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Day: October 30, 2010

  • Priesthood of believers (à la Albert Vanhoye)

    This is not meant to be a rejoinder to the previous post but just an invitation to those interested to read what I consider the best essay written on this subject from an RC point of view: Common and Ministerial Priesthood by Albert Vanhoye.

  • Best practices for implementing the new missal translation?

    As I speak in various dioceses around the country, I have been floating some ideas for implementing the new missal translation and have picked up a few ideas from the priests, deacons, and lay liturgical leaders in my audiences. Here are mine, with a bit of an explanation of what I mean.

  • Priesthood of believers

    Every Christian is someone else’s priest, and we are all priests to one another.

  • All Saints — a Solemnity of Women?

    It is no great secret that the official Calendar of Saints is marked by a numerical imbalance regarding the women and men who have come to be recognized as saints. Simply put, the Roman Catholic sanctoral cycle includes far more men than women and thus seems to privilege male versions of the holy life.