One reader recently wrote in asking about best practices for choosing and recruiting gift bearers.
Read moreMonth: February 2015
Meatfare, Cheesefest: Fasting and Feasting
It has become customary for some Orthodox to post and tweet photos of their Lenten meals on social media.
Read moreOn Orthodox Fundamentalism
“The insidious danger of Orthodox fundamentalists is that they obfuscate the difference between tradition and fundamentalism. By repurposing the tradition as a political weapon, the ideologue deceives those who are not inclined to question the credibility of their religious leaders.”
Read moreViewpoint: Banning Altar Girls is Theologically Unsound and Pastorally Imprudent
In a January 26 statement, Fr. Joseph Illo, pastor of Star of the Sea parish in San Francisco, announced a new policy whereby altar girls at Mass would be phased out and thenceforth only boys would serve at the altar.
Read moreReviewing the Homiletic Directory
I believe the Directory, in spite of its protests to the contrary, reinforces that all-too-prevalent model of the homily as a few words of explanation about the “readings we just heard” or an explanation of a Church teaching.
Read moreThe So-Called Apostolic Tradition of St. Hippolytus of Rome
But, regardless of whence the text comes, what surprised me was how the students read the text. The first things they noticed were the words that sounded most like the present-day Roman Rite.
Read moreLenten Devotion Goes Digital
Lentsanity, Lectio Divina Lent, and CRS Rice Bowl are just a few of the many Lenten and devotional apps for iOS and Android.
Read moreMy New Book: Catherine Vincie; Worship and the New Cosmology: Liturgical and Theological Challenges
People who see the liturgy as a dynamic reality that constantly needs updating will like this book.
Read more“A Youth Movement in the Priesthood”
“These twenty-something priests — and others like them — are the future face of the Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. In an increasingly secular culture, they have their work cut out for them, but they say they are undaunted.”
Read moreVideo on the College of Cardinals
In under 2 minutes, the video from Rome Reports is well worth a quick glance.
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