the priests saw the funny side of it all
Pub bosses have apologized after asking a group of trainee priests to leave their Cardiff venue, mistaking them for a stag party in fancy dress.The seven Roman Catholic seminarians had gone to The City Arms to toast Father Peter McClaren’s ordination when they were asked to move on.
Assistant manager Matt Morgan said they received a free round of drinks when the situation was explained.”They were all dressed in their black and white clothes,” he said.”The staff thought they were a stag. We do have quite a few issues on the weekends with parties wearing fancy dress so it is our policy to turn them away.”
six of the priests who were turned away
Father Michael Doyle, who knows the group, said the seven went to the pub on Quay Street to celebrate the ordination at the nearby Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral of St David. The pub was a favourite of his colleagues including the Archbishop of Cardiff, George Stack.”They arrived at The City Arms and were dressed wearing the clerical collar,” he said.
“The doorman said something along the lines of, ‘Sorry gents, we have a policy of no fancy dress and no stag dos’. “The students had started to leave when they were approached by the bar manager. “He basically said, ‘you’re real, aren’t you?’,” said Fr Doyle.”He invited them back in and when they walked back in the entire pub burst into a round of applause, and they had a free round off The City Arms.”
Fr Doyle said the group stayed at the pub most of the afternoon chatting to customers.
Mr Morgan said the priests were “all great sports and saw the funny side of the situation”.
A spokesman for the Archdiocese of Cardiff added: “We’d like to thank The City Arms for being good sports through all of this and their kind gesture to our seminarians.”
the priests enjoyed a few pints in the pub at the end
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“any band that doesn’t have a sense of humor has a little bit of a problem.”
-jens lekman, swedish musician
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credits: wales news service, j. lloyd, the city arms
Great to have a sense of humor, you can enjoy laughing at yourself too!!
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absolutely
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hahahaha 🙂
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)))
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Three cheers to the friendly fathers, Beth, arms open at last.
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At last☘️
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I’ve known a few rowdy priests in my time…
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I know there are plenty of them out there )
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It’s a blessing to have a great sense of humor!
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indeed!
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That’s a pretty funny story. Wish I could have seen those expressions….)
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me too, george )
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let us know when the nuns try it.
cheers
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😻
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Great story, Beth!
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I had a good laugh
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😀
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thankfully, no one seemed to get hot under the collar
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Ha!
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Lol
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yep!
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As a good Catholic girl even I can see the humor in this story thanks for sharing it Beth I can’t wait to share it with Father Francis from our parish he will get a kick out of it.
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i hope he enjoys it )
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he did he laughed and thought it was very cute wanted me to send a copy to Catholic charities so they all could have a laugh in NYC so I did by email to Cardinal Paul
I will tell you what he said when I get a reply. ❤
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Great!
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At the Historic Church of St. Patrick in Toledo, Juliana told me the priest would meet regularly with parishioners or anyone with questions about the Catholic faith at a local Irish pub downtown. It was quite popular.
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amazing -)
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What is the world coming to? 🙂
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🍺
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I was on break and came back to this great (real) story, Beth. I’m so glad the manager recognized they were seminarians. It is interesting that they must have had some bad experiences with stag or bachelor’s parties! Bars in our town “love” groups!! 😊
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Maybe they’ve had some really crazy things happen
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What a lovely story. Many thanks.
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My pleasure
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This is very funny–I wonder if they thought it was fancy dress, or a stag party …
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Stag, I think)
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