“While the liturgy is, as Vatican II put it, ‘the source and summit’ of Catholic life, love of the poor neighbor is the fundamental social calling of all who call themselves ‘Catholic’.” – M. Francis Mannion
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The Parish Catalyst Project
Our goal at Parish Catalyst is to provide a platform of support for talented pastors who are already making inroads into new church structures—pastors releasing the latent energy found in the baptismal call of the laity, and redefining the place of the parish in the local community.
Read moreNon Solum: Christmas Flower Donations
Is there is a sensitive way to limit or refuse donations?
Read moreTranslation hint: “Reno” means “Reindeer”
Pray Tell wants to double-source this chant before asserting authenticity.
Read moreYves Congar, My Journal of the Council, Part XIX
Good John XXIII keeps on combining some lovely gestures with others that are regrettable or retrograde.
Read moreLiturgy in Migration: Eastern Christian Insights and Western Liturgical Reforms: Travelers, Texts, and Liturgical Luggage
Many Western Christians have been exposed to the ritual practices and theological ethos of Eastern Christian worship as a result of the westward migration of Eastern liturgies.
Read moreLiturgy in Migration: Liturgical Migrations into Cyberspace: Theological Reflections
A few years ago, liturgy experiments in internet still occasioned headlines and sparked controversy-laden debates about the risks and side effects for the liturgical life of the church. More recently, the commotion has disappeared.
Read moreThe People’s Pope: Francis, TIME’s Person of the Year
“In a matter of months, Francis has elevated the healing mission of the church—the church as servant and comforter of hurting people in an often harsh world—above the doctrinal police work so important to his recent predecessors. John Paul II and Benedict XVI were professors of theology. Francis is a former janitor, nightclub bouncer, chemical technician and literature teacher.”
Read moreRe-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 67
In accord with the principle of the “truth” of the rite that we have seen earlier, the Council Fathers decree that the actual capabilities of the infants being baptized are to be reflected in the texts and ceremonies used.
Read moreMüller Speaks at CSL Anniversary in Würzburg
A multi-part celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Sacrosanctum Concilium featured the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith as the main speaker. He gave the liturgical reforms of Vatican II a strikingly positive evaluation.
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