My cousin is being ordained as a priest in the Catholic Church in three weeks and I’ll be attending the festivities in Florida. We’re in a little bit of a budget crunch with ElzaHub unemployed right now, and a baby on the way, so I’m trying to find a meaningful gift that won’t break the bank.
Any suggestions? He’s a good guy with lots of interests (I know he used to have a thing for Jennifer Lopez, but I’m pretty sure a JLo calendar wouldn’t be appropriate - and I’ve forgiven him for that lapse in judgment;) ), but I was hoping to find something appropriate to the day, some sort of keepsake that he can either use in his new church or in his daily faith.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I knew there’d be a bad joke coming from somewhere :rolleyes: .
However, you redeemed yourself with the suggestion - I really like that idea. I’ll hae to drop his mom an email and see if she knows how to do something like that.
Originally, I was going to put together a scrapbook for him of the cousins (we’re all pretty much like brothers and sisters), but ran out of time, so I want something that he’ll be able to use to remember his family.
A stole. Most priests won’t own full sets of vestments, but a stole counts as a “traveling set” and is often personal. Even if his immediate family is getting him one, having two in different colors would be nice. I’ve seen some really cool ones from Latin America, multicolored like sarapes.
Once in summer camp, a priest visiting for “family Sunday” found out he’d forgotten to pack his stole. Fortunately, long wide scarves were in fashion and he was able to borrow one: he said he felt “out of uniform” having Mass without a cloth band on his shoulders.
Also, does he have a tiny, carry-in-any-pocket prayerbook (they come in all kinds of sizes) or one of those Missals in two volumes? (One for Sundays, one for weekdays)
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