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Archive for September 17th, 2011

UK reactions to the new translation of the Missal

In the UK, the new translation is now being phased in, and I can only say that I feel fortunate to have two final months of grace in the US.

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September 17: Memorial of St. Hildegard of Bingen?

In the regional German calendar, September 17 is first and foremost the memorial of the great twelfth-century visionary, monastic leader, writer, composer, and preacher Hildegard of Bingen, who died on this day in 1179. The only problem is that Hildegard was never officially canonized – or she would in all likelihood be another doctor of the church by now.

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