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OTP: Holy cow, er, cat
A cat that attends church? At Sunday's 10:00 a.m. service at Mission
Hills United Methodist Church, in pranced a handsome gray and white long-haired cat. It cruised the aisles, licked its fur, and curled up in a pew right next to parishioner Larry Granfield for a cat nap - right in the middle of the Rev. Craig Dorval's sermon. Churchgoers welcomed back "Bootsy Guzinski," who had been missed the last couple of months and was now a skinnier version of his former self, causing church secretary Judy Mefford to wonder if he might have hopped aboard moving van loading up across the street at the time he disappeared. Bootsy' real home is down the block with Vivian Guzinski. But he started frequenting the church after his "dad," Arthur Guzinski, passed away in 1996. Ever since, Bootsy, a rescued pound cat, has been as faithful as they come -- attending Sunday devotions, joining in the two weekly AA meetings in the church's basement, going to exercise classes, Christmas programs, weddings, keeping Mefford company in her church office, even attending garden club sessions. During one, Boosy leaped through a half-open window mid-meeting and proudly presented his human friends with a mouse....... a church mouse, no doubt. -- Jo Firey "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." |
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Jo Firey wrote: A cat that attends church? At Sunday's 10:00 a.m. service at Mission Hills United Methodist Church, St. George's Episcopal in La Canada, CA used to have a cat who attended services regularly, too! (I can't call him a "regular communicant", since I never saw him partake, but he did seem to favor the kneeling cushions at the altar-rail for naps.) |
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In message , Jo Firey
writes A cat that attends church? Canterbury Cathedral used to have a ginger tom cat which treated the Cathedral as its own, and apparently was known to wander the length of the aisle following whoever was leading a procession at the time - even the Archbishop. The Cathedral Shop used to sell (may even still do) stuffed toy ginger cats with a label on them explaining the story. My boss' cat hasn't quite reached such a lofty station as yet, but has been known to attend Evensong. -- Cathi |
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A cat that attends church?
It's not that unusual for rural parishes over here in Old Blighty to sometimes have a service where people can bring their animals & local god rep will bless them (the animals) :-) Cheers, helen s ~~~~~~~~~~ This is sent from a redundant email Mail sent to it is dumped My correct one can be gleaned from h*$el***$$n*$d$ot$**s**i$$m*$m$**on**$s$@*$$a**$*o l*$*.*$$c$om*$ by getting rid of the overdependence on money and fame ~~~~~~~~~~ |
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Marina wrote:
LOL! A cat who attends AA meetings! Maybe that would be something for Pam's Berfert? Berfert seems to have created his own chapter of AA. Tanada, however, re-discovered the joys of bleach. We used some to take some stains off one of the kitchen counter Sunday, and she got totally high off of it. Do you think there's a chapter of BA (Bleacher's Anonymouse) Pam S. |
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wafflyDIRTYcatLITTERhcsBOX wrote:
A cat that attends church? It's not that unusual for rural parishes over here in Old Blighty to sometimes have a service where people can bring their animals & local god rep will bless them (the animals) :-) Don't know how many of you have seen it, since it's an English sitcom, but that reminds me of an episode of "The Vicar of Dibley" where she decided to allow animals into church for the Sunday service (I forget what exactly inspired this), and the powers that be were all upset and said she'd make a laughing stock of them (there were tabloid stories and everything), but it turned out really successful; everyone and their dog (LOL) attended, and it all turned out well in the end. It was quite funny. Ann -- http://www.angelfire.com/ca/bewtifulfreak |
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What a great story! I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.
Best wishes, -- Polonca & Soncek "Jo Firey" wrote in message ... A cat that attends church? At Sunday's 10:00 a.m. service at Mission Hills United Methodist Church, in pranced a handsome gray and white long-haired cat. snip |
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Hugo Katt is a church cat. Or rather a church yard cat. He is not supposed
to enter the church, but it happens sometimes. He has been known to attend funerals. At least he is appropriately dressed - all black fur and silver (reflecting) collar. His job is to hunt rabbits and mice in the church yard. He inherited the job from his mother who was church yard cat before him. He loves his job and is very good at it. Our church was built in 1200-something - so long ago that there are no exact records. Elisabet __________________________________________________ ___________________ Happy to share my house and my life with Hugo Katt, the black church yard cat http://jump.to/hugokatt Jo Firey skrev i meddelandet ... A cat that attends church? At Sunday's 10:00 a.m. service at Mission Hills United Methodist Church, in pranced a handsome gray and white long-haired cat. It cruised the aisles, licked its fur, and curled up in a pew right next to parishioner Larry Granfield for a cat nap - right in the middle of the Rev. Craig Dorval's sermon. snip |
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"Jo Firey" wrote in message
... A cat that attends church? At Sunday's 10:00 a.m. service at Mission Hills United Methodist Church, in pranced a handsome gray and white long-haired cat. It cruised the aisles, licked its fur, and curled up in a pew right next to parishioner Larry Granfield for a cat nap - right in the middle of the Rev. Craig Dorval's sermon. Churchgoers welcomed back "Bootsy Guzinski," who had been missed the last couple of months and was now a skinnier version of his former self, causing church secretary Judy Mefford to wonder if he might have hopped aboard moving van loading up across the street at the time he disappeared. Bootsy' real home is down the block with Vivian Guzinski. But he started frequenting the church after his "dad," Arthur Guzinski, passed away in 1996. Ever since, Bootsy, a rescued pound cat, has been as faithful as they come -- attending Sunday devotions, joining in the two weekly AA meetings in the church's basement, going to exercise classes, Christmas programs, weddings, keeping Mefford company in her church office, even attending garden club sessions. During one, Boosy leaped through a half-open window mid-meeting and proudly presented his human friends with a mouse....... a church mouse, no doubt. -- Jo Firey "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." My church used to have a cat who showed up for the coffee hour after Sunday morning services. He liked attention, and especially liked being picked up, although he drooled copiously when he was held for any length of time. He'd get shut up in the church every once in a while, but he didn't seem upset, and managed to "hold it" until someone showed up the next day and let him out. His name was Leo, and his people lived nearby. Eventually he stopped turning up, and we never knew what happened to him. Fast forward several years. Our church merged with another church about 10 miles away. We began having our services at the other church, and during-the-week meetings at our old church. There was a cat that would show up at the other church. If it was warm, and the doors were open, he would often come in for the services. His favorite place to nap was the choir loft, but he would occasionally favor a parishioner for a while. Joy |
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