My wife and I are just recently back from two weeks in Poland and Ukraine. I would like to share some impressions cursorily, and one at some greater length.
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A wedding custom of the Indian Thomas Christians
The Syro-Malabar Rite Catholics I met have a saying, adapted from Fr. Placid Podipara: they are “Indian in culture, Catholic in religion, and Syriac in worship.” Just this morning I discovered a new instance of the truth of this saying…
Read moreOberammergau Passion Play: “We must refocus on Jesus and his teachings” UPDATE 5-19
Yesterday, May 15th, the Oberammergau Passion Play opened its 2010 season.
Read moreBishop Jenky of Peoria on Tabernacle Placement
“I am … asking that those few parish churches and chapels where the tabernacle is not in the direct center at the back of the sanctuary, that these spaces be redesigned in such a way that the Reserved Sacrament would be placed at the center.”
Read moreStations of the Way of the Cross
Link to a version of the Stations of the Cross, arranged for public use, with optional meditations on the suffering of God’s people today.
Read moreMaundy Thursday Adoration takes a Virtual Twist
Trinity Church, Wall Street, has long been a leader in pioneering new uses of the internet for evangelization and catechesis. Now they bring the Maundy Thursday adoration to the world with a “Virtual Vigil.”
Read moreStations Online
From Saint Mary’s Basilica in Minneapolis, here are really beautiful Stations of the Cross.
Read moreA hunger for the fast
“For those who do too much,” the lector read, “for those who eat and drink too much, or spend too much, or hurry too much, may the discipline of fasting bring simplicity and peace…”
Read moreA Sign of Solemnity Shows Signs of Slowing Cancer
“…Some agent within frankincense which stops cancer spreading, and which induces cancerous cells to close themselves down.”
Read moreAshes
Preparing ministers to assist in the distribution of ashes is a spiritual opportunity as well as a practical one.
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