{"id":30932,"date":"2015-11-13T15:21:46","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T20:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/kathyschiffer\/?p=30932"},"modified":"2015-11-13T15:21:46","modified_gmt":"2015-11-13T20:21:46","slug":"first-ever-confessional-on-wheels-takes-the-sacrament-to-the-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kathyschiffer\/2015\/11\/first-ever-confessional-on-wheels-takes-the-sacrament-to-the-streets\/","title":{"rendered":"First-Ever “Confessional-on-Wheels” Takes the Sacrament to the Streets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

It sounds like something from The Onion,<\/strong> but it\u2019s \u00a0not: \u00a0The Diocese of Lafayette\u00a0has just unveiled its own flashy Forgiveness Ambulance<\/strong>\u2013making it ever easier for sinners to confess their sins to a priest.<\/p>\n

\"Mobile<\/a>The idea is that busy Catholics will have no excuse<\/strong> to stay away from the Sacrament. If they can\u2019t get to confession, well, the confessional on wheels will come to them.<\/p>\n

\"Fondazione<\/a>
Fondazione Cariplo [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>Lafayette Bishop Michael Jarrell<\/strong> told\u00a0television station KLFY<\/a> that the mobile confessional will be formally launched on December 8, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, as part of the\u00a0Year of Mercy declared by Pope Francis.\u00a0\u201cThe Holy Father asked us to concentrate on the sacrament of reconciliation,\u201d<\/em> Bishop Jarrell said,<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026and that\u2019s the purpose of this spiritual care unit, to bring people into deeper communion with Christ.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The recommissioned ambulance<\/strong> was donated to the diocese, and is now outfitted with a prie dieu (kneeler). Also on hand are plastic bins containing holy cards, rosaries, and holy water.<\/p>\n

Father Michael Champagne, who will hear confessions<\/strong> in the roving confessional, envisioned hearing confessions at gatherings like the popular Downtown Alive, or possibly tailgating during football games.<\/p>\n

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