You got to hand it to the Italians. From Reuters.
Catholic nuns and priests in Italy are following their flocks to the beach this summer, establishing an inflatable church and a beach-convent in the sands to lure sunbathers.
The 30-metre (98 ft) long blow-up church — staffed by priests ready to take confession — will debut on Saturday on the Adriatic coast in the Molise region, an organizer said.
“There will be four or five people singing, with music about God,” said Chiara Facci with Catholic group Sentinelli del Mattino. Night time activities, which will not include Mass, will run from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
See to me, this is practical and fun. You can’t just go build a church on a public beach, it has to be a temporary structure. Close proximity to folks who will have plenty to confess; lots of impure thoughts at the old beach. And, what beachcomber can resist polyurethane inflatables? You got, the beach ball, the air mattress, the giant inner tube and now the blow-up basilica. It just makes good sense.
The first attempt to inaugurate the inflatable church last month on the holiday island of Sardinia failed after strong winds forced organizers to relocate
Acts of God, no problem. Go get ‘em next week.
“The concept of a beach-convent is something that is appreciated by vacationers and the nuns themselves,” priest Antonio Rungi, who helped spearheaded the initiative
Never thought about that, did you? Everybody else gets to hang at the beach, why shouldn’t a nun get to have a little fun in the sun?
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Pat Darnell and Friends wrote,
NUNS?
Once I kissed a nun
who came very undone
in the pew next to Bartholomew…
Where I prayed
She glared at me in a state
that could scare diamonds off a snake
and send me to hades
in the back of the Pope’s Mercedes…
[Turns out] — She was more interested in passing of the plate!!
Poolcan pd-in-full
Link | August 7th, 2008 at 9:12 pm