cappie Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 FATHER Greg Reynolds wants his church of dissident Catholics to welcome all - ''every man and his dog'', one might say, risking the non-inclusive language he deplores - but even he was taken aback when that was put to the test during Mass yesterday. A first-time visitor arrived late at the Inclusive Catholics service in South Yarra with a large and well-trained German shepherd. When the consecrated bread and wine were passed around, the visitor took some bread and fed it to his dog. Apart from one stifled gasp, those present showed admirable presence of mind - but the dog was not offered the cup! Father Reynolds, a Melbourne priest for 32 years, launched Inclusive Catholics earlier this year. He now ministers to up to 40 people at fortnightly services alternating between two inner-suburban Protestant churches. Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/dissidents-preach-a-new-breed-of-catholicism-20120805-23nyg.html#ixzz22ipCOaT9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spem in alium Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I'm speechless. (I wish Americans used "fortnight" more often...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineM Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I believe Protestant is the important word in that article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToJesusMyHeart Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Wait, wait, wait. Was the consecrated bread that the dog ate the truly transubstantiated Body of Christ? If so....For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureCarmeliteClaire Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Oh my gosh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG45 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I literally gasped too, when I read this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I would be very surprised if the consecration was valid. Most loosey goosey crapfests like that use leavened bread of some kind. Unleavened bread is seen as too stuffy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amppax Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 This makes me sick to my stomach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice_nine Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 passing around communion? sounds Anglican to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG45 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 [quote name='Ice_nine' timestamp='1344277960' post='2463518'] passing around communion? sounds Anglican to me [/quote] Or Disciples of Christ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cappie Posted August 6, 2012 Author Share Posted August 6, 2012 [i]The Age [/i]newspaper was holding Catholicism up to ridicule in an article published in the paper yesterday, Archbishop Denis Hart, of the Archdiocese of Melbourne, said in a statement. The article, headlined "Every flock needs a shepherd", reports that at a Mass conducted by a group called Inclusive Catholics, the Blessed Sacrament was given to a dog. Archbishop Hart said: “anyone who would feed the Eucharist to a dog is an abomination.†In a letter to the editor of [i]The Age [/i]yesteerday, the Archbishop said “Your article is in bad faith. It is the most fundamental and defining belief of Catholics that what you call ‘the consecrated bread and wine’ is the body and blood of Jesus Christ.†“That you should choose to report the matter in the way that you did can only be understood as an attempt to hold Catholicism up to ridicule. “Your integrity in this matter can be judged by asking whether, if something sacred to Judaism or Islam had similarly been desecrated, you would have treated the matter with such flippancy.†[url="http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=32607"]http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=32607[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 (edited) [quote name='Ice_nine' timestamp='1344277960' post='2463518'] passing around communion? sounds Anglican to me [/quote] Every Anglican/Episcopal church I've been too in recent memory has had - and used - altar rails. Something about glass houses.... Edited August 7, 2012 by USAirwaysIHS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToJesusMyHeart Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Oh, how I long for altar rails again. And disciplinary action against priests such as this guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotpink Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Didn't a donkey once bow at communion or something for that Francis guy? Why didn't God make the dog do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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