{"id":3125,"date":"2008-02-17T20:17:58","date_gmt":"2008-02-18T01:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2008\/02\/17\/paying-through-praying\/"},"modified":"2008-02-17T20:17:58","modified_gmt":"2008-02-18T01:17:58","slug":"paying-through-praying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2008\/02\/paying-through-praying\/","title":{"rendered":"Paying through Praying"},"content":{"rendered":"

A meal and a drink in Croatia may not cost you anything except for maybe a few Hail Mary’s after a parish opened up a "prayer café" in an effort to bring youths back to church.<\/p>\n

Catholic News Service reports Salesian Fr Damir Stojic thought up the scheme to keep the kids from going to other cafés after church and come together for a meal after Eucharist.<\/p>\n

" In the Acts of the Apostles, it says the disciples used to come together for a meal after the Eucharist, so we’re following a biblical ideal," Fr Stojic said.<\/p>\n

"A lot of kids used to head for neighbouring cafes after Mass here. We came up with this scheme for persuading them to hang out at the church instead."<\/p>\n

The Jedno (Sail) cafe opened recently in a parish hall adjoining Zagreb’s Holy Spirit Church and attracts many of the students and young people attending the regular Sunday youth Mass.<\/p>\n

"Student helpers thought up the idea of paying with prayers. We have encouraged parents to donate food and drink for the café," he said.<\/p>\n

"Jedno could be seen as continuing a tradition since most Salesian parishes worldwide ran cafes at their churches."<\/p>\n

Prices at Jedno vary from three Our Fathers for a standard cup of coffee to a more expensive Coca-Cola (five Hail Marys and a Glory Be), while a cappuccino costs four Our Fathers.<\/p>\n

His post continues with advice on a number of subjects common to the confessional.<\/p>\n

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Great idea, but what happens when inflation sets in. I can imagine people complaining in later years "I remember when a cappuccino cost just four Our Fathers and now you have to whip out a mystery of the Rosary and five Glory Be’s."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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