Parish Priest.

kneemos

What do you call you local priest?
Father seems odd these days and quite often people don't know their first names.

It's a bit of a quandary wrapped in a dilemma.

Señor Fancy Pants

kneemos wrote: »

It's a bit of a quandary wrapped in a dilemma.

Is it?

paulbok

Brother Shebubu

Neil3030

Father, unless requested otherwise. I disagree with just about everything the organisation stands for, but they spent 7 years earning their title so fair is fair.

kneemos

Truffle Pig wrote: »

Is it?

Yes.

sammyjo90

kneemos wrote: »

Yes.

I'd have to disagree with you there

Señor Fancy Pants

kneemos wrote: »

Yes.

Really?

I prefer chicken wrapped in bacon.

kneemos

Truffle Pig wrote: »

Really?

Uh huh.

SweetChaos

Hiya Peado hows it going?

I dont know I dont go to church so I dont mix with the clergy

sammyjo90

Truffle Pig wrote: »

Really?

I prefer chicken wrapped in bacon.

Cannibal!!

Señor Fancy Pants

kneemos wrote: »

Uh huh.

*squints eyes* Reeeaaallllly?

Jake Rugby Walrus666

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pGcE7IvCTs

Baggy Trousers

kneemos wrote: »

What do you call you local priest?
Father seems odd these days and quite often people don't know their first names.

It's a bit of a quandary wrapped in a dilemma.

PP.

Merrion

kneemos wrote: »

What do you call you local priest?

That would be an ecumenical matter... ?

Stojkovic

Padre Paedo.

Baggy Trousers

Neil3030 wrote: »

Father, unless requested otherwise. I disagree with just about everything the organisation stands for, but they spent 7 years earning their title so fair is fair.

http://www.catholic.com/tracts/call-no-man-father

catallus

I find "Your Lordship" is commensurate with his position in the community.

smcgiff

Neil3030 wrote: »

but they spent 7 years earning their title so fair is fair.

They earn a doctorate in divinity (by the way, anyone read Terry Pratchett?) sorry, I digress... Father is not the academic award AFAIK, but a religious term.

I wouldn't feel the need to address a muslim cleric as Imam

Nib

SweetChaos wrote: »

Hiya Peado hows it going?

Stojkovic wrote: »

Padre Paedo.

Stay classy.

One eyed Jack

kneemos wrote: »

What do you call you local priest?
Father seems odd these days and quite often people don't know their first names.

It's a bit of a quandary wrapped in a dilemma.

"Father"?

How is it odd? Calling the parish priest by his first name is certainly odd, unless you mean "Father Michael" or whatever, I've heard that a few times, never heard anyone refer to a priest by their first name unless they were the person's parents. I call my local female priest "Reverend".

DVDM93

Priest cùnt.

Tin Foil Hat

Neil3030 wrote: »

Father, unless requested otherwise. I disagree with just about everything the organisation stands for, but they spent 7 years earning their title so fair is fair.

Normal people don't use their titles outside of a professional setting. Even then not always. I call my doctor, Frank, for example. If the guy who works in the pointy building wants to interact with me like a normal human being, then he can tell me his first name like a normal human being.

seventeen sheep

I dunno, Sean? Isn't that what most priests are called?

I've an uncle priest called Sean, my dad and all his other siblings call him Father. I find that bizarre. I call him Sean because it's his name. He's not my father so I won't call him that.

smcgiff

seventeen sheep wrote: »

I dunno, Sean? Isn't that what most priests are called?

I've an uncle priest called Sean, my dad and all his other siblings call him Father. I find that bizarre. I call him Sean because it's his name. He's not my father so I won't call him that.

Yes. Unless your name is Peter Murphy it's just wrong.

kneemos

One eyed Jack wrote: »

"Father"?

How is it odd? Calling the parish priest by his first name is certainly odd, unless you mean "Father Michael" or whatever, I've heard that a few times, never heard anyone refer to a priest by their first name unless they were the person's parents. I call my local female priest "Reverend".

Thought protestant religions always referred to their clergy by name.

Calling your priest father infers subservience and I thought was out dated at this stage.

The Backwards Man

John.

