Tipping The Priest

[Ric.ror]

Well I can hardly believe it but the precious babe is making her first holy communion this May. On the days I have her we are preparing a HC scrapbook- and in desperate to lose at least a stone before the day (I’m also hoping to have threading and my lips done but that’s another thread) Anyway in just wondering how much to tip the priest? I thought £20-30
Anyone else had any experience? As always - thanks in anticipation

[Jordyboy9]

Did you not ask a similar question 9 years ago it’s in related questions?

[Barmaid]

Don't know about tipping the priest.

Do know about eyebrows. Go for waxing. Never threading. Trust me on this.

[albaqwerty]

that's a quick conversion for me not getting eyebrows threaded.

All I will say is having had a frozen shoulder for 3 months I'm glad it's woolly hat weather.

[Barmaid]

At least your forehead will be warm......

[Cloverjo]

How is threading so bad? I’ve never had my eyebrows done by anyone except myself, by plucking.

[andy-hughes]

Tradition in the Catholic Church is that you give a donation to the priest if you wish to have a Mass said for someone ill or recently deceased - some have a set amount, most leave it to the discretion of the requester.

The only other time money is given to the priest is the Christmas collection money which is given to him - all other collections go to parish funds.

I am sure that any priest would use the money for parish needs rather than spend it on himself - to do otherwise would be against his vocation.

But as I advised earlier, an individual donation for a child's communion is not expected.

[Cloverjo]

Jeez! You have to tip the priest to say a prayer for someone in pain. Is this for real?

[Mamyalynne]

You do not and are never under any obligation to pay for prayer or sacraments - anything given is purely voluntary.

[alavahalf]

Don't laugh ... but in my days as an altar boy .. which are long over I might add. I do recall that everyone involved loved doing a christening, a wedding or even a funeral.
After the event we nearly always had a visit to the vestry from at least one member of the congregation. 'He' as a rule would usually stuff a wad of notes into the priests hand.. ''a little something for you and the boys Father''. The priest would then have a divvy up and the altar boys would go away minted.
So you lot talking about tenners make me think I must have seen the best days. Allowing for inflation, those wads would have been hundreds in today's money .. Me and my mate Nailit were thinking of joining up again. But nah, not for tenners !
Andy .. the priests I knew would lay their newspapers over the large set of drawers that held their garments. They then highlighted their horses for the day and put the lot on whatever they fancied.
Having often worked for priests up until recently, I can assure you their is a certain element who are still doing exactly the same today, only they now have a laptop and no longer send the altar boys to the bookies !

[elliemay1]

Yes, it's all voluntary and only what a person can afford.

[Mamyalynne]

Does money change hands? Is a different question to - How much is X?

I would be astonished if a Parish Priest had a price list for anything other than items in the Church shop (Books,Beads,Cards etc).

What often happens is the chattering congregation set the competition between them as they boast about how much they gave for services and others feel shamed into it.

Not nice.

[Ric.ror]

Thanks for all your replies and sorry for the delay
Firstly it’s my granddaughter not daughter.
Secondly it’s not that kind of threading (I’m far too much of a coward to have any waxing or threading)
The best explanation i can provide is to point you in the direction of a beauty journalist called Alice Hart Davies who compares all procedures
It’s a very interesting blog