Bill -- I actually prefer a gymmnasium or cafeteria to most modern Catholic churches. Though in fairness, you cannot tell the difference.
When I was a kid growing up on Long Island, my church was a small farming town chruch that suddenly had to deal with an influx of suburbanites. So as a kid, we had Mass in the auditorium of the school, and on Holy Days, the Cafeteria. That ended once the church was expanded.
But many modern churches seem purposefully ugly or utilirarian.
A friend of mine (also Catholic) says that the ultimate new Catholic church wshould be dedicated to "Saint Mary of the Drywall".
Jean -- I think Holst of "The Panets" fame wrote the arrangement.
As for Miss Rossetti, I looked her up and you are right, she was quite important in the Anglo-Catholic movement. Interestingly, she never married as her boyfriends had the habit of converting to Catholicism.
I attended a High Church Anglican wedding once and must admit that I fell in love with the language and the hymns.
"...NEVER heard this hymn before...???"
ReplyDeleteOh, Anthony.
Oh, Anthony... oh, Anthony... oh, Anthony...
(*SIGH*)
Seriously... one Christmas Eve or Christmas Day you should attend an Episcopal mass.
(And I'm talking as someone who is equally at home attending Catholic and Protestant Church services.)
"Bleak Winter" is always on our Christmas Eve mass hymn list. It's a kick ass hymn... in a somber sort of way! (*CHUCKLE*) (*GRIN*)
BILL
Bill -- that is why I think the American Catholic church should just take over the Anglican hymnal.
ReplyDeleteAnd for GOD'S sake...
ReplyDeleteSTOP holding masses in cafeterias and gymnaseums!
(*CHUCKLE*) (*GOOD-NATURED RIBBING*)
BILL
Bill -- I actually prefer a gymmnasium or cafeteria to most modern Catholic churches. Though in fairness, you cannot tell the difference.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid growing up on Long Island, my church was a small farming town chruch that suddenly had to deal with an influx of suburbanites. So as a kid, we had Mass in the auditorium of the school, and on Holy Days, the Cafeteria. That ended once the church was expanded.
But many modern churches seem purposefully ugly or utilirarian.
A friend of mine (also Catholic) says that the ultimate new Catholic church wshould be dedicated to "Saint Mary of the Drywall".
I don't know who wrote the music, but the lyrics are already Anglo-Catholic. It's a poem written by Christina Rossetti.
ReplyDeleteJean -- I think Holst of "The Panets" fame wrote the arrangement.
ReplyDeleteAs for Miss Rossetti, I looked her up and you are right, she was quite important in the Anglo-Catholic movement. Interestingly, she never married as her boyfriends had the habit of converting to Catholicism.
I attended a High Church Anglican wedding once and must admit that I fell in love with the language and the hymns.