Here are some wise words about statistics on worship attendance in the Episcopal Church by Rev. Bosco Peters, Anglican priest in New Zealand.
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Gospel Acclamation for Lent
What do you do when you have a mixed congregation mostly of Episcopalians and Roman Catholics, with varying traditions for greeting the gospel, gathered during Lent for a diaconal ordination?
Read moreAnglicanorum Coetibus liturgy
Fr. Anthony Chadwick at The Anglo-Catholic gives some clues about the liturgy in future Anglicanorum Coetibus ordinariate(s).
Read moreEcumenical Problem or Pastoral Solution?
A charitable reading of Anglicanorum Coetibus, one that seeks to understand it not as the creation of a new ecumenical problem but as the pastoral solution it is intended to be, will allow us all — Anglicans and Roman Catholics alike — to press ahead with the “collaboration” and “shared witness” and pursuit of deepened ecumenical relations with one another to which the Archbishop and the Pope are both committed.
Read moreBlessing the “Blessing” of Technology
“The Rev. Canon David Parrott blessed a symbolic heap of laptops and smart phones on the altar of London’s 17th-century St. Lawrence Jewry church Monday.”
Read moreA Response to my Critics
At the suggestion of Fr Anthony Ruff, I would like to respond to at least some of the comments made, both in relation to my posting and to Paul Inwood’s insightful and wise thoughts.
Read moreYoung People on Liturgical Reform
Given the interest in generational differences on liturgical reform, we thought it would be fun to ask people 35 and under what they think.
Read moreInstitutionalizing Dissent
What is the cost of the early morning traditional language Mass?
Read moreLiving with Diversity, Living in Charity
As an Episcopalian, I live and work in a church that has tried to deal accommodatingly with liturgical change—and has done so for some time. And in spite of all the headline-grabbing difficulties in the Episcopal Church and in the Anglican Communion, there remains a lot of room for positive, healthy diversity in expression, especially on the level of parish life.
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