Have you noticed how liturgical autopilot is creeping in?
Read moreAuthor: Paul Inwood
Hymn Society Annual Conference, 2018
A dramatic moment occurred in the annual business meeting, when the successor of the Hymn Society’s full-time Executive Director, Jan Kraybill, was announced.
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Vatican Conference for Composers
This gathering will be significantly different from the previous music conference.
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Review: Catholic Worship Book II
This new official hymnal for the Roman Catholic Church in Australia, endorsed by the Australian Bishops’ Conference, was published in 2016 after ten years in preparation, replacing the Catholic Worship Book of 1985
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New Papal MC
Fr Krzysztof Marcjanowicz, a priest of the diocese of Krakow, has been named Papal Master of Ceremonies.
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The stational nature of funeral rites
Cory Iverson’s “funeral procession”
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More Examples of Non-Inclusivity
In a recent blog post, Fr Michael Joncas referred to the priest “who effectively separates himself from the gathering of the faithful; he prays on behalf of them to God, not as one of their members.”
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A ministry of service
The actual Greek was Orario Leitourgías
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“I Can’t Understand a Word My Priest Says”
How best to help those who have learned English abroad is a major issue that has yet to be tackled.
Read moreGerman-speaking bishops move to take control over liturgical translations
Cardinal Reinhard Marx says Liturgiam authenticam, the rules for translation the Vatican issued in 2001, was a “dead end”. But thanks to a recent decision
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