momtothree Posted February 24, 2008 #1 Share Posted February 24, 2008 We are sailing on the Gem March 15th - 23rd which is Holy Week. Just wondering if there are any other Catholics sailing and if there may by chance be a Priest on board? From what I have read, probably no Priest will be available. At least we'll be home my Easter Sunday. We sailed on Disney Magic over Christmas a few years ago and they did have a priest to say Mass on Christmas day - to a full house! It was wonderful. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkylok6 Posted February 24, 2008 #2 Share Posted February 24, 2008 I was on the Dawn last year for Easter. I will check my dailies and get back to you about the priest. I am pretty sure there was one though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
french18 Posted February 24, 2008 #3 Share Posted February 24, 2008 We will be sailing on the GEM 3/22 and will be at sea on Easter Sunday. My family (7 of us) have been praying that there will be a priest on board. I did ask NCL a few months ago and they didn't know yet at that time. If anyone finds out for sure, I would really like to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmopolitan Posted February 24, 2008 #4 Share Posted February 24, 2008 This is just a suggestion as I'm not sure that priest's can cruise during Holy Week. Unless they bring a priest on-board for Easter Sunday? We have visited many churches at port and have even attended Mass at port. Once on a beach. If you check your port days, you can do a search on the churches at that port...it is a lovely experience:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernNeighbour Posted February 24, 2008 #5 Share Posted February 24, 2008 If there is a priest on the GEM during holy week, he'll probably find it quite 'decadent'. There's a reason they call one of the bars the BLISS LOUNGE!!! On a recent GEM cruise, there were no Christian services. But there were Sabbath services for the Jewish community -- but I believe it was either self-organized or a Rabbi happened to be on the cruise. In any event, Sunday was a 'port' day and there was a church not far from the dock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkylok6 Posted February 24, 2008 #6 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Hi there I checked my Dailies from last Easter on the Dawn. This is what I found: Good Friday they had a Catholic Mass in the Cinema at 9 am Easter Sunday Catholic Service in the Stardust Theatre at 7 am It does not specify if it would be a priest doing the services. Since you will arriving back to NY on Easter I don't know if they would have a service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruise4kicks Posted February 24, 2008 #7 Share Posted February 24, 2008 It does not specify if it would be a priest doing the services. If it's a mass, it's a priest. Only priests may conduct the mass. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiserssandr Posted February 25, 2008 #8 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Is there no service for Protestants? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkylok6 Posted February 25, 2008 #9 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Hmmmmm.....this is interesting. I just checked back with my dailies and it was specific in the listing that Good Friday was a mass, but, Easter was a service....wonder why that is and who did the services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruise4kicks Posted February 25, 2008 #10 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Is there no service for Protestants? I am trying to get on the 3/15 sailing of the Gem. If I do, and if no ordained person(s) makes themselves available to lead services, I am willing to lead services on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. (Easter Vigil is not a deep part of the Protestant tradition, so I doubt we would do that.) While I am formally trained as a minister I am not yet ordained, so these services would not be communion services. (Good Friday usually isn't a communion service, anyway.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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