Katharine E. Harmon, Author at PrayTellBlog

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).

Psalms, not Walls

January 24, 2019 Katharine E. Harmon Ecumenism Uncategorized

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.

Ancient Worlds of Light

December 23, 2018 Katharine E. Harmon

In my fair city, it is, in fact, easier to make out the model of an airplane than it is to see Ursa Major.

Even Jesus gets “Hi, Baby” in our House

November 22, 2018 Katharine E. Harmon Children Liturgical Spirituality Liturgical year

We have plenty of pop Christmas songs about a “newborn king,” we don’t often think of Christ, the King, as a newborn baby.

Fashion Trend Alert: Chapel Veils are Back!

October 25, 2018 Katharine E. Harmon Demographics and Sociology Young Adults

Among undergraduates, we’ve seen a decided uptick in young women who elect to wear the mantilla or “chapel veil”.

Rebuild My Burning Church

September 21, 2018 Katharine E. Harmon Church Reform

On the Exultation of the Holy Cross this year, our bishop lay prostrate on the floor of his cathedral.

Man, I’m Tired of Inclusive Language

July 31, 2018 Katharine E. Harmon Demographics and Sociology Translation / New Missal

Inclusive language appears to be dead, and those of us who continue to demand it appear obsolete and out-of-touch.

Millennials and the Parish Festival

May 22, 2018 Katharine E. Harmon Demographics and Sociology

Is the parish festival a “brick and mortar” gold fish coin toss of the past?

Technology in Worship is like K-Pop in my Living Room

April 25, 2018 Katharine E. Harmon Inculturation Technology and Worship

I get too distracted by the bright shining lights, and don’t really pay any attention at all. The same thing happens to me with technology in the liturgy—bring a screen in the sanctuary and I’m a lost soul.

Footwashing is Gross

March 23, 2018 Katharine E. Harmon Liturgical Spirituality

Feet—whether they’re clad in flip-flops, $100 sandals, or jellies à la 1988—are dirty, dusty, and just plain yuck.

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