What songs has your parish sung during this Eastertide? Better yet, did any songs bring much rejoicing to your heart? Did any songs bring much weeping and gnashing of teeth?
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Author: Katharine E. Harmon
Katharine E. Harmon is an Assistant Professor of Theology at Marian University in Indianapolis, IN, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in theology, liturgy, and lCatholic history. She is an organist and church musician at St. Mark the Evangelist Parish in Indianapolis, IN. Katharine is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame's Ph.D. program in Liturgical Studies, and the author of There Were Also Many Women There: Lay Women in the Liturgical Movement in the United States, 1926-1959 (Liturgical Press, 2013).
Notre Dame Cathedral in Flames
On Monday afternoon in Paris, the great spire of Notre Dame Cathedral collapsed.
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The Annunciation on the Lenten Journey
In this moment of the Annunciation, Mary is able to say something about who she IS, in order to step forward into who she will BECOME.
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A time to fully, consciously, actively participate
I must say that the level of attention I can bring to Mass as a music minister FAR surpasses any attention I can muster while wrangling an active little girl.
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Psalms, not Walls
Regardless of what side of the “wall” you find yourself on, I have a feeling many of us are dismayed by the lack of conversation and communion which we are experiencing.
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Ancient Worlds of Light
In my fair city, it is, in fact, easier to make out the model of an airplane than it is to see Ursa Major.
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Even Jesus gets “Hi, Baby” in our House
We have plenty of pop Christmas songs about a “newborn king,” we don’t often think of Christ, the King, as a newborn baby.
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Fashion Trend Alert: Chapel Veils are Back!
Among undergraduates, we’ve seen a decided uptick in young women who elect to wear the mantilla or “chapel veil”.
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Rebuild My Burning Church
On the Exultation of the Holy Cross this year, our bishop lay prostrate on the floor of his cathedral.
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Man, I’m Tired of Inclusive Language
Inclusive language appears to be dead, and those of us who continue to demand it appear obsolete and out-of-touch.
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