What season are we in currently?

[Donny Dave]

Summer or Winter?

Climbing temperatures, which triggered a "level three" heatwave warning in the South West, have not put off the opening of a new Christmas shop.

The shop in Truro, Cornwall, will sell nativity sets, decorations and advent calendars.

Leased by Truro Cathedral, it will be opened later by its dean, the Very Reverend Roger Bush.

He admitted it seemed "a bit odd" to have a shop bedecked with Christmas items in the middle of July.

"We've had a successful Christmas shop within the cathedral for many years and we've found, oddly enough, that during the summer months when we get more visitors, people want to buy good quality Christmas products," he said.

"I know it looks a bit odd, culturally, to have Christmas things in the middle of perhaps the hottest time we've had for many years, but we do believe there is a demand for this."

The dean said opening a High Street shop did not mean the church was exploiting the commercialisation of Christmas.

"I don't think there's anything wrong in being commercial, but we've got to be very careful how we get our message across," he said.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-23372330

If you open a shop, then you are trying to take commercial advantage of something, in this case, Christmas. I believe the dean needs to use the confessional booth and say quite a few Hail Mary's for telling a rather large pork pie!

 

[richw]

I walked past the shop today, and it looked fairly busy.

But the cathedral spokesperson needs to know "thou shall tell the truth" or something similar, as its a commercial venture however you look at it,

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I believe the dean needs to use the confessional booth and say quite a few Hail Mary's for telling a rather large pork pie!

Has the Anglican Church now translated both the items highlighted above into their liturgical beliefs from a certain other Christian religion ?

 

[Welshman]

Cathedrals are faced with ever-growing costs for maintaining their buildings on behalf of the nation.

Although there is help for major repair schemes, they receive no financial assistance from the government for day-to day running [the fact the Anglican Church is "established" does not mean it is "nationalised"].

Some Cathedral authorities have reluctantly introduced admission charges for visitors - others object to this and try to raise extra money in other ways. If this shop is Truro's way of trying to make ends meet, then I applaud it.
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---

Has the Anglican Church now translated both the items highlighted above into their liturgical beliefs from a certain other Christian religion ?

"Confessionals" and "Hail Marys" are items found in/devotions used by the more catholic-minded [or "high church"] members of the CofE too.
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---

I walked past the shop today, and it looked fairly busy.

But the cathedral spokesperson needs to know "thou shall tell the truth" or something similar, as its a commercial venture however you look at it,

And what is wrong with a "commercial venture"?

Selling teas and cakes at 50p a time at the back of the local village church is a commercial venture. Is that also wrong?

 

[richw]

Cathedrals are faced with ever-growing costs for maintaining their buildings on behalf of the nation.

Although there is help for major repair schemes, they receive no financial assistance from the government for day-to day running [the fact the Anglican Church is "established" does not mean it is "nationalised"].

Some Cathedral authorities have reluctantly introduced admission charges for visitors - others object to this and try to raise extra money in other ways. If this shop is Truro's way of trying to make ends meet, then I applaud it.
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---


"Confessionals" and "Hail Marys" are items found in/devotions used by the more catholic-minded [or "high church"] members of the CofE too.
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---


And what is wrong with a "commercial venture"?

Selling teas and cakes at 50p a time at the back of the local village church is a commercial venture. Is that also wrong?

Nothing wrong with it being a commercial venture but when their spokesperson is coming out debating with journalists and the local media, they lost a little respect.

The person who the local news spoke to made it clear it is in no way a commercial venture.

 

[Welshman]

Nothing wrong with it being a commercial venture but when their spokesperson is coming out debating with journalists and the local media, they lost a little respect.

The person who the local news spoke to made it clear it is in no way a commercial venture.

According to the quotation, the Dean didn't say it wasn't a commercial venture [in fact he later said he thought there was nothing wrong with being commercial].

What he did say was they were not "exploiting the commercialisation of Christmas"

A subtle difference, I agree.

 

[richw]

According to the quotation, the Dean didn't say it wasn't a commercial venture [in fact he later said he thought there was nothing wrong with being commercial].

What he did say was they were not "exploiting the commercialisation of Christmas"

A subtle difference, I agree.

I'm not referring to this article. I am referring to the local news, where the person being interviewed said it was categorically not a commercial venture. Not sure if the person on the TV news was the Dean or another representative.

 

[Welshman]

Ah - as I did not hear the item on the local news to which you are referring, then I can obviously make no further response.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Three weeks ago I saw a shop near London Bridge railway station where the window was completely stuffed full of Xmas decorations and trees....:roll: