmurs: Catching upFr Michael Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320336535138538635noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-92163678960871116742012-10-22T19:30:09.657+01:002012-10-22T19:30:09.657+01:00O'Neill's latest posting tells us somethin...O'Neill's latest posting tells us something adbout himself; he certainly deserves his OBNScepticalBelievenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-80957374698899458142012-10-19T22:47:12.430+01:002012-10-19T22:47:12.430+01:00Sorry Father that someone is using your blog as a ...Sorry Father that someone is using your blog as a means of argumentDavid O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04023042558615821880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-53471421754555699512012-10-19T11:50:16.422+01:002012-10-19T11:50:16.422+01:00In an age when, at least in the developed world, l...In an age when, at least in the developed world, life expectation is increasing and people are working longer (and indeed are expected to work longer) it is strange to find the FSSP putting a bar on anyone over 35 who wishes to test their vocation to the priesthood. However, it is even stranger to learn that that same organisation now (apparently) considers any man over 35 to be unsuitable to be an altar server. To further increase my astonishment those considered to be suitable have also not only to be male but to be unmarried! (Oddly enough the Vocations Discernment Weekend is advertised as being open to ‘any English speaking men’ without the stipulation ‘single’) May it be explained just which parallel universe the FSSP is operating in? With such attitudes I suggest that the FSSP is unlikely to contribute to the current ‘Year of Evanglisation’ (regarding which there seems to be little interest shown in Forest Murmurs).ScepticalBelievernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-25204097599797528002012-10-19T11:25:45.332+01:002012-10-19T11:25:45.332+01:00David O'Neill really should read items careful...David O'Neill really should read items carefully. At no time did I ask how many people were present at the Hexham Mass; I merely asked how it was not possible to give an exact number. Mr O'Neill's snide comment about anyone being personally present at the Mass if they were interested in the numbers ignores the possibility that someone interested could also have been in Dublin at the time of the Mass. My earlier comment 'some events promise a better welcome than others while some suggest otherwise!' also seems relevant in this context.theabli 10ScepticalBelievernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-53279798249132711182012-10-18T22:14:38.108+01:002012-10-18T22:14:38.108+01:00Quite right Father. Anyone interested in the numbe...Quite right Father. Anyone interested in the numbers could have personally counted them simply by being present.<br />The organist had been asked to play by Fr Warren but, evidently, arrived late.<br />Good news on the choir. The choirmaster spoke to the schola & was interested. I am getting a copy of Viadana's 'Missa L'Hora Passa' as a nice easy introduction.David O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04023042558615821880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-11729577004485648062012-10-18T13:46:08.637+01:002012-10-18T13:46:08.637+01:00I take a keen interest in many things, Father, but...I take a keen interest in many things, Father, but even my curiosity often prevents my being in three places at once. Of course, some events promise a better welcome than others while some suggest otherwise!<br />On the subject of counting I suggest that someone be appointed to do the 'official' count at future Masses.ScepticalBelievernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-34094714179346615792012-10-18T12:35:36.846+01:002012-10-18T12:35:36.846+01:00Glad you take such a keen interest. Maybe your cur...Glad you take such a keen interest. Maybe your curiosity will bring you to the next event. I was told by two people there were 30 and someone else said 40. My hands and fingers were otherwise engaged.Fr Michael Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320336535138538635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-23835194782536110002012-10-18T11:24:14.651+01:002012-10-18T11:24:14.651+01:00I'm pleased to hear that the Hexham Mass went ...I'm pleased to hear that the Hexham Mass went well but must say that if you use both hands and then, if necessary, start again its reasonably easy to have an accurate count of those attending any function when numbers are less than 50. Estimates generally apply when numbers are in excess of 100ScepticalBelievernoreply@blogger.com