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Rose of York	Monday, 7. May 2007, 18:52
Administrator Posts: 14,560 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: September 25, 2006	Rose of York May 7 2007, 02:16 PM The church up the road used to be bedlam. It closed. Half their congregation joined us. The other half went to a church in the other direction. Now we have "due decorum" in most pews, and an absolute racket in a section of the church our new parishioners requisitioned for themselves. It appears they are unaware that the best friend they will ever have is in the tabernacle, yearning to be recognised and greeted. This afternoon I had reason to enter into conversation with the woman who thinks she runs our parish (complains when the priest does things without her permission). I mentioned that the new lot were sitting all together, and while the rest of us behaved as always, greeting each other briefly, then being quiet, they were holding long conversations. She said "That is going to stop. I will tell them, and if they take no notice I will put a notice up, saying that in our parish we respect the Blessed Sacrament and all persons are asked to be quiet before and after Mass, until they go into the coffee area. There would have been little point in telling her she drives people potty, dashing around all over the place, disturbing people, and saying "I didn't know you were praying", even when they were kneeling with their eyes closed. What are we to do with these busy people?
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