{"id":3073,"date":"2008-01-26T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/1969\/12\/31\/dont-send-in-the-clowns\/"},"modified":"2008-01-26T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-27T00:00:00","slug":"dont-send-in-the-clowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2008\/01\/dont-send-in-the-clowns\/","title":{"rendered":"Don't send in the clowns"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t know whether to call this
\nliturgical Jekyll and Hyde syndrome,
\na liturgically accommodating bishop, \u00a0or something else
\nentirely. \u00a0Do a compare and contrast for these
\nhref=”http:\/\/slatts.blogspot.com\/2008\/01\/diocese-bishop-opts-for-circus-mass.html”
\ntarget=”_blank”>two<\/a>
\nhref=”http:\/\/culbreath.wordpress.com\/2008\/01\/23\/how-to-implement-summorum-pontificum\/”
\ntarget=”_blank”>stories<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last Sunday, Diocese of Venice Bishop
\nFrank Dewane celebrated Mass at a Sarasota church accompanied by
\npriests wearing colorful Ferris wheels, clowns, giraffes, unicycles,
\nlions and merry-go-rounds on their vestments.<\/p>\n

This was the annual circus Mass, Dewane said, honoring the nearly
\n100-year history of the Ringling family on Floridas west coast and the
\nimportance of itinerant people like circus performers to the Catholic
\nuniversal church.<\/p>\n

and<\/p>\n

Bishop Dewayne of Venice, Florida, requires daily mass in the Extraordinary Form at Ave Maria University:<\/p>\n

Due to the demand for the celebration
\nof
\nthe Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, both from Catholics residents
\nin Ave Maria Town as well as from students, faculty, and staff at Ave
\nMaria University, and in accordance with Summorum Pontificum, it is
\nfitting that a Sunday Mass be celebrated on campus in the Extraordinary
\nForm. In keeping with the same manifest desire, it would seem opportune
\nthat the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite be celebrated on a daily
\nbasis at the University, and at a convenient time. Further, it is noted
\nthat, in accordance with Summorum Pontificum, unscheduled Masses can
\nalso be celebrated by priests on campus, in the Extraordinary Form of
\nthe Roman Rite.<\/p>\n

Well I guess priests wearing vestments
\nlike that would be an
\nextraordinary form of the Mass. \u00a0I have never really
\nunderstood these circus or clown themed Masses anyway. \u00a0For
\nexample for the annual Red Mass they don’t wear vestments with law
\nbooks, blind lady justices, bar exams, \u00a0or courtrooms.
\nI am pretty sure Masses celebrated on Navy bases or at sea
\ndon’t have priest’s wearing vestments with various classes of ships,
\nmissiles, carrier aircraft, and various insignia of rank. \u00a0So
\nexactly why is it that a parish closely associated with care of
\nCatholic working with Ringling Brothers Circus get this kind of
\ntreatment?<\/p>\n

I believe the Church involved is
\nhref=”http:\/\/www.stmartha.org” target=”_blank”>St.
\nMartha Catholic Church<\/a> staffed by the Pallottine Fathers
\n(shouldn’t that be Pantomine Fathers) which calls itself the
\nU.S.A. Circus Church. They have a “full-sized, restored and gaily
\npainted wagon wheels mounted on the wall behind the altar.” \u00a0I
\ndo wonder if Catholics involved with the circus like having a liturgy
\nlike this? \u00a0It would seem to me that if you worked at the
\ncircus all day the last thing you would want to see is vestments with
\nclowns and unicycles. \u00a0This seems to me something that would
\nbe seen as more fun by the priests involved than the community they are
\npastoring. \u00a0It does make me wonder if in May they have a
\nstyle=”font-style: italic;”>Clowning of Mary<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\"\"
\nalt=”Clown Mass Indialantic, Fl Holy Name of Jesus Parish”
\nsrc=”http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/clownmass_Indialantic_HolyNameJesus.jpg”><\/p>\n

The picture above is from another Florida parish Holy Name of
\nJesus Parish in Indialantic in the Diocese of Orlando.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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