A recent Pew Research Center survey shows that less than a third of U.S. Catholics believe that in the Eucharist bread and wine “become the
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Author: Fritz Bauerschmidt
I am a professor of Theology at Loyola University Maryland and a permanent deacon of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, assigned to the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen.
Ad Orientem in Gallup NM
The Cathedral in Gallup turns things around.
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On the Night He Was Betrayed, He Took Off His Helmet…
The first Mass at Notre Dame since the fire.
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The Beauty of Modernist Church Buildings
The photographs of Thibaud Poirier reveal the beauty of modern churches.
Read moreTaking the Lectionary to Task
Lest we liturgical-types get smug over how our lectionaries keep us from only preaching on our favorite passages, Sarah Hinkley Wilson offers a salty assessment
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Sacred Ground
The Archdiocese of Baltimore has recently started a program called The Ministry of the 14th Station: Jesus is Laid in the Tomb, which is a
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Suffering the Little Children
Do small children belong at Mass?
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The Sweat of Our Brow and the Bread of Heaven
We should not forget that the bread we bring to the Eucharist is not the fruit of our triumph, but of cursed and anxious toil.
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The One Word of God in Many Voices
The diversity of voices that proclaim our Scriptures in the liturgy are a kind of aural icon of the infinite fulness of the Word spoken in eternity.
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Hymns in the Liturgy of the Hours [UPDATED]
“Over time, individuals and communities learn to taste and appreciate the native sobriety of the Latin hymns”
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