re: #275 Decatur Deb

That wasn’t the way the Franciscans did it in the 60s. Sounds like some local decisions to soup up the ordination. (There are lots of non-liturgical variations on ceremonies, especially under the influence of heavily-ethnic parishes. When it gets too creative, the local authority knocks it down.)

This was MaryKnoll Priest and in the 1930’s.

Who knows …