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| PJD | Saturday, 31. October 2009, 19:01 Post #46 |
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Somewhere in the media this morning I read that they were saying that the Vatican had said that Halloween was the work of the devil. Can't remember the source. PJD |
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| garfield | Saturday, 31. October 2009, 22:49 Post #47 |
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I do hope that 'the Vatican' has done no such thing PJD as it would make them look ridiculous. |
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| Clare | Saturday, 31. October 2009, 22:59 Post #48 |
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Putting the "Fun Dame" into Fundamentalist
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Did you miss Post #42 on this thread, PJD?
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S.A.G. Motes 'n' Beams blog Join in the Fun Trivia Quiz! | |
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| PJD | Saturday, 31. October 2009, 23:24 Post #49 |
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Yes I did see that Clare But then I knew (or certainly believed) that that post was reliable. What I sew this morning may just have been the media's interpretation of something the Vatican had said. That all I meant. PJD |
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| garfield | Saturday, 31. October 2009, 23:35 Post #50 |
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I notice the article linked is in the Daily Mail, who are not where I'd go first for important information. Their sources appear to be an article in the Vatican newspaper rather than a direct message from the Pope. Quote 'But in an article entitled The Dangerous Messages of Halloween, the Vatican's official newspaper L'Osservatore Romano quoted liturgical expert Joan Maria Canals as saying: 'Halloween has an undercurrent of occultism and is absolutely anti-Christian.' Father Canals urged parents 'to be aware of this and try to direct the meaning of the feast towards wholesomeness and beauty rather than terror, fear and death'.' Which is fair enough but doesn't amount to Halloween being the work of the Devil They also quote from 'another Catholic group, the influential Association of Pope John XXIII,' who I have never heard of and can't find on the internet The other source mentioned is Aldo Bonaiuto, head of the Catholic Church's anti-occult and sect unit, who also does not appear anywhere else. The Daily Mail would like to have all Christians collectively getting their knickers in a twist over what if handled sensibly is just an excuse for a bit of dressing up and a party. |
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| Deleted User | Sunday, 1. November 2009, 00:00 Post #51 |
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The story was also reported in other newspapers.
Full article at Times online I still think it is a great pity that the "Night of Light" idea seems to have floundered KatyA |
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| Rose of York | Sunday, 1. November 2009, 00:29 Post #52 |
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Much depends upon how and why a person or group mark Hallowe'en. I have heard that satanists use the day in an effort to counteract the prayers that will be offered by Christians on All Saints and All Souls Days. On the other hand, the motive for children dressing up, having a few mad antics at a party, and stuffing themselves with goodies is just pure fun. |
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| Mairtin | Sunday, 1. November 2009, 11:21 Post #53 |
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In my childhood in Ireland, when the Catholic Church was totally dominant; Halloween was a major holiday - in fact, the last Monday in October is still a Public Holiday. Apart from the ducking for apples and other games mentioned by earlier posters, it was also Ireland's traditional "fireworks night" which I suspect had little to do with Halloween and more to do with us NOT celebrating Guy Fawkes night
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| Angus Toanimo | Sunday, 1. November 2009, 11:53 Post #54 |
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Remember you read it here first. The press and the Vatican just jumped on my bandwagon...
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| K.T.B. | Sunday, 1. November 2009, 14:30 Post #55 |
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My family used to celebrate Guy Fawkes night when I was growing up (I still do with my own family) with fireworks and a bonfire in the back garden. However as soon as we were old enough we were told things about the anti-Catholic origins of the festival, the meaning of the Roman candle firework, which hints at Catholic martyrdom, and of the religious meaning of the Catherine Wheel. More controversially, I remember being told that Guy Fawkes was a good man really. This wasn't done in a heavy handed way, I think it just gave me and my siblings an awareness of our Catholic history. |
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| Powerofone | Sunday, 1. November 2009, 14:56 Post #56 |
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Another feisty Yorkshire woman. "The founder of what is known today as the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or more commonly as the Loreto Sisters or the Congregation of Jesus, was the brainchild of the plucky young English woman. Born into a country ruled by Elizabeth I in the era of the great bard, William Shakespeare, at Ripon, in 1585, she grew up in a Catholic family within a persecuted Church. Two of her relatives were involved in the gunpowder plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament in the now-celebrated Guy Fawkes Plot, and, as a young girl, she spent much of her life on the run. As convents had disappeared in England, at the age of 15 she went to France to join the Poor Clare Sisters, but found the cloistered life of the Franciscan rule was not what she wanted in life. She knew that there were women in England who had the desire to live their lives dedicated to God, even if they could not be in a cloistered convent, and exactly 400 years ago this year, in 1609" http://sundayex.catholic.org.hk/fe/2009/fe090802.html |
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| Deleted User | Sunday, 1. November 2009, 21:52 Post #57 |
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CNA There's hope yet |
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| Joseph | Sunday, 1. November 2009, 22:54 Post #58 |
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“music, Eucharistic adoration and dancing ‘in a Christian spirit’.” Any thoughts on what that could consist of? |
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| Deleted User | Sunday, 1. November 2009, 23:12 Post #59 |
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I'm not sure that I want to go there Joseph - but it has to be better than ghoulies & ghosties,long leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night.
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| OsullivanB | Sunday, 1. November 2009, 23:31 Post #60 |
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A pas de deus? |
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