2_ARS CELEBRANDI Archives

Is the Sacrament of Penance Really Serving the Faithful?

November 4, 2019 Fr. Jim Sabak, OFM Pastoral Theology Penance-Reconciliation

I am hoping with this posting to open up further dialogue on a sacramental topic perhaps not critically examined enough for what it has become

11th Annual Winter Chant Conference at Saint Meinrad: January 2020

November 14, 2019 Sr. Jeana Visel, OSB Music: Chant

Registration is open for Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology’s Winter Chant Conference, “Bringing to Life the Word of God in Song,” to be

Why Wait for Christmas?

November 8, 2019 Fr. Neil Xavier O'Donoghue Liturgical Spirituality Liturgical year Uncategorized

Having recently celebrated the November feasts of All Saints and All Souls (or was it Halloween we were celebrating last week?) It seems that Christmas

Brief Book Review: The Crisis of Bad Preaching

November 6, 2019 Other Voices Brief Book Review Recently Published Books

While “telling the story” is a key component of good preaching, it is always a challenge to find the right story and to tell it in a way that evokes wonder and response.

Is it time for chrism masses already? Revisiting the cultures of chrism

October 13, 2019 Lizette Larson Demographics and Sociology Environment and Ecology Liturgical year

How the language of timing the liturgy and the composition of chrism takes on theologies of inculturation and christology.

The Collegeville Introit Project

October 7, 2019 Anthony Ruff, OSB Music: Chant

We practice every Saturday after lunch for about 15 minutes and then sing it at Sunday Mass as a Call to Prayer before the opening hymn.

Viewpoint: A “Ministry for Loneliness” (Part II)

October 7, 2019 Francis Mannion

Some ways parishes could attend to this problem

The General Norms for the Liturgical Year (including the Table of Liturgical Days) had already been promulgated *before* the general permission for Sunday and feastday Masses on Saturday evening came into being.