So I went inside my Church yesterday...

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I was going in to light some candles and put some names into our prayer book.

One thing that has always bothered me about my church is that the Tabernacle has always been off to the side. I walk in yesterday and there it is! Front and center right behind the altar. It was a nice surprise! :)
 

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Wonderful! :)

My old Church in my old hometown had the tabernacle off to the side. Apparently, it was done during Vatican II because it was supposed to be a Blessed Sacrament chapel of sorts (that was how it was explained to me by a priest).

Where I live now it's in front! Glory to God!
 
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I was going in to light some candles and put some names into our prayer book.

One thing that has always bothered me about my church is that the Tabernacle has always been off to the side. I walk in yesterday and there it is! Front and center right behind the altar. It was a nice surprise! :)

Yay! That's great news, did your parish get a new priest? Sometimes when a new pastor is assigned that's one of their first orders of business if they're more orthodox. Either way, I'm glad it was put where it belonged! The location of the tabernacle tells me a lot about the sort of parish I'm in.
 
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Yay! That's great news, did your parish get a new priest? Sometimes when a new pastor is assigned that's one of their first orders of business if they're more orthodox. Either way, I'm glad it was put where it belonged! The location of the tabernacle tells me a lot about the sort of parish I'm in.
No same priests. Not sure what happened but it was a pleasant surprise. :)
 
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I was going in to light some candles and put some names into our prayer book.

One thing that has always bothered me about my church is that the Tabernacle has always been off to the side. I walk in yesterday and there it is! Front and center right behind the altar. It was a nice surprise! :)
Mine did that too several months ago. An improvement. And allows communion on the tongue again, which is actually very popular. And runs a financial surplus.
 
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