Apotheoun Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 This is a rather bizarre thread. There is simply nothing wrong with saving seats for your friends at Mass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StColette Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 [quote name='Apotheoun' post='1596277' date='Jul 9 2008, 03:56 PM']This is a rather bizarre thread. There is simply nothing wrong with saving seats for your friends at Mass.[/quote] It's really starting to make me giggle lol [quote]Perhaps no one formally complained but I'm sure I was not the only one who felt left out.[/quote] I'm sorry that you felt left out. That was never my experience at FUS at Mass or with any of the households. Maybe there was just a bad crop of people while you were there, but that definitely wasn't my experience. I have a question though, were there no seats elsewhere? and was this their household Mass? I know many of the households have a Mass that they always attend together each week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 [quote name='StColette' post='1596284' date='Jul 9 2008, 02:00 PM']It's really starting to make me giggle lol[/quote] Well, the answer is quite simple. The Roman Church should get rid of pews entirely. Pews -- after all -- were a Reformation innovation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archaeology cat Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 [quote name='Apotheoun' post='1596290' date='Jul 9 2008, 09:05 PM']Well, the answer is quite simple. The Roman Church should get rid of pews entirely. Pews -- after all -- were a Reformation innovation. [/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StColette Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 [quote name='Apotheoun' post='1596290' date='Jul 9 2008, 04:05 PM']Well, the answer is quite simple. The Roman Church should get rid of pews entirely. Pews -- after all -- were a Reformation innovation. [/quote] ROFL!!!! As long as I can sit on the floor, I would be quite okay with that lol This belly is getting a little heavy to be stand for too long lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 [quote name='StColette' post='1596292' date='Jul 9 2008, 02:06 PM']ROFL!!!! As long as I can sit on the floor, I would be quite okay with that lol[/quote] Sitting on the floor -- at certain times during the liturgy -- is permitted. Churches also have a few benches along the walls for the elderly, infirm, and others in real need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friendofJPII Posted July 9, 2008 Author Share Posted July 9, 2008 [quote name='StColette' post='1596284' date='Jul 9 2008, 03:00 PM'][i]It's really starting to make me giggle lol I'm sorry that you felt left out. That was never my experience at FUS at Mass or with any of the households. Maybe there was just a bad crop of people while you were there, but that definitely wasn't my experience. I have a question though, were there no seats elsewhere? and was this their household Mass? I know many of the households have a Mass that [/i]they always attend together each week.[/quote] Honestly, it's been so long that I don't remember the specifics of the mass. I just remember feeling very out of the loop when I was not in HH and very trapped and stifiled when I was in HH. The girls that moved back to my geographical area were very controlling the first few years out of college, I felt like I was in a cult and it took a lot of courage (and therapy) to break free. Anyway my main post was about HH life and how it could be improved, saving seats was just one of my pet peeves. I really think the campus might be better off w/o them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archaeology cat Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 [quote name='Apotheoun' post='1596295' date='Jul 9 2008, 09:07 PM']Sitting on the floor -- at certain times during the liturgy -- is permitted. Churches also have a few benches along the walls for the elderly, infirm, and others in real need.[/quote] That works for me. (And to go from another discussion - I'm perfectly capable of breastfeeding while standing ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 I was not in the Households (I really was too old for such things), but I think that they are better than having fraternities at the school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 [quote name='Archaeology cat' post='1596298' date='Jul 9 2008, 02:13 PM']That works for me. (And to go from another discussion - I'm perfectly capable of breastfeeding while standing ) [/quote] You're gifted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friendofJPII Posted July 9, 2008 Author Share Posted July 9, 2008 I can see the need for a Christian group at a secular public or secular Catholic university, but not at FUS where there already is much Catholic support. I think the campus would be a much better place w/o the segregated groups. People would be free to form friendships as they pleased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 (edited) [quote name='friendofJPII' post='1596306' date='Jul 9 2008, 02:19 PM']I can see the need for a Christian group at a secular public or secular Catholic university, but not at FUS where there already is much Catholic support. I think the campus would be a much better place w/o the segregated groups. People would be free to form friendships as they pleased.[/quote] I never saw any "segregation" at FUS. Now, as I said, I did not belong to a Household, and I was older than most of the other students I associated with, but I was always made to feel welcome. When I completed my MA in Theology a group of students from the Trinity East dorm commissioned an icon for me of St. Gregory Palamas (my patron saint) as a gift. I made many great friends at FUS, and several of them call me on a fairly regular basis to [i]shoot[/i] the theological breeze. Edited July 9, 2008 by Apotheoun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archaeology cat Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 [quote name='Apotheoun' post='1596302' date='Jul 9 2008, 09:16 PM']You're gifted.[/quote] It's all about having a baby carrier wrap. (much more difficult otherwise). OK, end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friendofJPII Posted July 9, 2008 Author Share Posted July 9, 2008 (edited) I think it was a very segregated campus, HH-wise and gender-wise. Friendships between men and women were not encouraged. It was seriously like the [i]Awkward Song [/i]on you-tube, "if they see you talking you're getting married!" Edited July 9, 2008 by friendofJPII Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StColette Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 [quote name='friendofJPII' post='1596334' date='Jul 9 2008, 04:46 PM']Friendships between men and women were not encouraged.[/quote] Very different than the experience I had, I think I was friends with an even amount of guys and girls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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