Fritz Bauerschmidt, Author at PrayTellBlog

I am a professor of Theology at Loyola University Maryland and a permanent deacon of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, assigned to Corpus Christi parish.

Wrestling with Words: Inclusive Language and the Difficulties of Prayer

We should always seek more adequate language about God, but let’s not fool ourselves into thinking that by doing so we can free ourselves from having to wrestle with the words in all their gendered, historical, concrete specificity.

Liturgy in Southbridge, MA: an audio time-capsule of post-conciliar transition

June 12, 2018 Fritz Bauerschmidt Vatican II

Recordings of liturgies at Sacred Heart Church in Southbridge, MA, ranging from 1966-1969, provide a fascinating glimpse of liturgical change in one parish.

Rituals for Secular People

May 7, 2018 Fritz Bauerschmidt Ritual Studies Secularism

The Atlantic has a piece that discusses the “Ritual Design Lab” in Silicon valley that will design rituals for births, deaths, and everything in between.

Ars Praedicandi: Trying to Say Everything

May 5, 2018 Fritz Bauerschmidt Ars Praedicandi Homilies

Maybe it is possible to say everything without saying all that much.

The Awareness Heuristic: School Shootings and Flying Monstrances

April 4, 2018 Fritz Bauerschmidt Demographics and Sociology Inculturation

Flying monstrances are a threat to the faith. But so is bad preaching, amateurish music, poor proclamation of the scriptures, bored celebrants, inattention to symbols, childish catechesis, and so forth.