saint veronica catholic church

Okay, in about 2004, our parish had to make a big decision on closing churches within our parish. We had to close 3 churches out of 4; (keeping 1). St. Stanislaus, Holy Trinity, and Christ the King Catholic churches were closed. We had to keep 1 church, St. Veronica. Saint Veronica was relatively a small worship site, but it also had held important events such as our Parish Festival, and our Cafeteria where our dinners were held for our profits. Saint Veronica Catholic Church was small, but big in building the community. The church is big inside, and has a lot of space, however, it was first to be a gym for the Catholic School, but then they decided to make it a church, so, it's not as big as a regular church, however, big enough to hold around 1,000-2,000 people. So, after the church renovated, and brought things from all churches, it was a new worship space. Now, people, when it was renovated, and a while after we began using it, people were saying "It's too small", and "Not a nice church", etc. Are they saying this because they are upset that their church closed?

People are resistant to change, and unfortunately church people sometimes become so attached to their buildings and the furnishings within them that they forget why the churches existed in the first place. They become emotionally and usually sentimentally entrenched in the color of the carpet, the paraments someone made in 1977, the hymnal that is now outdated, etc.

So yes, I think it is safe to say that they are upset about "their" church closing, and they want everyone else to suffer for it.

The priest is going to have to work hard to stop this poison by working counteractive to it -- working with intentionality to change peoples' hearts on the matter.

2008-09-01 17:50:44 by Z

The Pope dedicated his general audience catechesis today to St. Veronica Giuliani, a Capuchin Poor Clare of the seventeenth century. Dec. 27th ...

I saw a question that someone asked earlier about confirmation names w/in the Catholic church, and while I'm not Catholic myself, I find the names and the stories of the Catholic saints to be very interesting. I've paired up a handful of female saints, and I'll let ya'all pick which ones you prefer from each set. I'll make one for male saints here shortly. Have fun :-)

Ada --or-- Adelaide
Agatha --or-- Agnes
Anne --or-- Antoinette
Augusta --or-- Aurelia
Beatrice --or-- Bernadette
Bridget --or-- Camilla
Carmen --or-- Claudia
Diana --or-- Dolores
Edith --or-- Eugenia
Flavia --or-- Flora
Georgia --or-- Gladys
Imma --or-- Isidora
Jane --or-- Joan
Josephine --or-- Julia
Laura --or-- Lucy
Mathilda --or-- Maura
Patricia --or-- Paula
Priscilla --or-- Regina
Rita --or-- Teresa
Veronica --or-- Zita

I love saint names! I'm not Catholic either. I consider myself to be a weird sort of Protestant; my theological beliefs are a weird mix of Lutheran, Presbyterian, Quaker/Society of Friends, and American Baptist doctrine, but I attend a Presbyterian church. Go figure that one out. :P Still, I love reading about saints, and if a name I love is a saint's name, it's always an added bonus.

I put a * next to the names I'd use.

Adelaide *
Agatha * (although I love Agnes too)
Anne *
Augusta *
Beatrice *
Bridget
Claudia
Diana
Edith
Flora *
Georgia
Isidora * I prefer the Isadora spelling, though.
Jane *
Julia
Lucy
Maura
Paula
Priscilla *
Teresa
Veronica

2009-01-10 23:56:26 by I Am Puffin