The Sounds of our Offerings: Achieving Excellence in Church Music has just been published by the Alban Institute in cooperation with the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. The work details a research project involving nine congregations: three Catholic, three Episcopal, and three Presbyterian, located in the Northwest, Southwest, Midwest, and Northeast of the United States.
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What is already happening in the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham is the subject of the first part of the lecture. The second part will be of interest to those, especially those in the Association for Latin Liturgy, and indeed many in the Latin Mass Society who are anxious to see the preservation of a cultural patrimony much wider and deeper than that of the Anglican tradition.
In the church where Martin Luther was ordained and celebrated his first Mass, the Pope wore a stole that depicted his personal coat of arms topped by the triple-crown tiara. Talk about sending a message! If there is anyone who railed against the imperial papacy, it was surely Luther.
Bishop Olmsted of Phoenix Diocese is withdrawing permission for Communion under both forms at nearly all Masses.
Yesterday’s Language
Aug 27
“The new English translation of the Roman Catholic Order of Mass, mandated by the Vatican to be inaugurated this Advent, wounds not only many of my Catholic friends but also me.” – Gail Ramshaw
Looking at the new Ordinal of the Anglican Church in North America, imagine my surprise. . .
With all due respect to my Protestant and Orthodox fellow Christians, from whom my church certainly could learn very much, I admit to being rather proud of the Vatican II-reformed Catholic rite of Mass as I celebrated it with other Christians from other traditions.
Soon enough, English-speaking Roman Catholics will discover the (very) mixed blessing of their new translation. The rest of us stand to lose not only the experience of sharing with them common texts, but also the ongoing outgrowth of musical fruits engendered by those texts.
The US Catholic bishops voted 204-11 last fall to approve the agreement. The Presbyterian Church-USA has also ratified the agreement. The Reformed Church in America and the Christian Reformed Church are scheduled to consider the agreement at their respective national gatherings this summer. Delegates to the UCC’s 28th General Synod in Tampa will deliberate and potentially approve the Common Agreement on Mutual Recognition of Baptism.
by Jack Rakosky