text: This is a set of web collections curated by Mark Graham using the Archive-IT service of the Internet Archive. They include web captures of the ISKME.org website as well as captures from sites hosted by IGC.org.These web captures are available to the general public.For more information about this collection please feel free to contact Mark via Send Mail ||||| See more of NOVUS ORDO Insider on Facebook ||||| A Catholic priest in the Philippines has been forced to repent after he took a spin on a hoverboard — during Christmas Eve Mass. 
   
   The unidentified holy roller drew the ire of the Diocese of San Pablo after cell phone video footage of him — riding up and down the nave of his church with a microphone in hand and singing "May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You" — went viral. 
   
   When he stepped off the device to deliver the final blessing, his parishioners gave him a round of applause. 
   
   His superiors were less amused. 
   
   "That was wrong," the diocese flatly declared in a statement posted online. "It is not a personal celebration where one can capriciously introduce something to get the attention of people." 
   
   The priest has gotten the message — and is apologizing. 
   
   "The priest said that it was a wake-up call for him," the diocesan statement reads. "He acknowledged that his action was not right and promised that it will not happen again." 
   
   The motorized man of the cloth has been yanked from his church in metro Manila and "will spend some time to reflect on this past event," the statement concludes. 
   
   Hoverboards were one of the hottest Christmas gifts this year despite the dangers of falling off the self-balancing, two-wheeled, battery-powered scooters. ||||| Written By Chad Merda Posted: 12/29/2015, 12:50pm 
   
   The good Lord may have saved him from wiping out on his new hoverboard , but one priest in the Philippines couldn’t be saved from a suspension at the hands of the Diocese of San Pablo after he used a hoverboard during Christmas Eve Mass. 
   
   The diocese announced the suspension on Tuesday, according to Rappler. It did not publicly name the priest. 
   
   The incident, which happened before the final blessing, was all captured on video. 
   
   In a statement, the diocese said the priest “will be out of the parish and will spend some time to reflect on this past event. He would like to apologize for what happened.” 
   
   It also described the incident as “a wake up call for him.” 
   
   “He acknowledged that his action was not right and promised that it will not happen again,” the diocese said in its statement. 
   
   In announcing the suspension, the diocese said the priest failed to realize that the Mass is the church’s highest form of worship. 
   
   “It is not a personal celebration where one can capriciously introduce something to get the attention of the people,” the diocese said. 
   
   In the priest’s defense, at least he didn’t get the attention of his flock by doing this: 
   
   A video posted by MIGATTI- $399 (@migattiusa) on Dec 26, 2015 at 7:44am PST 
   
   h/t: Religion News Service
target: – A priest rolling around his church on a "hoverboard" while singing May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You on Christmas Eve earned a round of applause from his congregation and a quick suspension from his diocese, NBC News reports. It's unknown how the birthday boy felt about the whole thing. According to Sun Times, the unnamed priest's song-and-roll routine took place just before the end of mass at a church in the Philippines. Fortunately for those who couldn't be in attendance, the whole thing was caught on video. "That was wrong," Rappler quotes a statement from the Diocese of San Pablo as saying. “[Mass] is the Church’s highest form of worship. Consequently, it is not a personal celebration where one can capriciously introduce something to get the attention of the people.” The priest's suspension was announced Tuesday, with the diocese stating that the priest is repentant and views the incident as a "wake-up call," Sun Times reports. "[He] will spend some time to reflect on this past event," reads the diocese's statement. "He would like to apologize for what happened.” A group advocating for a return to the traditional Latin mass used the priest's hoverboard jaunt as evidence of the further degradation of Catholic worship. "This calls for a reparation," the group posted on Facebook. According to NBC, so-called hoverboards were one of the most gifted items this Christmas. But Rappler reports they are facing a possible ban in the Philippines. (Even shoplifters are getting in on the trend.)