{"id":2807,"date":"2011-04-04T11:32:16","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T15:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/deaconsbench\/?p=2807"},"modified":"2016-09-30T17:47:16","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T21:47:16","slug":"now-hear-this-priest-orders-kids-out-of-mass-for-not-singing-loudly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2011\/04\/now-hear-this-priest-orders-kids-out-of-mass-for-not-singing-loudly\/","title":{"rendered":"Now hear this: priest orders kids out of mass for not singing loudly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Now I\u2019ve heard everything \u2014 including a story about a priest who evidently didn\u2019t hear enough.<\/p>\n

Check this out<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Some parents with students in Nebraska\u2019s largest Catholic grade school think their priest went too far in ordering 250 sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders out of Mass because they weren\u2019t singing loudly enough.<\/p>\n

Incensed, the parents say they\u2019re paying tuition so their kids can get Catholic instruction \u2014 not for the kids to be denied Holy Communion during Lent.<\/p>\n

Other parents, however, back the action of the Rev. James Tiegs, pastor at St. Stephen the Martyr parish since 2004. They see him as a shepherd guiding the flock.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he thought that was necessary, my hat\u2019s off for his courage,\u201d said Bob Finger, who has a daughter in eighth grade at the southwest Omaha school.<\/p>\n

The Archdiocese of Omaha is reviewing the week-old incident as a \u201cpersonnel issue\u201d and declined to comment on what steps, if any, might be taken. Deacon Tim McNeil, chancellor of the archdiocese, did say, however, that archdiocesan policy does not support the lesson.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrying to get children, or for that matter adults, to fully participate in the Mass is a 2,000-year-old issue in the church,\u201d he said. \u201cWe would never suggest that 250 children be dismissed in the middle of Mass for not singing a song.\u201d<\/p>\n

The incident that has the 11,600-parishioner church abuzz raises broader questions, including: How best can a person of the cloth go about inspiring young people to make the most out of pew time?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read on<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> Comments on this thread are now closed.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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