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3 From: Rita Starceski <RSTARCES@PIT.LEGENT.COM>
3 Hi Father,
3 1. What is the church teaching concerning standing
3 during the concecration?
3 2. my mom always used to wear a head covering of some
3 type to church. Why are/were women supposed to have
3 their head covered in church ?
3 Is it just during mass or anytime in Church you are
3 supposed have your head covered ?
3 I remember a priest telling my Mom, about 6-7 years ago,
3 that the Church never really changed their teaching on
3 women wearing a head-covering in church. Is this true ??
3 Thanks!
3 God Bless you,
3 Rita
3 P.S. Could you CC me on the answer to these questions ?
3 I am not yet subscribed to the email list.
3 rstarces@pit.legent.com
3 starcesk@telerama.lm.com
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Dear Rita,
Actually, your 2 questions are not about the Catholic Faith (the
doctrines Catholics believe), but about 2 points of church
etiquette (how we are to behave in church toward God and one
another). Therefore, neither one is a matter of Church
*teaching*, but merely points of discipline.
To your first question about standing during the Eucharistic
Prayer (and so at the Consecration) and at Holy Communion, I
answered this question for another questioner just a month ago, so
I will repeat that answer for you.
"Dear Gregg,
Before beginning to write this answer to your message, I called the
Chancery Office of a major U.S. Archdiocese to consult litrugy and
canon law personnel there about present-day discipline regarding
kneeling and/or standing during the Eucharistic prayer (and,
therefore, at the Consecration) of the Mass. I shall be reporting to
you here the substance of what I found out.
I can find no Roman document mandating or even recmmending standing
instead of kneeling during the Eucharistic prayer, including the
Consecration and thereafter. Elliott's "Ceremonies of the Modern
Roman Rite" (Ignatius Press), p. 56, says: "(The people) are meant
to observe the rules of the episcopal conference concerning standing,
kneeling and sitting during celebrations." COMMENT: I was told,
when I called the aforementioned archdiocesan chancery officials,
that the U.S. episcopal conference has *not* issued any directives
about standing/kneeling during the Eucharistic prayer OR while
receiving Communion. I was further told that, when section 34 of
"Eucharisticum Mysterium" (Sacred Congregation of Rites, April 13,
1967) says: "The faithful should willingly adopt the method
indicated by their pastors," the word "pastors" means "bishops" or
"episcopal conferences", not (repeat *not*) "parish priests" or
"liturgy coordinators". Therefore, the congregation remains free to
stand or kneel as each one chooses. Parish officials do not have the
authority to impose a uniformity which the local bishop, or bishops'
conference, or Rome does not impose.
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