Priest banned from joint-"Eucharist" in the Netherlands

Cathcon translation of Kerkdienst voorafgegaan door gezamenlijk ontbijt - link now broken.

If we cannot come together to celebrate a 'Supper', we still can have breakfast. And so it was, yesterday morning in De Akker next to the Old Catholic Church of St. Vitus where Protestants and (Old) Catholics had their annual ecumenical church service. (Cathcon- shameful use of words- Catholics are Catholics, Old Catholics left the Church after the declaration of Papal Infallability)

The Haarlem Bishop Punt has banned the Catholic priest, Father Stef de Wit from participating in the annual Last Supper / Eucharist because the various churches think differently from Catholics.

(Update, 2024 Of your charity, pray for the repose of his soul, he died in 2017)

Both breakfast and then the service were enthusiastically enjoyed yesterday. It was maintained that the churches can still do very much good together, such as promoting good integration, help for the poor and engaging in building a society in which tolerance means no veiling, De Wit said. In the service, the theme of "pray unceasingly” 'emphasis was placed on the unitive aspect of religions.

One of these men is the offending priest- difficult to recognise.