Aloysius Posted June 22, 2004 Author Share Posted June 22, 2004 i have paragraphs on Microsoft Word. i checked spelling. i just checked again and all it found was "referred" was spelled wrong. #1 do you think Acolytes are a good idea #2 if you answered #1 yes, did i make the case that Acolytes are necessary succesfully and respectfully? #3 do you agree with my idea that current Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, if they miss their current weekly position, should be given the job of holding the communion plate (which we don't use now though we should)? #4 you're supposed to address a letter to a bishop "Your Excellency," right?... alright CAN you say "Your Excellency"? Dear Bishop just doesn't sound right to me... :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daugher-of-Mary Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 RandomProddy, are you SURE you aren't Catholic?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 i asked the parish secretary and she said: To address the envelope: The Most Reverend Anthony Milone Bishop of..... Salutation is Your Excellency (formal) or Dear Bishop (informal) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 and i don't agree with #3 - I think that should be something each individual parish should decide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomProddy Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 [quote name='Aloysius' date='Jun 22 2004, 07:13 PM'] you're supposed to address a letter to a bishop "Your Excellency," right?... alright CAN you say "Your Excellency"? Dear Bishop just doesn't sound right to me... :/ [/quote] "Your Excellency" is either for Ambassadors or Archbishops/Cardinals who hold government office, and is only for personal address, not letters. "Dear __" iss appropriate" (If they hold no government office it's "Your Grace" but they have to be above bishop.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 Random, actually, that's not correct. i just talked to my parish secretary and she looked up it in this dictionary she has. that's what i've posted above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomProddy Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 Here's how the NCCB addressed the President: [url="http://www.pregnantpause.org/lex/partbish.htm"]http://www.pregnantpause.org/lex/partbish.htm[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomProddy Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 (edited) [quote name='Lil Red' date='Jun 22 2004, 07:21 PM'] Random, actually, that's not correct. i just talked to my parish secretary and she looked up it in this dictionary she has. that's what i've posted above. [/quote] Fair enough, it maybe works differently here. For some reason Bishops and Archbishops are "Right Reverend" and "Most Reverend". Prince Bishops used to get different titles depending on whether they were in a role as army commanders ( ) or Government officials (bishops here are part of the government and are in the House of Lords). [url="http://217.19.224.165/dioc/middlesbrough.htm"]http://217.19.224.165/dioc/middlesbrough.htm[/url] <-- example. Edited June 22, 2004 by RandomProddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 hmmm, well anyway, that's what we looked up and found. Al, I think Your Excellency sounds more professional, more businesslike. Dear Bishop sounds too buddy-buddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 [quote name='RandomProddy' date='Jun 22 2004, 11:25 AM'] Fair enough, it maybe works differently here. For some reason Bishops and Archbishops are "Right Reverend" and "Most Reverend". Prince Bishops used to get different titles depending on whether they were in a role as army commanders ( ) or Government officials (bishops here are part of the government and are in the House of Lords). [url="http://217.19.224.165/dioc/middlesbrough.htm"]http://217.19.224.165/dioc/middlesbrough.htm[/url] <-- example. [/quote] "Right" Reverend? hmmm, that's interesting. and i forgot you weren't in the same country. sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomProddy Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 (edited) A-ha!! It is "Dear Bishop" ! [url="http://www.mariancatechist.com/html/writersapostolate/writingforpublication/lettertobishop.htm"]http://www.mariancatechist.com/html/writer...tertobishop.htm[/url] Edit: If you do use this form of address I suggest you end the letter on some sort of prayer-like homily or blessing, or you might come off as an atheist shmuck Edited June 22, 2004 by RandomProddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aloysius Posted June 22, 2004 Author Share Posted June 22, 2004 [quote name='Lil Red' date='Jun 22 2004, 12:18 PM'] and i don't agree with #3 - I think that should be something each individual parish should decide. [/quote] okay, well that's my suggestion to make it available to those extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion who still want a permanent ministry in the Mass. but as for the Communion-plate, Rome says it must be retained "The Communion-plate for the Communion of the faithful should be retained, so as to avoid the danger of the sacred host or some fragment of it falling" Redemptionis Sacramentum #93 Rome says we gotta use a Communion-plate, that's not up to individual parishes. But i guess my point was that the Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, if they aren't allowed to serve every week anymore (because they shouldn't have been doing that to begin with, they're extraordinary) could take that up as a weekly ministry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 al, sorry, i didn't mean the communion plate part of that. sorry i wasn't clearer. it's a good suggestion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daugher-of-Mary Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 [quote]Rome says we gotta use a Communion-plate, that's not up to individual parishes. [/quote] Woah...I've never been to a parish that uses the Communion-plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 i have, but my parish does not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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