The baptismal "pool" from Colleen's parish. Also doubles for the blessing of the animals.
We got a big blue plastic kiddie pool.
There is a priest, Fr. Michael Himes (Theology professor out of Boston College, a course!) who goes around the country giving seminars regarding Christian baptism. He says a return to the "original" church, in the "spirit of Vatican II" means a pool (literally) at the front of every parish as you walk in. He says we don't get grace from baptism, it is a "welcoming into the Christian community." Hence, the large welcoming "babbling brooks" in celebration of baptism.
Fr. Himes is not a fan of Ex Corde Ecclesiae and is another one of "those" Jesuits. Yep, you guessed it, hard to find him in a "collar" and he is over 55.
Don't get me started! ;-)
The baptismal "pool" from Colleen's parish. Also doubles for the blessing of the animals.