I agree Grace, I think the issue is that parishes don’t think far enough ahead. I believe it would be helpful the average Catholic family for the parish to give them a month heads up. In the Mass announcements (yes, that beloved practice), posted in the bulletin up front, social media and other means of communication. In parishes where s…
I agree Grace, I think the issue is that parishes don’t think far enough ahead. I believe it would be helpful the average Catholic family for the parish to give them a month heads up. In the Mass announcements (yes, that beloved practice), posted in the bulletin up front, social media and other means of communication. In parishes where something like this happens it seems people are less harried by HDO. Because it has been put on their radar well ahead of time.
I wonder if it would even be possible for a diocese to require that a parish have HDO Mass schedules set a couple months beforehand, have a bare minimum in terms communicating the HDO Mass schedules set, and even have an interactive map of the diocese with the different Mass times. You know have them lift a finger to help people live out their obligations.
Many churches do include a standard (e.g.) "Daily Mass at 7:00; 7:00 and 5:30 on holy days" in their bulletins. Albeit sometimes there is a last-minute change when the actual week comes.
It seems I seldom hear about masstimes.org anymore, even though it does still exist. These days people seem to prefer going directly to the church website (which did not always really exist in the early-00s heyday of masstimes.org).
Masstimes.org is helpful to a person who is thinking ahead, or I guess once they’ve gotten the reminder about the HDO, but doesn’t help with the lack of cultural context for them. (Like actually knowing about it and celebrating it.)
I know. I was just thinking about how Masstimes.org is still useful but only for people who are already looking for the time. I still use it quite a bit, mostly to find confession times, but also when traveling.
I agree Grace, I think the issue is that parishes don’t think far enough ahead. I believe it would be helpful the average Catholic family for the parish to give them a month heads up. In the Mass announcements (yes, that beloved practice), posted in the bulletin up front, social media and other means of communication. In parishes where something like this happens it seems people are less harried by HDO. Because it has been put on their radar well ahead of time.
I wonder if it would even be possible for a diocese to require that a parish have HDO Mass schedules set a couple months beforehand, have a bare minimum in terms communicating the HDO Mass schedules set, and even have an interactive map of the diocese with the different Mass times. You know have them lift a finger to help people live out their obligations.
Many churches do include a standard (e.g.) "Daily Mass at 7:00; 7:00 and 5:30 on holy days" in their bulletins. Albeit sometimes there is a last-minute change when the actual week comes.
It seems I seldom hear about masstimes.org anymore, even though it does still exist. These days people seem to prefer going directly to the church website (which did not always really exist in the early-00s heyday of masstimes.org).
Masstimes.org is helpful to a person who is thinking ahead, or I guess once they’ve gotten the reminder about the HDO, but doesn’t help with the lack of cultural context for them. (Like actually knowing about it and celebrating it.)
Sure; I was replying to a different sub-comment.
I know. I was just thinking about how Masstimes.org is still useful but only for people who are already looking for the time. I still use it quite a bit, mostly to find confession times, but also when traveling.
Yes…it’s almost like the parish has the same problem of being taken by surprise as the parishioner! Haha!