How my grandmother taught me about Aquinas.
Read moreAuthor: Diana Macalintal
Diana Macalintal is the Director of Worship for the Diocese of San Jose in California and holds a Master of Arts in Theology, cum laude, from Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota. She has served as a liturgist, music, and catechumenate director in campus, parish, and diocesan ministries for over 25 years and has authored numerous articles on liturgy, music, and the catechumenate. She was a contributing author for The Catholic Connections Handbook for Middle Schoolers and wrote The Eucharist Catechist's Guide (both Saint Mary's Press, 2009). She is an adjunct faculty member of the Institute in Pastoral Ministries of Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (Winona) and serves as a team member of the North American Forum on the Catechumenate. She founded and maintains a blog for the Diocese of San Jose called "Work of the People" and is a co-founder of TeamRCIA.com.
The other seafood
Something else to add to your meatless Friday menu.
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Multicultural liturgy seems to be the least popular of liturgical issues.
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500,000 photos, including a visual archive of events at Vatican II.
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“O pie pellicane!”
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Kudos to Bishop David O’Connell of the Diocese of Trenton for asking the question.
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I’ve been guilty of it myself when I was younger. But we really have to stop this weirdness around removing water from the baptismal font
Read moreOne way to get assembly feedback on your homily
But would you really want to know what the assembly thinks about it?
Read moreNunc dimittis
For many others like me, I suspect yesterday was a sad day.
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