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| Topic Started: Friday, 3. February 2012, 21:52 (1,335 Views) | |
| Rose of York | Friday, 3. February 2012, 21:52 Post #1 |
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| Rose of York | Friday, 3. February 2012, 21:54 Post #2 |
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| Derekap | Friday, 3. February 2012, 22:17 Post #3 |
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Surely the request should be bolder and read something like: "In the event of very serious injury or illness please call a Roman Catholic priest"? Apart from that the idea is a very good one. |
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| OsullivanB | Saturday, 4. February 2012, 01:44 Post #4 |
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At leadt it gives reporters a new cliche - maybe there will be fewer "devout" and more "card-carrying" Catholics in the news. |
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| Rose of York | Saturday, 4. February 2012, 01:56 Post #5 |
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I agree with Derek on that point. Staff in an Accident and Emergency department attending to a newly admitted patient in danger of death will look inside the person's wallet or purse to see if there is something to identify the person to that next of kin can be informed, will glance at the first few lines, see it is "something religious" and move on to looking at other cards, they could easily miss seeing the bottom line, which says in very tiny letters "In the event of emergency please call a Catholic priest". At the scene of a road accident at night in a poorly lit road or unlit country lane, those words would be near impossible to read. It used to be common for Catholics to carry cards bearing nothing but "In the event of emergency please call a priest". Nobody is ever rude enough to ask if they can go through my plastic cards, so how do they advertise our faith? People who know me know I am a Catholic, and that if they want to ask questions, they may and I will answer. |
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| pete | Saturday, 4. February 2012, 10:20 Post #6 |
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If I were ever to end up in casualty following an accident I think I’d easily be identified as a Catholic. Firstly my rosary is part of my daily dress; I always carry it in my right hand pocket. Another give away would be the brown scapular which never leaves my neck. In my wallet I carry a picture of the Divine Mercy together with a picture of Our Lady of Medjugorje. Even so, in A & E, unless you were able to speak and ask for a priest, I doubt if the medical team would ever consider calling one even though it is obvious their victim is a Catholic. |
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| OsullivanB | Saturday, 4. February 2012, 12:19 Post #7 |
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Given the number of Catholic nurses that I have found nursing me when I've been in hospital (mostly Irish or Filipino), I'd expect the chances to be quite good. |
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| pete | Saturday, 4. February 2012, 15:30 Post #8 |
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Not all have been so lucky OSB, only last year a nurse was suspended for asking a patient if she could pray for her. Another nurse was also suspended for wearing a cross. Apart from that, most A & E departments are so busy, the priority is to get the patient stabilised, calling a priest is something the next of kin would do or perhaps a nurse if requested to do so. |
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| Rose of York | Saturday, 4. February 2012, 16:50 Post #9 |
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Does anybody on here expect a small card with so much text will be noticed by anybody but themselves? We don't ask other people to show us all the plastic cards they are carrying, they are normally treated by others as our very private possessions. Imagine asking somebody "are any of those other than bank or store cards?" |
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| OsullivanB | Saturday, 4. February 2012, 16:53 Post #10 |
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If a Mormon nurse starting telling me about faith when I was sick, I would probably complain. No nurse should wear a neck-chain on duty, whether it holds a cross or not. |
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| CARLO | Saturday, 4. February 2012, 18:33 Post #11 |
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Good idea - it would have been unthinkable in the UK only a few years ago. I will certainly carry one. Inclusion of some Latin would be nice. Pax CARLO |
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| OsullivanB | Saturday, 4. February 2012, 18:51 Post #12 |
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Aqua vitae aut vinum nocte? |
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| pat | Saturday, 4. February 2012, 18:52 Post #13 |
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When i was recently in hospital for a biopsy the bumpf they gave me to prepare for admission included a checklist which suggested bringing anything pertinent to one's faith, such as a Rosary. |
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| Rose of York | Saturday, 4. February 2012, 19:46 Post #14 |
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How about producing you card in the pub? If we had a choice of slogs the answer to "what is the meaning of et cum spiritu tuo would be "It's your round mate" |
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| Derekap | Saturday, 4. February 2012, 20:40 Post #15 |
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To include Latin would be like including Japanese! Or are you teasing, Carlo? |
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