[Magdalen] Assembly Line Christmas.

[Scott Knitter]

I recall my grandmother's parish in Milwaukee in the mid-1960s (Our
Lady Queen of Peace) having Masses on the hour in the main church and
every hour on the half-hour in the lower church. But these were low
Masses in both churches with the exception of one high Mass in the
main church, and some of the main-church low Masses could have organ
or some hymns involved. My dad liked to check the number of lighted
candles (two for low, six for high) to make sure we were headed for a
low one so we could get it done quickly.

IIRC, it was quite a cattle call...massive numbers of people moving
into and out of the church all morning.

On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 7:53 PM, Roger Stokes
<roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> wrote:
> I certainly would not want to be part of an "every hour on the hour" pattern
> of services in the same church, particularly if they have large numbers of
> communicants to cope with.  That said I recall as a Curate sometimes
> celebrating four Eucharists in four different churches using four different
> rites in a Sunday morning.  As a supplu priest now I will generally finish
> the service in less than 60 minutes, hopefully taking it at a relatively
> reverent pace, but with a modest number of communicants.




-- 
Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA