Sea and Me Posted January 7, 2020 #1 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Sorry if this have been posted, haven’t read through the posts. Going on the Grandeur for 12 days out of Baltimore on 1/11/20. We were wondering if there will be a Roman Catholic Priest on board. Anyone know?? Thanks for your reply. Have a great day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted January 7, 2020 #2 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Not usually. Only times I've seen priests routinely onboard are during Christmas, Easter, and transatlantic cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spookwife Posted January 7, 2020 #3 Share Posted January 7, 2020 33 minutes ago, Sea and Me said: Sorry if this have been posted, haven’t read through the posts. Going on the Grandeur for 12 days out of Baltimore on 1/11/20. We were wondering if there will be a Roman Catholic Priest on board. Anyone know?? Thanks for your reply. Have a great day. only for High Holy days./. MAYBE and even then its a generic non denominational service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mskaufman Posted January 7, 2020 #4 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Was on the Grandeur Christmas week and there was a priest. However, the indication I got was this is something they do for Christmas and Easter, but not on a regular basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Boy Posted January 7, 2020 #5 Share Posted January 7, 2020 If there happens to be a priest on the sailing he may have made arrangements with the cruise line to say Mass. RCI does not place priests aboard their ships as a matter of routine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xport Posted January 7, 2020 #6 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Best I know, Holland America is the only cruise line that allegedly--I have no first-hand experience--has a priest aboard on every sailing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kernow Posted January 7, 2020 #7 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Costa used to have a priest for all sailings but haven't sailed them for several years so don't know if it's still the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailingSal Posted January 7, 2020 #8 Share Posted January 7, 2020 On RCCL We have always had priests during Easter break, and at other random times - but last year in May we had a priest for a 12 day sailing on Adventure. It is hit or miss. We always look at our sailings to see if we will be in port on Sundays and taxi to a catholic service. We did a "non-denomination service" once when we were at sea without a priest - turned out to be a video of Joel Osteen and basically a commercial for his ministries! Good Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocCruisers Posted January 7, 2020 #9 Share Posted January 7, 2020 We were on the Celebrity Infinity last month that had a stop in Nassau on Sunday. St. Francis has services at 8:30 and 11. We were too late for the 8:30, but stayed for the 11 and what a welcoming experience! You could tell who the six people from a cruise were. The music and liturgy was fantastic. I can't wait to plan another Sunday excursion to a island church. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homosassa Posted January 7, 2020 #10 Share Posted January 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Xport said: Best I know, Holland America is the only cruise line that allegedly--I have no first-hand experience--has a priest aboard on every sailing... While there is usually a priest on Holland America sailings, it is not the cruise line that provides the priest. The priests are supplied by an independent organization that also pays the fare. I don't remember the organization. It has been mentioned on the HAL forum by some of the posters that tout giving donations to the group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sparks1093 Posted January 7, 2020 #11 Share Posted January 7, 2020 I know a few priests who have cruised and said Mass while onboard. They enjoyed the experience. I'll have to ask them how they signed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tapi Posted January 7, 2020 #12 Share Posted January 7, 2020 4 hours ago, Sea and Me said: We were wondering if there will be a Roman Catholic Priest on board. Anyone know?? As others have mentioned, chances are that there won’t be one, but I do recommend that you look at your itinerary to see if there will be a church with mass services at one of your ports of call. I have used the Mass Times app several times, and it does have listings at international destinations although I don’t know if it will show every place that you’ll be visiting. To follow up on the comment about all Holland America ships having a priest, this is done not so much for the passengers, but for HAL crew members who are overwhelmingly Filipino and Catholic. But they do offer mass services for passengers multiple times a day, and based on what we saw, they are heavily attended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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