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Offline Last Tradhican

Re: List being taken for Gov't of names of all Mass Attendees... Advice?
« Reply #15 on: September 28, 2020, 09:29:40 AM »
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You could donate a dollar a week, if that's all your means allowed, have ten children, and send them to Catholic school for free (or at least that's the way it was in my diocese, mid-1970s).  Non-Catholic students were allowed to attend for minimal cost, IIRC it was $300 per year.  Pocket change.
Unfortunately, by the 1970's, the schools where I grew up were already totally taken over by the Novus Ordo, ecuŠ¼enical, effeminate, peace and love, commie false religion.

Also, factoring in inflation, that $300 back in 1970, could today buy between $6000 to as much as $15,000. I think Catholic schools today charge about $6000 to $8,000, no? So the price is still the same as in the 1970's, its just that people make less money than in the 1970's. And of course to those that remember when you could buy school for $300, $6000 sounds like a rip-off.  
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Offline Stubborn

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Re: List being taken for Gov't of names of all Mass Attendees... Advice?
« Reply #16 on: September 28, 2020, 10:45:29 AM »
Quote from: Simplehomeschooler on September 27, 2020, 12:49:03 PM
I would love to hear some thoughts on a predicament my family is in. I discovered today that someone at our chapel has been in the choir loft during each of the Masses writing down names and number for all the family members that are there because our state government requires a list be kept for 30 days in case contact tracing is needed. We were never informed that this list was being kept. We WERE informed that we needed to sign up for Masses and keep the attendance at 50%, but could use an alias name. Obviously that wasn't the case because this parishioner, who knows all the families, was taking down real names and numbers.

Any thoughts? I have my own, but I want to see if I am way off base. And I'm also curious if anyone has some examples of saints that I could use when approaching our pastor. I realize that he ultimately has authority over his chapel, but not telling us what was being done and being transparent about it really doesn't sit well with me.

Thanks!
Mom in NY
Can you tells us how did you discover someone in the choir loft is doing this? And spill the beans, what chapel in NY is this happening at?

My thoughts are if I discovered this at my chapel, I would confront the person directly and get the whole story. If true, then I would tell the person to keep me and my family off the list. I would make sure to do it after Mass in an inquisitive manor, not in an argumentative or challenging way, but definitely in front of the exit doors where the crowd usually gathers and can hear everything, I would encourage their participation in the conversation and see what they think, let the person hear their opinions which presumably is the same as your opinion. Maybe it would do nothing, but hopefully that would settle the matter either way.

 

 
 
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Offline confederate catholic

Re: List being taken for Gov't of names of all Mass Attendees... Advice?
« Reply #17 on: September 28, 2020, 10:51:15 AM »
 I don't think it's Warners since they use a school for mass.

Found this gem on their website

I guess seasonal allergies will kill you now bunch of :clown:
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or are exhibiting symptoms of cold or allergies, you must stay home.

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Offline Simplehomeschooler

Re: List being taken for Gov't of names of all Mass Attendees... Advice?
« Reply #18 on: September 28, 2020, 11:07:07 AM »
Quote from: Leon Xiv on September 27, 2020, 05:16:28 PM
Maybe check out whether the 'volunteer' has any political associations, I've seen this type of thing happen before covid at the likes of parties when someone starts slagging off at the government.
The person taking the names is our "parish secretary" and lady-who-does-everything for Father. So, it is not for herself that she is doing it. She is also the one who receives the RSVP each week from the people who register for which Mass they are going to. It makes no difference if we email our reservation with an alias if she is just going to put down our real names when we arrive!
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Offline Simplehomeschooler

Re: List being taken for Gov't of names of all Mass Attendees... Advice?
« Reply #19 on: September 28, 2020, 11:07:40 AM »
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