What’s with colleges having class on Good Friday?

[Anonymous]

Not everybody observes. If you feel that strongly, take the day off.

[Anonymous]

Good Friday is not a big holiday for most protestants. I'm Christian and have never gotten off on Good Friday (or even Easter) at any university or college I have worked or attended. (Am a librarian, so sometimes we have weekend shifts.)

Not a big deal. We just swapped shifts if we wanted off to go to church. I thought getting off for Good Friday was just a public k-12 thing.

[Anonymous]

I don’t get it, OP. I don’t remember ever having Good Friday off. My kids went to Catholic school and they went to school on Good Friday.

[Anonymous]

OP you are an idiot.

[Anonymous]

I went to Catholic school from ES through college. Never got Good Friday off. In fact, the whole school had Mass on Good Friday in parochial school.

[Anonymous]

What's with people posting this ridiculous posts?

I went to college in the 90s. We never had Good Friday off.

Just trying to make drama, OP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's with people posting this ridiculous posts?

I went to college in the 90s. We never had Good Friday off.

Just trying to make drama, OP?

Oh and on the off chance you are actually a practicing Christian.
I am one as well and this sort of post is counter to the ideology of Christianity.
Making a big deal about small details. Not having a day off doesn't mean someone can't observe.
Now if you are just culturally a Christian (born as one, raised as one, yada, yada) I can see why you would be confused.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's with people posting this ridiculous posts?

I went to college in the 90s. We never had Good Friday off.

Just trying to make drama, OP?

Adding to the previous message, Oh and on the off chance you are actually a practicing Christian.
I am one as well and this sort of post (OP's post) is counter to the ideology of Christianity.
Making a big deal about small details. Not having a day off doesn't mean someone can't observe.
Now if you are just culturally a Christian (born as one, raised as one, yada, yada) I can see why you would be confused.

Correcting my previous post

[Anonymous]

We’re all out to get you bunny loving Catholics!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's with people posting this ridiculous posts?

I went to college in the 90s. We never had Good Friday off.

Just trying to make drama, OP?

I went to college in the 80s, and we never got Good Friday off. Not necessary, if you want to go to church you can do so after classes.

[Anonymous]

OP is probably one of those Russian trolls paid to stir up internal divisions among Americans.

I say that as a American Catholic who would actually be offended if everyone in my office was expected to take a holiday to accommodate my religious practices.

I've actually never understood why deeply un-religious Europe takes off all the major dates in the Christian calendar (and some not-so-major ones -- Holy Thursday? Easter Monday? Assumption Day?) No wonder non-Christians feel outside the mainstream of society there....

[Anonymous]

I went to college in the 80s, and we never got Good Friday off. Not necessary, if you want to go to church you can do so after classes.
Good Friday is the most Holy Day in the Catholic calendar - and is a solemn day - definitely not a "Holiday"
For those raised in Catholic Elementary School in the 40s (my parents) what they were taught and I learned was that you were supposed to spend the morning in reflection as Jesus was betrayed 3 times before noon by Peter and later in the day Jesus died on the Cross.

There is actually not mass or communion on Good Friday (so you can't go after class as someone previously recommended)
Churches typically have a Stations of the Cross which tell the story of the betrayal / Pontius Pilate / Walking with the Cross / Being Nailed to It etc

There is an old tradition that i rarely hear anyone doing of visiting nine churches on Good Friday in remembrance of the walk of Jesus Christ to his crucifixion. Typically you would say a prayer at each church and end up at a church in time for their stations of the cross.


These traditions are not typically practiced today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went to college in the 80s, and we never got Good Friday off. Not necessary, if you want to go to church you can do so after classes.

Good Friday is the most Holy Day in the Catholic calendar - and is a solemn day - definitely not a "Holiday"
For those raised in Catholic Elementary School in the 40s (my parents) what they were taught and I learned was that you were supposed to spend the morning in reflection as Jesus was betrayed 3 times before noon by Peter and later in the day Jesus died on the Cross.

There is actually not mass or communion on Good Friday (so you can't go after class as someone previously recommended)
Churches typically have a Stations of the Cross which tell the story of the betrayal / Pontius Pilate / Walking with the Cross / Being Nailed to It etc

There is an old tradition that i rarely hear anyone doing of visiting nine churches on Good Friday in remembrance of the walk of Jesus Christ to his crucifixion. Typically you would say a prayer at each church and end up at a church in time for their stations of the cross.


These traditions are not typically practiced today.

I had Catholic friends in college and they would tell the professors they were going to be absent on Good Friday. They often got notes from someone else (usually me) and made sure not to miss any work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's with people posting this ridiculous posts?

I went to college in the 90s. We never had Good Friday off.

Just trying to make drama, OP?

Oh and on the off chance you are actually a practicing Christian.
I am one as well and this sort of post is counter to the ideology of Christianity.
Making a big deal about small details. Not having a day off doesn't mean someone can't observe.
Now if you are just culturally a Christian (born as one, raised as one, yada, yada) I can see why you would be confused.

Christians have been taking Good Friday as a "day off" to attend church forever. It's not "counter to the ideology of Christianity" to want time off from work or school to observe Good Friday. I don't mind taking the time off to do it personally (I usually do), but the idea that a cultural Christian would want Good Friday off but a practicing one wouldn't is backwards and silly.

[Anonymous]

You don’t need to be off all day. Tell your kid to find a large church nearby. They will have several Mass or service options from early AM to night (unless you sent your kid to some rare remote college in the middle of the woods, in which case I can’t help you. Choices).