Rita Ferrone, Author at PrayTellBlog

Rita Ferrone is an award-winning writer and frequent speaker on issues of liturgy and church renewal in the Roman Catholic tradition. She is currently a contributing writer and columnist for Commonweal magazine and an independent scholar. She is the former editor of The Yale ISM Review, an ecumenical journal of worship and the arts for the Yale Institute of Sacred Music.

Women in Instituted Ministries: “A Milestone and a Point of No Return”

It “will not fail to positively mark the life of the Church.”

Pope Francis Celebrates Holy Thursday with Cardinal Becciu

April 13, 2021 Rita Ferrone Eucharist Pope Francis

It raises more questions than it answers, because the Triduum liturgies belong to everyone.

Pope Francis and the Cause of Liturgical Renewal

April 8, 2021 Rita Ferrone Penance-Reconciliation Pope Francis Uncategorized

Pope Francis is fostering liturgical renewal from within the dynamic of participation.

Shake Up at Saint Peter’s Basilica Favors the Liturgy of Vatican II

March 13, 2021 Rita Ferrone Pope Francis Reform of the Reform Vatican II

No more private Masses at St. Peter’s.

Contactless donation baskets debut in Strasbourg

February 4, 2021 Rita Ferrone c_How-To

Is this the wave of the future?

Details of the Inauguration Day Liturgy

January 22, 2021 Rita Ferrone

The Pastoral Associate for Liturgy and Director of Music at St Matthew’s Cathedral in Washington, Tom Stehle, has shared some of the details of the

Awareness, Wisdom, Will: A “Culture of Care”–in Liturgy

December 10, 2020 Rita Ferrone Environment and Ecology Liturgy and Virtues Pastoral Theology

Cardinal Parolin’s brief but trenchant suggestions for a conference on climate change led me to reflect on the question of how we develop a “culture of care” in liturgy.

What does Fratelli Tutti tell us about liturgy?

October 10, 2020 Rita Ferrone Eucharist Liturgical Movement Penance-Reconciliation Pope Francis Social Justice

Our liturgies must resonate with “the music of the Gospel.” Here are some thoughts on how we might do that — inspired by the Pope’s new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti.