tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356311314736604746.post739965431843810605..comments2023-04-15T08:58:45.674-05:00Comments on White Around The Collar: Going Against the GrainFather Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00294866489023253803noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356311314736604746.post-23231734152210111552008-07-04T23:03:00.000-05:002008-07-04T23:03:00.000-05:00I personally believe it was a mistake to allow gir...I personally believe it was a mistake to allow girls to serve, outside of an emergency. Then again...were there "emergencies" before girls were allowed to serve? <BR/><BR/>I work in a parish and when I can, I ask the boys to serve first. If I can't find the boys, or if a girl volunteers before I get to all the boys, I end up allowing them to serve. They're on "the list" and so I don't have a choice.<BR/><BR/>I myself, as an adult woman, was asked by Father to serve at a Benediction because there was no one else, and I agreed, although it's not an honor I would seek out! (And it WAS an honor and a very powerful moment...very humbling, actually. And it's a long story as to how that happened.) But it also solidified the necessity of male-only altar servers. I believe that allowing girls to serve only manages to give false hope that the Church "might change" her stance on male-only ordination. <BR/><BR/>This can be a very charged topic, and I often think of how to address it with the female servers in the parish where I work should our new Archbishop change the rules. That's the difficult thing; it's one thing to go from strict to permissive. But it's REALLY DIFFICULT to tighten the reins without having a spiritual impact on people who haven't been properly formed.Adorohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356311314736604746.post-90047257407484400612008-06-30T10:43:00.000-05:002008-06-30T10:43:00.000-05:00While I enjoy the fact that my own daughter has th...While I enjoy the fact that my own daughter has the privilege of serving at Mass, I also see that it doesn't carry the same meaning for her as it did when I was young, and I've wondered if it is because there is no connection for her between altar service and the priesthood.AGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03876121432718073982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356311314736604746.post-58089057720351234152008-06-28T17:14:00.000-05:002008-06-28T17:14:00.000-05:00I agree with the measure of letting only boys serv...I agree with the measure of letting only boys serve the altar. I am a career woman, but the same way we understand that in the Catholic Church only males can be ordained as priests, we should also understand that the practice of having girls serving as "altar boys" is not preserving our Catholic traditions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356311314736604746.post-3944869169036375242008-06-27T01:26:00.000-05:002008-06-27T01:26:00.000-05:00In my own parish it is next to impossible to get b...In my own parish it is next to impossible to get boys to serve on the altar because they see it as girly. I suggested to my parish priest that he have a girls' team and a boys' team but alas he didn't see his way clear to doing this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com