[sockmonkey]

In addition to locking the Tabernacle, the Knights of Columbus have Volunteered to watch all communicants that receive the host to make sure that none of them make off with it.

I hope they have their swords at the ready...yes, I know they are probably not in their regalia, but I like the idea of them being dressed in their KoC uniforms while on duty.

[AnAmericanMother]

I would think that a good jo would be more effective -- plus then you would not be shedding blood in church, if you were careful.

My husband's just a 4th kyu aikidoka (so that ain't him in the pic - in his dojo you're not entitled to wear the hakama til you get to 2nd kyu) . . . but he's a whiz with that stick. And he used to be head usher at our old Episcopal parish. And he's 6'6" and about 240#.

I'd hate to have to spare him from the choir, but it would be a pretty reckless little college boy who didn't do exactly what the old man told him to . . . .

. . . . and then of course there's our rector, who is a little fireplug of an Irishman who is built like a middleweight boxer . . . . and our parochial vicar, who is ex-military . . . . .

All in all, not the sort of parish that you would want to mess with, particularly.