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Pope Saint Paul VI on Implementing the Liturgical Reform

There are a lot of connections here to what Pope Francis has done and is doing.

Syro-Malabar Priests Petition Pope Francis to Celebrate the Eucharist Facing the People

August 14, 2021 Fr. Neil Xavier O'Donoghue Church Reform Eastern Liturgy Pope Francis

I wrote last month about Pope Francis’ letter on the Syro-Malabar liturgy. Pope Francis wanted to foster to “a uniform mode of celebrating the Holy

Shed of the Year

July 9, 2021 Fr. Neil Xavier O'Donoghue Art and Architecture Church Reform Ordinariate Liturgy Uncategorized

I am not the most optimistic person in the world. So looking at the situation of the Church, I often despair that it will all

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

April 22, 2021 Rita Ferrone Church Reform Lay Ministry Pope Francis

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

Ecclesial Customs and Memory

January 27, 2020 Sr. Jeana Visel, OSB Church Reform Religious life Vatican II Young Adults

I suddenly understood why the community so loves to stop for Dairy Queen.

The Church in Decline and…Gratitude?

November 4, 2019 Nicholas Denysenko Church Reform

The opportunity for Christians who continue to gather to give thanks despite decline is to reflect on their witness.

The “Restored Order” for Initiation: Is it a “Progressive” or a “Traditionalist” victory?

August 26, 2019 Katharine E. Harmon Children Church Reform Initiation / RCIA

I had the pleasure of visiting with a former student recently, who has worked within the Diocese of Springfield, Illinois after her graduation. As she

The Liturgical Office of Evangelist – a Proposal Inspired by the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene

July 21, 2019 Liborius Lumma Church Reform Ecumenism Eucharist Ordained Ministry Sacramental Theology

Calls for the admission of women to ordained offices in the Catholic Church are becoming louder than ever. I would like to make a proposal, which falls short of those calls, but makes use of the holistic power of liturgical symbolism.