Each Catholic Bishop at the head of a diocese in the English-speaking world has a challenging task ahead of him: the implementation of the new English missal. He can hardly be looking forward to it.
Read moreMonth: June 2010
The new translation under the microscope
As a policy, PrayTell does not unveil to the public translations of not-yet-approved or never-approved liturgical prayers. But when translations leak out on other websites, we permit ourselves to note them or report others’ comments on them.
Read moreThe Collegeville Conference on Music, Liturgy, and the Arts
CCMLA, “New Music, New Texts: Preparing for a New Missal,” ran this week, Monday night through yesterday afternoon. It was a rousing success, with over 150 participants.
Read moreJesus honored by (means of) bees
Tomáš Gabzdil Libertiny has sculpted Jesus out of honeycomb with the assistance of 40,000 bees. It reminds me of some of the more rhapsodic Christian musing on the Paschal candle.
Read moreThe new missal in Ireland
Pray Tell recently visited with Fr. Paddy Jones of the National Centre for Liturgy in Ireland. We asked about their plans to implement the new missal.
Read moreLiturgy according to the world: a dead end
Archbishop Chaput agreed with Fr. Barron that in recent decades the “professional liturgical establishment” chose to shape the liturgy according to the world, which has proven to be “a dead end.”
Read moreNew and Revised Mass Settings
The BCDW is happy to allow some limited presentation of preview copies of selections from the [new] Order of Mass
Read moreWith Corpus Christi fresh in our memory
As I made my way back to the hotel I stumbled over a man who was sleeping in the street. Only then did I notice that several large cardboard boxes lined the avenue. A man crawled out of one of them and asked me for money saying he was hungry. The pathway connecting both churches was dotted with these makeshift shelters housing many hungry people. Blinded by the splendor of both liturgies, I had not noticed them.
Read moreSouth Africa’s other playing field
Because of a misunderstanding, the South Africans put the new translation of the Order of Mass into effect in Advent 2008, right after Rome released the ‘final’ text. The reception was very stormy.
Read moreSummer “What We’re Reading” Wednesday
I’ve decided to divide my reading list into three categories: liturgical material, serious academic reading, and guilty pleasures.
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