I recently had the opportunity to give a paper on the Eritrean Catholic Church at Faith, Art, and the Politics of Belonging in Africa, the combined meeting of SERSAS and SEAN held at UNC Chapel Hill. I began studying Eritrean Christianity in 2003 by praying with and learning from Eritrean Orthodox Christians in San Diego at the beginning of my doctoral studies in cultural anthropology which subsequently lead to my fieldwork in Eritrea in 2005. [MORE...]
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The planning meeting began in Collegeville yesterday for the 2011 national symposium on Lay Ecclesial Ministry.
is in Atlanta this August 21st.
The NPM convention ended Friday noon with everyone standing to sing a full-throated “Halleluja Chorus” from Messiah. It was very moving.
Paths Cross
Jul 16
The convention of the Latin Liturgy Association in Detroit is beginning just as the NPM convention is ending.
Hymn Society, Thursday close
Jul 16
The Hymn Society reports on current hymnological research, and it also fosters further research.
NPM in Detroit, Thursday
Jul 15
You can be sure that NPM will follow the full range of the Church’s teachings and directives in all this. I think only a few zealots will be disappointed.
Birmingham is a city that shares its scars. Many conference attendees had the opportunity to visit (and sing at) Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, the site of a 1963 bombing that killed four young girls. The church was rebuilt, including a gift from Wales of a stained glass window that depicts a Black Christ, and functions both as church and as landmark today. (An image of the window is available online here.)
Our Wednesday evening hymn festival [MORE...]
Hymn Society, Wednesday
Jul 14
Morning prayer this week has been led by the team of Rev. Lia Scholl (a pastor shepherding a Mennonite church) and Cantor Jessica Roskin, who serves the congregation of Temple Emanu-El in Birmingham. Cantor Roskin has been leading us through a variety of songs in English and Hebrew — some ancient folk songs, some chants, some more recently composed pieces. I’ve been captivated by their beauty and I’m getting better at reading transliterated Hebrew.
Tuesday evening’s [MORE...]
NPM in Detroit, Wednesday
Jul 14
Pastoral Musician of the Year is Bob Hurd. Jubilate Deo award this year goes to Sr. Kathleen Hughes, RSCJ.