'While Father’s away’ — The priests who cover Masses, and the secret shoppers who grade them
When Cross Catholic Outreach missionaries arrive, so do ‘mystery shoppers’
When the pastor of a one-priest parish needs a vacation, he has just a few options.
First, he might ask a retired priest from his diocese to cover Masses for him. Or there might be a priest who works at the chancery or tribunal, without a standing parish assignment, who can pick up his Mass…