Denied Confession!

[HisChildForever]

Okay, I have never made an appointment for Confession before, I just go during the Saturday hours. Now I went to Confession just over a week ago, but since I am taking a plane tomorrow I decided it would not hurt to go to Confession this afternoon. I called my parish and was told that they are no longer making appointments! What?? Even though it says so in the bulletin and on the website. Okay, I call up a parish in the town next door - and I get the same response! The lady says I can come on Saturday, but I told her I am taking a plane tomorrow, and she says well none of the priests are here right now. I say okay. After a brief rant to my dad I decide to call my parish back and lay it out for them. So I called back, I said I apologized for calling back but I am taking a long flight tomorrow and I want to go to Confession. I asked if any of the Fathers were there and she said no, she then suggested I call another parish which is actually her parish. Thankfully when I called there they accepted me and I have an appointment at 5. Is this normal? Can a parish "abolish" Confession by appointment??

[Lil Red]

[quote name='HisChildForever' date='18 May 2010 - 12:38 PM' timestamp='1274211502' post='2112960'] Can a parish "abolish" Confession by appointment??[/quote]
no.

[Nihil Obstat]

Well I'd be inclined to assume, just for the sake of charity, that the priests actually were unavailable and couldn't take appointments at the time.

[KnightofChrist]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' date='18 May 2010 - 03:42 PM' timestamp='1274211737' post='2112966']
Well I'd be inclined to assume, just for the sake of charity, that the priests actually were unavailable and couldn't take appointments at the time.
[/quote]

As I understood its not that they couldn't take appointments "at the time" but that they were not taking appointments any more. A priest has the duty to hear confessions I don't see how they could just stop taking appointments all together. What about cases just like HCF's?

Edited May 18, 2010 by KnightofChrist

[HisChildForever]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' date='18 May 2010 - 03:42 PM' timestamp='1274211737' post='2112966']
Well I'd be inclined to assume, just for the sake of charity, that the priests actually were unavailable and couldn't take appointments at the time.
[/quote]

The second parish mentioned that there were no priests only when I said I was taking a plane. When I asked to make an appointment she told me they no longer do that, and the same happened when I called my parish twice.

[MissyP89]

What???

Ugh. UGH. What is [i]wrong[/i] with our state?! (And you have the better of the bishops, so I hear.)

I'm thinking when you get home, we need to start a letter writing campaign, because that's ridiculous. They're never supposed to deny confessions.

And then they wonder why people don't go! UGH.

*hugs* Buon viaggio, girlie!

[HisChildForever]

[quote name='KnightofChrist' date='18 May 2010 - 03:44 PM' timestamp='1274211864' post='2112971']
As I understood its not that they could take appointments "at the time" but that they were not taking appointments any more.
[/quote]

Yeah after I called my parish the second time, I called K-money and ranted to him LOL.

[MissyP89]

Ooh, hey. You could always talk to your priest(s) in person when you're home again, wanting to know what the deal is. Sometimes the receptionists don't communicate well with the priests.

[Winchester]

I think it's funny to text people "Allahu Akbar" whenever they are in an airport.

Or if you can get someone's cell, change their ringer to a voice recording of that and then call them at the appropriate time.

[Nihil Obstat]

You could always show up at the rectory and accost them as they come back from whatever they're doing that day.

"Cmon, srsly, it'll take two minutes! Put your stole on you big baby!"

[HisChildForever]

[quote name='MissyP89' date='18 May 2010 - 03:48 PM' timestamp='1274212106' post='2112979']
Ooh, hey. You could always talk to your priest(s) in person when you're home again, wanting to know what the deal is. Sometimes the receptionists don't communicate well with the priests.
[/quote]

I certainly am! I am also going to tell my dad to mention it to at least one of them this Sunday. The earlier the better.

The woman working the rectory at my parish said the bulletin was wrong. Well why not correct the mistake.

[Winchester]

Give them noogies!

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='Winchester' date='18 May 2010 - 02:49 PM' timestamp='1274212160' post='2112982']
I think it's funny to text people "Allahu Akbar" whenever they are in an airport.

Or if you can get someone's cell, change their ringer to a voice recording of that and then call them at the appropriate time.
[/quote]
Might be best to do that from a payphone.

[KnightofChrist]

[quote name='Winchester' date='18 May 2010 - 03:49 PM' timestamp='1274212160' post='2112982']
I think it's funny to text people "Allahu Akbar" whenever they are in an airport.

Or if you can get someone's cell, change their ringer to a voice recording of that and then call them at the appropriate time.
[/quote]

Sure it's all fun and games until the Air Marshals tackle them to the ground.

[HisChildForever]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' date='18 May 2010 - 03:50 PM' timestamp='1274212216' post='2112984']
You could always show up at the rectory and accost them as they come back from whatever they're doing that day.

"Cmon, srsly, it'll take two minutes! Put your stole on you big baby!"
[/quote]

Knight told me he just shows up. I honestly never thought calling would be an issue! I thought that calling back a second time would cause the woman to sway but nope.