This is still a tradition in the Eichstãtt diocese of rural Bavaria. My sons are altar boys and led the processions Monday and today.
A crossroads two miles from our house splits our community into 4 parishes. A chapel or a field cross marks the boundaries of each one. The boundaries of our parish are the destinations of the first three processions. Today's stops were the boundaries of the main village.
People here (old farming families) are still very loyal to those within their parish boundaries. Now I know why!
A good article and reminder. The revolution of 1960's killed the Rogation Days. In Poland, where I come from, even ten days before the "council" (1952) the secretary of Polish Bishops wrote to communist authorities: "Among the most traditional processions, which have been held for centuries, are those on the Feast of St. Mark (April 25) and on Rogation Days (this year on May 19, 20, and 21); our people are very attached to these processions, and they also have a social character, as they are held with the intention of imploring God's blessing for the future harvest" - it was in the context of demanding that the authorities cease to disturb the above piety.
Just several years later the same Bishops forced upon the same faithful (with NO calendar) abandoning of Rogation Days.
This is still a tradition in the Eichstãtt diocese of rural Bavaria. My sons are altar boys and led the processions Monday and today.
A crossroads two miles from our house splits our community into 4 parishes. A chapel or a field cross marks the boundaries of each one. The boundaries of our parish are the destinations of the first three processions. Today's stops were the boundaries of the main village.
People here (old farming families) are still very loyal to those within their parish boundaries. Now I know why!
Great to hear! Love how traditions like this seem the survive in Bayern.
A good article and reminder. The revolution of 1960's killed the Rogation Days. In Poland, where I come from, even ten days before the "council" (1952) the secretary of Polish Bishops wrote to communist authorities: "Among the most traditional processions, which have been held for centuries, are those on the Feast of St. Mark (April 25) and on Rogation Days (this year on May 19, 20, and 21); our people are very attached to these processions, and they also have a social character, as they are held with the intention of imploring God's blessing for the future harvest" - it was in the context of demanding that the authorities cease to disturb the above piety.
Just several years later the same Bishops forced upon the same faithful (with NO calendar) abandoning of Rogation Days.