Did priests do this/allow this:
- - Show Christian movies in Churches? (with projector screen)
- - Hold Catholic seminars in Churches?
- - Graduation ceremonies in Churches?
- - Hold Church fundraisers in Churches?
Or was the Church building for Catholic worship only?
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Ideally the Church proper should be used only for Mass and religious ceremony, such as Baptisms, Rosary, Stations of the Cross, Benediction, Vespers, Holy Hour, Confessions, that sort of thing. Conferences, fund raisers, Legion of Mary, Catechism classes, graduation ceremonies, Christian movies (with screen), pancake breakfasts and the like would be held in the Parish Hall. Well, what if you don't have a parish hall, and it's raining outside?
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Bottom line, you can do any of these things inside the Church proper when you don't have any alternative place to go, but you must remove the Blessed Sacrament from the tabernacle, and it's a good idea to leave the door open so everyone can see that the tabernacle is empty, such as on Good Friday when you use the Altar of Repose. Only this time you don't use the Altar of Repose, you take the Blessed Sacrament out of the building entirely and use another secure location. This might be a difficulty for the priest.
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When a new parish is being built, the first building used for Mass is constructed in an off-center place where it can eventually be used as a parish hall after the permanent Church is established. One building project at a time, as the funds can be collected and saved up. A growing parish presents a lot of challenges for the pastor and the faithful. This is all inherently part of Catholic tradition.
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After the novelties following Vatican II, when the tabernacle was moved away from the center of the main altar, this invited other innovations. When Our Lord is in exile every day as a matter of course, people forget to genuflect, and that's seen as an accommodation to help Protestants feel better coming inside for whatever reason, like a funeral or a musical program or a wedding. So that's all part of the revolution of Newchurch, and a different topic as it were. That is, I'm not sure if you're asking about that.
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