socalscout Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 I go to confession at one of the parishes in my city, yes we actually have two in a very small city go figure. Anyway I have to stand 10-15 feet back so I do not hear the person in front of me confessing their sins. On top of that the priest talks realy loud. I should ad this to the "Annoying Catholic"Thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureSoror Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 (edited) Uhh... no. We have to stand back a-ways too. Oh, and it's best not to pick a pew to do your penance in that's too close to the confessional either. Edited December 20, 2004 by FutureSoror Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
immaculata Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 lol at school our priest hears confessions in the closet.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
immaculata Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 (which are affectionately referred to as the "sinner stalls" ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamweaver Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 (edited) Our church has fancy confessionals that basically have their own ventilation system. Unless the priest is especially loud, you really can't hear anything. People stand about 10 feet away anyways. [edit] dumb mistakes Edited December 20, 2004 by Dreamweaver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureSoror Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 Oh, at my school the confessional is a tiny little office that is bare except for a chair and a kneller with a green piece of fabric/curtain separating them. You have to stand far away from it too, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daugher-of-Mary Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 Our confessionals are old-fashioned solid oak, so they are pretty sound proof...except for one priest who talks really loudly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 priest at my church hears confessions in the chapel...which is windowed, so you can see who is in confession, but not hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piccoli Fiori JMJ Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 AT my Parish, we have a Confession room in the Chapel... pretty sound proof... but if we have a Penence Service... well, the Priests are stationed all over the church in chairs... No real confessionals... All we have is that one room that is there so people don't have to look at the priest for confession... other than that, it is face to face... out in the middle of the church and lines are amde to wait at least 10 feet away... but we have quiet Priests... and usually there is "quiet" music going... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinner Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 We go to our Cathedral with old style screens/kneelers and the Priest is in the other room. They are pretty sound proof and folks wait in pews about 15 ft away......... we are blessed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrea348 Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 I went to a holy hour for Divine Mercy Sunday at a local church in my college town which is a really traditional looking church. They have the confessionals where there is a door for the priest and two curtains on either side for the people to go in and kneel. I can't imagine they were sound proof. I was too scared to go. I went to confession later in the day at my Newman Center where confession takes place in the priests office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 The place where I generally go is soundproof, but at another parish I sometimes attend the confessional is only separated off by a cloth curtain, and it's right at the back of the sanctuary, and the priest hears confessions right before Mass. Not exactly my idea of confidential ... but apparently it works for some people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Adam Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 At my parish in GR the confessional is fairly sound proof. The line starts next to the door and I've never heard anything. Here in Steubie though we have confession 4 nights a week and with about 2,200 students coming the friars are scattered around the chapel usually seperated by about 20 feet or so. Everyone is quiet enough that you don't hear any confessions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 Our confessional is a room off of the chapel. It's soundproof. However, last weekend there was a wedding that ran long and our one and only priest had to run from the wedding (he was already 30 minutes late), into the confessional. One of the other priests (there were FIVE priests at this wedding) stayed and heard confessions in another part of the chapel. No privacy that way, but no biggy to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pio Nono Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 JMJ 12/20 - Fourth Monday of Advent You should come to Rome...the ones in St. Peter's look like this (and they're the most private ones I've seen in the city - the confessionals usually don't have those little flaps of wood on the sides acting as face guards)... [img]http://freestockphotos.com/CHRISTIAN/Confessional.jpeg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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