I have read with pure delight Neil Xavier O’Donoghue’s groundbreaking and magnificently “holistic” The Eucharist in Pre-Norman Ireland… He models for all students of liturgical studies the integration of textual and non-textual data called for in “holistic” liturgical studies.
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“Sing the Mass: Anthology of Music for the Irish Church,” prepared by the Irish National Centre for Liturgy in association with the Advisory Committee on Church Music of the Bishops’ Conference of Ireland, provides compositions for use with the new English translation of the Roman Missal.
I had my first real-live experience with the new translation (I’m not counting trial liturgies with ICEL folks) on Sunday.
Fr. Seán McDonagh says that Irish Catholic women should write to bishops around the country in protest at sexist language in the new version of the Roman missal.
Overhauling First Communion?
Jun 25
The Irish Jesuit social justice campaigner, Fr. Peter McVerry, has called on schools and churches to work together to radically overhaul the manner in which First Communions are conducted.
Pricey First Communion
Jun 17
Parents in Ireland spend €1,000 (= $1,428) on average on their child’s First Communion.
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While some priests may welcome the new texts, it is clear that others will resist them, while many, maybe the majority, will accept them with a sense of resignation and without enthusiasm.
“It is difficult to avoid a sense of disappointment over the decision to introduce the new English translation of the Roman Missal later this year.” – Fr. Tom Jordan, OP
I would like to call attention to an EXCELLENT resource recently published by the Irish National Centre for Liturgy entitled “The New Missal: Explaining the Changes.” it is written by Fr. Patrick Jones, with assistance from Sr. Moira Bergin, Julie Kavanagh and Fr. Liam Tracey.