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).

Notre Dame Cathedral in Flames

April 15, 2019 Katharine E. Harmon

On Monday afternoon in Paris, the great spire of Notre Dame Cathedral collapsed.

The Annunciation on the Lenten Journey

March 25, 2019 Katharine E. Harmon Liturgical Spirituality

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.

A time to fully, consciously, actively participate

February 25, 2019 Katharine E. Harmon Children Liturgical Spirituality

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.

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.

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