Is it ok to bring a coffee into 8AM Catholic Church mass?

[Anonymous]

Stay for coffee and donuts and you can meet some friendly people. It's casual and brief, or don't if you feel uncomfortable. Bring a couple bucks as a donation but they wont care if you don't. Also, bring a couple bucks so you have something to put into the donation basket that gets passed around. Afterwards you can go to Starbucks.

[Anonymous]

You are supposed to fast before taking communion, so no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Catholics are expected to fast for 30 minutes before receiving communion, so snacks and drinks are not a thing during mass, except for tiny children who do not receive communion.

Plus it’s a beautiful space that should be treated well. If people start bringing coffee it’s only a while before people start spilling coffee.

I was raised Catholic and never knew about fasting before mass!

I never heard of the rule to fast for 30 minutes. I always heard that you should fast after confession and before mass. So you go to confession on Saturday evening and then eat nothing until you receive communion.

But I don’t follow that rule.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Coffee : No
Hidden whiskey flask: No problem

I get the humor, I guess, but I basically never seen anyone leave mid mass to go to a restroom to even have a chance take a nip from a flask. Unless you’re implying boozing in the car on the way to church?

[Anonymous]

If its not acceptable, it should be.

[Anonymous]

No, Catholics don’t drink coffee at Mass. I’ve seen some of those stadium churches do that - have comfy seats where people can kick back with a coffee. But Catholics are technically supposed to fast before receiving Communion and drinking coffee in the church would be a big no no.

[Anonymous]

No coffee at church!

[Anonymous]

^^^^ stadium churches = evangelical. They do a lot do of things differently. Some of them I think are good (like why not have coffee at 8 am?) and some feel weird and cult-y. I say this as a Catholic who explored evangelicalism for a very short period before realizing traditional evangelicals made Catholics look extremely reasonable, grounded in science, nonliteral interpretation of Bible stories, more focused on social justice, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry I know it’s a silly question. Back home. Haven’t been to church in ages. Folks go to the early bird 8AM mass. There’s a Starbucks a block away. Would it be ok to bring in just a small tall cup of coffee? I’m assuming not ok but figured it doesn’t hurt to ask anonymously.

What? Have you ever been to a Catholic Church? No. Never. This is not something you would forget.

When we were growing up everyone wore nice clothes or at least business casual to Catholic church. All the men and boys in suits and blazers, women and girls in dresses. Now it seems most come in regular clothes. So I wasn’t sure if the loosened modern dress code also loosened up the ability to bring a coffee.

If it spilled that would be a mess and impact others. No.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry I know it’s a silly question. Back home. Haven’t been to church in ages. Folks go to the early bird 8AM mass. There’s a Starbucks a block away. Would it be ok to bring in just a small tall cup of coffee? I’m assuming not ok but figured it doesn’t hurt to ask anonymously.

What? Have you ever been to a Catholic Church? No. Never. This is not something you would forget.

When we were growing up everyone wore nice clothes or at least business casual to Catholic church. All the men and boys in suits and blazers, women and girls in dresses. Now it seems most come in regular clothes. So I wasn’t sure if the loosened modern dress code also loosened up the ability to bring a coffee.

The no food / no drinks - except for small children- during Mass has nothing to do with clothing. Catholics are technically supposed to fast the hour before Mass or the hour before Communion (which would mean during Mass) so an adult drinking coffee at Mass would get quite a few quizzical looks.

[Anonymous]

I usually wear athleisure to Mass but I wouldn’t bring in coffee. It wouldn’t even occur to me, to be honest!

[Anonymous]

But you can have coffee at home while watching Mass on YouTube.

[Anonymous]

Generally no food or drinks unless you are a baby

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Catholics are expected to fast for 30 minutes before receiving communion, so snacks and drinks are not a thing during mass, except for tiny children who do not receive communion.

Plus it’s a beautiful space that should be treated well. If people start bringing coffee it’s only a while before people start spilling coffee.

This. Even if you’re not able to receive communion, you still shouldn’t drink at Catholic mass.

[Anonymous]

Hard no.