The moment that the consecrated Eucharist, called the Blessed Sacrament, was removed from the premises, these churches effectively became mere buildings, albeit ones in which generations had been baptized, married and eulogized.
Annually, hundreds of devotees come together in the premises of churches across Karachi and in Tamil Nadu to hoist a flag bearing an image of Our Lady of Valenkanni and partake in a short prayer followed by other rituals including the distribution of blessed medals by a priest.
"Being a Catholic church we have to promote the gospel, and that's what we use our premises for". Anglican churches in the UK have taken similar decisions at one time or another.
While I doubt that I or other church leaders or ministers of the past would agree to such a commercial enterprise on church premises, if we had, we would be writing letters to the Leader and communicating with neighbors about the whys and wherefores of the proposed project.
Firstly, beer drinking rarely takes place on church premises.
Baba mumbled, blaming himself for not going more often to sweep the church premises.
More than once, kids sassily shouted "Hola Gringos!" at us, grinning and waving, as we entered the church premises.
The mystery plays, usually representing biblical subjects, developed from plays presented in Latin by churchmen on church premises and depicted such subjects as the Creation,, the murder of Abel, and the Last Judgment.
The mystery plays, usually representing biblical subjects, developed from plays presented in Latin by churchmen on church premises and depicted such subjects as the Creation, Adam and Eve, the murder of Abel, and the Last Judgment.
Two thousand years after the financial services industry was ejected from church premises, the Archbishop of Canterbury not only wants to invite the money-changers back in – he wants churchgoers to help them expand their lending.
