Month: May 2012
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America on the new translation
“Can we talk about a new edition of the Missal, not someday, but soon? (A costly question, for sure, but something tells me that many a priest would gladly help foot the bill.) Can we keep talking, not letting weariness with the whole business or indifference or fear of reprisals prevent us from talking and…
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The installation of Archbishop Lori: liturgical notes
Without giving a full account of the event, I thought I would note just a couple of points regarding yesterday’s installation liturgy of Archbishop William Lori as the sixteenth Archbishop of Baltimore.
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Communion for the remarried: Swiss clergy and laity disobey, and head of German bishops calls for change in discipline
Forty priests and pastoral ministers from the Diocese of St. Gall, Switzerland, have issued a statement that they will continue to offer communion to the divorced and remarried.
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New Cathedral for the Saskatoon Diocese
The Diocese of Saskatoon has a new cathedral, and Salt and Light TV has coverage of the dedication ceremony.
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Dialogue between old and new liturgical movements
“So how can the old and the new come together with the humility and magnanimity that are the antidotes to pride?.” – Fr. Christopher Jamison, OSB
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CARA’s Parish Data & the New Evangelization: A Social Network Approach
by Jack Rakosky “The good news is that social networks spread and maintain culture; the bad news is we can no longer rely on Catholic family and ethnic social networks to grow and maintain themselves. The parish today has to build and strengthen social networks of families, friends and small groups.”
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O Lord, who are the author of ever-living life…
… bless, recognize, and approve these words, these clauses, these holy and undefiled enunciations …
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What Did Last Thursday’s Collect Mean?
“I heard from about a dozen priests by noontime, asking, What the hell did today’s Collect mean?” – Xavier Rindfleisch
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The Rite for the Blessing of a Child in the Womb – some questions
Does this rite assume that all births will be to healthy children? Does the birth of a child that is not healthy signify some flaw in our “rebirth one day”?