Arghhhh!!!!! Clowning around with Stations of the Cross

17 March 2011
by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Why can’t Stations of the Cross just be Stations of the Cross?

A reader alerted me to this event posted (at the time of this writing) on the website of The Evangelist, the official publication of the Diocese of Albany....

...Okay… to be fair, this doesn’t say that the people leading this will be doing so in clown costumes. Is it safe to assume that the people involved in Clown Ministry have volunteered to serve at Friday Stations in, say, cassock and surplice? It’s possible. You know… Archconfraternity of St. Stephen takes a turn… Knights of Columbus take a turn… Boy Scouts take a turn… Clown Company takes a turn… Holy Name Society takes a turn….

But my suspicion is that there may in fact be clown make-up and costumes involved in this case. Just a guess. the rest

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