Latin chant, Palestrina, Bach, Schubert, Duruflé, Proulx, Joncas, Rutter, spirituals, world music… it’s all just amazing.
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Month: September 2017
Non solum: Adding Devotional Prayers to the Mass
Bad idea. Just stop it. Now.
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YouthSpeak
Pray Tell blog is hosting a contest for young millennials to share their thoughts and opinions and preferences and passions on worship. In accord with the spirit of our blog, which is Catholic and ecumenical, we want young people up to age 25 to tell us about their experience of worship. High-schoolers, members of youth groups, singers and liturgical ministers, undergrad theology majors and minors – all are welcome to enter the contest.
Read moreAmerica Poll: How Good is the Liturgy in Your Parish?
America magazine polled its readers on how they would rate the liturgy in their parish. Responses were remarkable positive.
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More Mercy on the Brain
The humility of which Augustine speaks, then, is surely a matter of not aiming too high. (See Adam and Eve, fall of.) Knowing oneself is also, however, a matter of not aiming too low.
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Two Cardinals, Two Views on Intercommunion
Cardinal Woelki (left) is torpedoing the hopes of Cardinal Marx (right).
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New Summer Music-Liturgy Camp for Youth at Saint John’s
The spirit of Music Ministry Alive will launch into a successor program to be held on the grounds of Saint John’s Abbey and University next summer, June 26-July 1, 2018.
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The Arts and Ecumenism: What Theology Risks in Artistic Creation Conference
Following sessions in Paris, Strasbourg, and Florence, the Mount Tabor Ecumenical Centre for Art and Spirituality concludes this international symposium The Arts and Ecumenism: What Theology Risks in Artistic Creation with conferences at Yale University and Cape Cod.
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Absolution Confusion
Many people are under the impression that the absolution by the priest actually absolves them from their sins.
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Liturgical Press Statement on the Ministry of Fr. James Martin, SJ
As a Benedictine publishing house, we strive to listen to others in charity, to engage in civil and charitable dialogue – to welcome each person as Christ because each person is Christ (RB 53:1).
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