tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post6071420409280329654..comments2024-03-28T20:30:10.681-04:00Comments on southern orders: HOW CONVENIENT ARE THE TIMES FOR CONFESSION IN YOUR PARISH?Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-57420860515116643842014-03-27T10:41:17.626-04:002014-03-27T10:41:17.626-04:00I highly sympathize with the constraints and deman...I highly sympathize with the constraints and demands for their time that priests labor under, but one where I cut them no slack and want to hear no whining is regarding the availability of confessions.<br /><br />Every priest should spend thirty minutes every single day in the confessional. <br /><br />Every. Single. Day. No exceptions, ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-51322309158405139472014-03-26T10:42:00.257-04:002014-03-26T10:42:00.257-04:00There are two "personal parishes" in my ...There are two "personal parishes" in my neighborhood, a Polish one and a Slovak one (the Slovak one also has the EF every Saturday night at 6). Both parishes have confession a half hour before EVERY Mass, 7 days a week. The regular diocisean novus ordo parishes only have one confession per week, except during Lent and Advent, when most will schedule several communal reconcilliation services. Dan Znoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-25518385981629086182014-03-25T13:02:01.299-04:002014-03-25T13:02:01.299-04:00At my traditional parish, we have confessions twic...At my traditional parish, we have confessions twice a day every day with a third time for confessions on Fridays and Sundays. Our priests expect us to confess at least every two weeks, so we can gain plenary indulgencesJacobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-30168185890212107572014-03-24T21:13:48.166-04:002014-03-24T21:13:48.166-04:00Sadly at my parish when ever one of our retired pr...Sadly at my parish when ever one of our retired priest is celebrating Mass they never seem to want to hear confessions or they forget and show up 10mins before Mass. <br /><br />At some of our parishes they have there confessions after Mass which doesn't make too much sense. <br /><br />It would be wonderful if they would hear confessions every day before every Mass but that's too much to ask for. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09675139172199619667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-79695864087971877472014-03-24T20:57:22.761-04:002014-03-24T20:57:22.761-04:00I'm not sure how he did it, but the Msgr who t...I'm not sure how he did it, but the Msgr who took over a parish I had attended instituted daily Confession prior to 8 AM Mass. (30 mins) Also Confession is offered on Saturday morning and PM (45 mins)and Sunday prior to 9:45AM Mass (30 mins). Guess what?: When Confession was offered more, then more people went/go. I rediscovered that parish a few years after the pastor was appointed so I don't know if he promoted frequent confessions in sermons or if the fact that it was offered frequently caused people to recognize its importance. There's been no drop off with the appt of the new Msgr who has maintained the same schedule.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-78277167534341168692014-03-24T20:19:04.600-04:002014-03-24T20:19:04.600-04:00It's easier to offer confessions before each M...It's easier to offer confessions before each Mass when there are three or more priests. In one priest parishes, the confessor must stop confessions in plenty of time to get ready for Mass, thus sometimes disappointing penitents. In two priest parishes, one of the priests will occasionally have to substitute in other parishes, thus leaving his own parish with only one priest. That said, I do think offering confessions before each Mass is preferable, if at all possible. Rood Screenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816036539243214384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-83167547894395262072014-03-24T20:05:24.211-04:002014-03-24T20:05:24.211-04:00Before every Holy Day Mass, each Mass. And by app...Before every Holy Day Mass, each Mass. And by appointment.rcghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09131930849106490711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-56368098207534859572014-03-24T19:58:40.270-04:002014-03-24T19:58:40.270-04:00At the FSSP Church I sometimes attend, Confession ...At the FSSP Church I sometimes attend, Confession is before Mass. People line up along both side walls of the Church (2 Confessionals) while someone is leading the congregation in saying the Rosary. Very nice.Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-40623589161517878142014-03-24T19:38:40.326-04:002014-03-24T19:38:40.326-04:00The normally scheduled time for Confessions at my ...The normally scheduled time for Confessions at my home parish is, and has been for a long time, Saturday evening at 5:00 p.m.--the hour before the vigil Mass. This is nothing new here (though it may not have been continuous for over 100 years) as our 1912 Parish Directory (interestingly enough) also listed Saturday evenings as the scheduled time for Confessions (this was some fifty or more years before the advent of the Saturday vigil Mass).<br /><br />At any rate, I certainly would find it far more convenient to have Sunday Confessions as I bring my family to Sunday Mass and I teach religious education, which starts at 9:00 a.m.. <br /><br />As an attorney, I wet shave and wear a "collar and tie" six days a week and get up early all of those days. Saturday is the one day that I don't shave and dress like a mechanic or farmer. I live 20 miles from town and I usually don't come to town on Saturday afternoons. This is my one day to just stay around the house or go out of town, if need be. Some would say I should "clean up" and come to Confession on Saturday evenings regardless. I just don't want to give up this one day and prefer to go at other times (Sunday mornings or weekdays and not on Saturdays). My Confessions would be far more regular and frequent if other opportunities were regularly offered.<br /><br />Joseph Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00036852763902493131noreply@blogger.com