Rancor at Pray Tell? Is this possible? LOL.

Got a copy forwarded by our retired Monsignor on Thursday. As I read the memo from the "Office of Worship" there were to have been two intentions added to the Universal Prayer. Well, I do those on Mondays, and with graduations, Oklahoma and the magnitude of the feast, 'twere full already. So, prior to the hour, each celebrant improv'd when and how to acknowledge the event and offer the petitions. The response by PiP's- underwhelming.

I learned about it on May 12th. The music director said he got the word from the diocese a couple of days before he told me. So I'm assuming that the diocese got word earlier so they could put together the planning booklet they sent out.

I'm not sure what attendance was though. I wasn't able to attend because the choir was preparing for Mass during the holy hour.

It's been posted on the Year of Faith website since last October and it was in the USCCB liturgy newsletter last month........in our parish the pastor waited until he got an Email from our Bishop, last wednesday evening, to plan anything......

We've had it planned for quite a while. I don't know the exact date, but I do believe it was before Easter. I didn't actually realize it was a "world wide" day, but thought our Pastor did this out of his own initiative. My choir was not involved though. I think about 500 attended the hour.

I heard nothing about it until I read it here.

Our Bishop held adoration at the Cathedral, which was advertised on catholic radio for about a week. No mention at the parish level, although one of our regular Masses was concurrent. I would have added the intercessions at Mass, but wasn't aware of them.

Our diocesan office of worship sent a couple of emails, and I read about it on another site too (can't remember). We had enough time to get it in the bulletin and make an announcement the week before. We did it between the two Sunday Masses, about 25 people. With more notice, I'm sure we would get more.

Anyone who accuses the Church of a conspiracy of any kind grossly overestimates the organizational skills of her leadership.

To paraphrase...
"I don't believe in organized religion. That's why I'm a Catholic."

In the east they say, "Orthodoxy - the finest in disorganized religion."

We missed the worldwide adoration yesterday by 30 minutes, as our regular Sunday mass schedule is for 11:30. But, we did have a Corpus Christi procession with adoration afterwards, so, although it wasn't exactly at the assigned time, it was close enough, in my opinion.

And, I also found out about it on Facebook through the Year of Faith page.

I found out at the homily that day. Being 9 hours ahead of Rome, this would have been at 2am for us here in Sydney.

It was a poorly thought-through concept that was euthanized by benign neglect in communication.

Perhaps we will never know for sure, but I wonder if Liam's "benign neglect" was in some ways planned. We know the worldwide event was announced a year ago. We know that many people did not hear that initial announcement a year ago. And we know that the Vatican's own press office and information service did next to nothing to drum up publicity for the event subsequent to Benedict's renunciation of the Petrine office. One has to wonder why there was this almost complete neglect by the Vatican.

It's little wonder that dioceses and parishes were caught off guard. Perhaps some who had heard the announcement a year ago were waiting to receive further information from the new papacy.

"G's" initial comment which began this discussion refers to "rancor" by some over at the PrayTell blog site. Personally, I do not see any evidence of rancor. Rather, the comments there are remarkably similar to those on this thread.

I heard it from a member of my choir who observed that it would be occurring at the same time that we would be singing together at 11:15 am mass (EDT). Didn't hear it from the parish at all. I think the diocese put up a last minute note on Facebook.