Dave Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 From the Adoremus site (www.adoremus.org) Montreal Manifesto: "Sacred Meals", Not Mass "Intimate family-like meals, with hearty chunks of crusty bread, as well as wine, soup, other food, Scripture readings, singing and discussion, often in the absence of a priest, would largely -- but not wholly -- supplant the traditional Mass", according to Harvey Shepherd in The Montreal Gazette December 6. "How Quebec Catholics remember Jesus with bread and wine will change dramatically if more than 110 Catholics -- from young adults to leading theologians and a few church bureaucrats -- have their way", Shepherd wrote. The report said that a campaign to promote the "Repas de Fraternité" (Meal of Brotherhood) was launched at the end of October at the Relais Mont-Royal, a center for young adults sponsored by the archdiocese of Montreal. The objective? To "build community", organizers say. "It lets me become human again", said actor Mario Bard, who co-founded the Relais seven years ago. He explained that the intimate sacred meals were conceived as a way for the Church to carry on with fewer priests. But there is more on the agenda. A manifesto, signed by about 110 Catholics, states that the failure of the Eucharist to fulfill its original purpose of building the Church as a community poses a mortal danger to the church in Quebec and France. "A church that no longer embodied community would run the risk of becoming a (mere) religion, providing ceremonies and other services to people who hardly know one another, if at all", the manifesto says. Source: "A More Intimate Mass", The Montreal Gazette, December 6, 2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyperdulia again Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 ???????????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyperdulia again Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 how are they planning to consecrate their "sacred meals"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 13, 2004 Author Share Posted February 13, 2004 Your guess is as good as mine, dude! :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.SIGGA Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 It sounds like all they need is a a good retreat team for community building and nice parish parish pot luck if they want to eat so badly. The petition is kinda stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 13, 2004 Author Share Posted February 13, 2004 (edited) It sounds like all they need is a a good retreat team for community building and nice parish parish pot luck if they want to eat so badly. The petition is kinda stupid. :: :haha: :thatsfunny: :laugh: :crackup: Actually, a potluck sounds like just what the doctor ordered! Edited February 13, 2004 by Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyperdulia again Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hananiah Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 This is definitely one of the more blasphemous things I have read recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilroy the Ninja Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 it's the French in them... :napoleon: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.SIGGA Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 it's the French in them... :napoleon: I think it's something that happens when Catholics cross the ocean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hananiah Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 Most European Catholics aren't much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleflower+JMJ Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 oh dear. :shame: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatcatholic Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 too bad it's not ok to cuss.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcePrincessKRS Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 :: PhatCatholic... you're funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellenita Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 This sounds no different to any number of protestant fellowship meals I used to go to! Very nice they were too, but no sense of the Holy Presence of the Lord which is very real in the Mass. Most European catholics aren't much better. Evidence please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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