Ingrid Fischer, Author at PrayTellBlog

Ingrid Fischer has studied psychology and human biology as well as theology (liturgical studies) in Vienna, with a doctoral dissertation on “The Liturgy of the Three Days before Easter.” Since 2001 she has been a member of the scholarly-pedagogical team of the THEOLOGISCHE KURSE (the oldest institution of theological adult education in the German-speaking world) teaching liturgical studies and church history. Her main concern is to understand the development of liturgical expressions past and present, which is foundational for a mature faith. As program director of the AKADEMIE am DOM, she wants to bring people and convictions closer together – in a catholic manner which is respectful of those who think differently.

Albani Psalter (12th century), Mary Magdalene announces the resurrection of Christ to the disciples.

In the image of God he created them …

What “being a woman” is has always been and still is decided by men in the Catholic Church – to the disadvantage of women.

Baptized in the Ecclesial Faith

March 21, 2023 Ingrid Fischer Children Church Reform Demographics and Sociology Inculturation Initiation / RCIA Liturgical Catechesis Secularism

A 2021 survey of Austrian priests inquires whether we’ve followed through on the new (restored) paths to Christian initiation in this post-conciliar age. And what do our choices mean with regard to “remembering” our Baptism?

How to Sanctify the World

January 21, 2023 Ingrid Fischer Environment and Ecology Liturgical Spirituality Pastoral Theology Vatican II

Ask a hundred Catholics what is most important in the Church. They will answer: Mass.
Ask a hundred Catholics what is most important in Mass. They will answer: Transubstantiation, the transformation of bread and wine into Christ’s body and blood.
Tell a hundred Catholics that the most important thing in the Church is, therefore, transformation.
They will be outraged: “No, everything should stay the same.”

While Gentle Silence Enveloped All Things

December 21, 2022 Ingrid Fischer Liturgical Theology Liturgy of the Hours

By examining texts shared between the Christmas and Easter seasons, we find the Paschal Mystery embedded at the heart of our Nativity celebrations.

If I Summoned Him and He Answered Me …

November 21, 2022 Ingrid Fischer Liturgical year Liturgy and Virtues Pastoral Theology

What if we too were allowed to ask, accuse, even bring charges against God? Allowed to do so in court and receive a different answer than Job? To bring a more comprehensive indictment than theological expertise has long considered conceivable?

And Because I am Good for Nothing: Some Notes on the Capacity of the Faithful

October 24, 2022 Ingrid Fischer Vatican II

Sixty years after the opening of the Council, it would be time to get serious about the fact that the baptized are not just to go “to church” on Sundays.