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Poland Religion in daily life/ INTERVIEW for school paper [28]
IN POLAND:
1. Churches don't have carpets
2. Very few people go up to receive the Holy Comunion
3. The host is placed directly into the open mouth
4. In Some churches you kneel down when receiving the Host
5. With the sign of peace, they just nod their heads at you
6. People leave before the priest
7. When walking in a pew, they just walk in without kneeling first
8. You can stand and ushers don't bring an extra chair out for you
9. They bless Easter Baskets on Easter Sunday
10. People dress up nicer
11. They don't have bathrooms
12. They don't heat most churches nor do they have air conditionairs
13. They don't have missalettes
14. Priest doesn't shake hands with you at the end of the mass
15. They don't have Bingo or after-mass socials
16. The priest walks up the "ambona" to give the sermon
17. Lay people don't give out the communion
18. You see older people during the day praying the rosary
19. They won't clap their hands after a baptismal
20. The mass is in polish