"Pupils Hailing Mary" - Asbury Park Press, 5/17/08:
May Crownings are a traditional Roman Catholic ritual held every May, during which worshippers place a crown of flowers atop a statue of Mary. The ceremonies are sometimes held to coincide with Mother's Day.
I'm so glad my parish doesn't do a May Crowning. I'd never heard of such a thing until I moved to New Jersey. Sure, fun and memorable for the kids but just silly nonsense for grown-ups.
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I don't know. I kind of like the May Crowning. The first time I saw it I had not idea what was going on.
But now I look at it and think its a nice way to honor the Blessed Virgin around Mother's Day.
The first time I saw it I had no idea what was going on.
I was like that with First Friday/Exposition/Benediction but learned to love it. :-)
In my previous parish, the rector knocked out a spare confessional booth to construct a prayer alcove with statues of Jesus and Mary and their color-coded banks of electric votive candles. Being one of the first churches constructed in the diocese after VCII, the building lacked any such devotional space but the clamoring parishioners prevailed upon the less-than-traditional pastor.
With the project completed, the pastor often remarked with astonishment that the candles turned a good profit! And with a statue of Mary, the children began May crownings, so I caught first glimpse of it there.
But my parish doesn't do it ... I don't miss it. It seems fun for kids. Or a bride may do it at her wedding, I think.
Please stop referring to yourself as a Catholic. Be honest with yourself and become anglican. There you can have all the woman "priests" and other assorted heresy you desire.
Why Anglican?
Why not Methodist or PCUSA?
I appreciate your reason.
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