I call the Guard Stephen and my old headmaster Tom.

chrysagon

i dont call him..full stop

cloud493

Simon. Or when I refer to him when talking to other people, father simon. He's a pretty sound dude.

hollster2

..........................:D

mad muffin

I call the local priest, dad.

Ruu

Father or Father Ray.

One eyed Jack

kneemos wrote: »

Thought protestant religions always referred to their clergy by name.

I dunno that many protestants really to ask, never came up I guess, and the priest has no problem with it or I'm sure she'd have mentioned it by now...

Calling your priest father infers subservience and I thought was out dated at this stage.

Nah, never really thought of it as subservience, just out of respect for the fact that he's a priest really. Someone mentioned earlier that they call their doctor by his first name, I wouldn't do that either, I just call him 'Dr. ...'

Made the mistake of calling my consultant 'Dr. ...' once, he just told me he wasn't a doctor, no big deal really.

Desolation Of Smug

Not very often, generally. G'way to feck.

Neil3030

Neil3030 wrote: »

Father, unless requested otherwise. I disagree with just about everything the organisation stands for, but they spent 7 years earning their title so fair is fair.

THey haven not earned the title with me

A bit tongue in cheek but in america you can put the word revernd before your name and never have to pay for it or confirm it.

But in the real world normally when someone introduces themselves as "Father" something I later just call them "Mr." something - and I have never been questioned on it. Actually 100% of the time when I failed to buy into the "father" thing the guy just responded with "oh just call me X" where X was micheal or peter or whatever

6 post? Ive lost track already dammit!

c_man

kneemos wrote: »

What do you call you local priest?

"The next Pope"

irish coldplayer

Strumms

Well, how do you address anyone whose name you don't know ?

Story bud in allz in anywayz... Is civil but not too forward.

PizzamanIRL

I call him bruv.

Chucken

I genuinely don't know the priests name. There used be 2 here but I think there's only one now. I know the Dean (C.O.I) by first name though. Gary.
He has the most wonderful South African accent...

AlanS181824

Father.... I guess.

RebelSoul

A dickhead

DeadHand

SweetChaos wrote: »

Hiya Peado hows it going?

I dont know I dont go to church so I dont mix with the clergy

Catholics in Ireland don't "go to church".

Quite a few still go to mass.

The clergy appear in places other than churches.

Unnecessarily kicking the clergy isn't brave, edgy or original anymore. It's easy, cliched and safe. Many who do were/would have been as docile as lambs around the clergy when they dominated public life.

DeadHand

I'll always address a Catholic priest as "Father". That's his title.

I don't see it as an expression of faith or subservience. I'm prone to neither.

RebelSoul

DeadHand wrote: »

Catholics in Ireland don't "go to church".

Quite a few still go to mass.

The clergy appear in places other than churches.

Unnecessarily kicking the clergy isn't brave, edgy or original anymore. It's easy, cliched and safe. Many who do were/would have been as docile as lambs around the clergy when they dominated public life.

Stop... It's not smart what you are doing.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Merrion wrote: »

That would be an ecumenical matter... ?

You address me by my porper title, ya little bollix!

Grayson

DeadHand wrote: »

Catholics in Ireland don't "go to church".

Quite a few still go to mass.

The clergy appear in places other than churches.

Unnecessarily kicking the clergy isn't brave, edgy or original anymore. It's easy, cliched and safe. Many who do were/would have been as docile as lambs around the clergy when they dominated public life.

lesson learned here. Going to go back to the bowing and the scraping.

Micky Dolenz

Normally Father, shur it's only a title.

I seem to know a lot of priests currently and I call them by their first name as I'd see them when they are in civilian clothes.

Brian?

How does one spot a "parish priest" these days, unless one attends mass? I can honestly say I've been living in the same town for 2 years now and I've never seen a priest wandering about.

Do they camouflage themselves as normal now?

If I met one I'd call him "horse", the way I call everyone else horse.

FluffyAngel

Brian? wrote: »

If I met one I'd call him "horse", the way I call everyone else horse.

i can see how that would work in the bedroom ,all i have to do now is remove the image from my head

syklops

Truffle Pig wrote: »

Is it?

Ive not had a dilemma of this gargantuan scale since "Daddy or chips"

hairyslug

Around my way, we call call him Da