“In the immortal words of gospel pop star Kirk Franklin, ‘We’re havin’ us a Holy Ghost party up in he-ah!'”
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Canadian Texts Available Online
Alternative Liturgical materials from the Anglican Church of Canada now available on-line.
Read moreAye, mateys! All thin’s be recon’d, ye’re ship-shape
What would you do if your priest spoke pirate?
Read more“If it ain’t baroque. . .”
“Unless the Baroque disappears, or at least takes a backseat to dignified but contemporary arts, the future of the Extraordinary Form of the Latin Rite liturgy is one of derision — as the liturgy of “Roman museum religion.”
Read moreA Plea to the Publishers
Roman Catholics are sometimes surprised to walk into churches of the catholic-but-not-Catholic traditions and find Gather Comprehensive II, Journeysongs, Spirit & Song, and We Celebrate in the pews… My point is this: keep the old settings around, at least for a while — and make them easily accessible on your websites and in your catalogues: don’t make us hunt or beg, like second-class Christians, and don’t make us bust our budgets trying to buy up everything we might want all at once. If there are settings you’re planning on putting out of print, let us — and let our denominational publishing houses — know: we just might buy you out.
Read moreHoly Week and Triduum in New York
New York parishes share photos of their Holy Week and Triduum celebrations on-line.
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 moreLost Holiness?
Making the Holy Eucharist the normative worship service in Episcopal churches has created a challenge of retaining the Eucharist’s profound sense of holiness, says a professor of liturgics at the General Theological Seminary in New York.
Read moreA Link of Practical Interest
I’ve just run across the blog entitled The Altar Guild Resource for the Diocese of Rhode Island” and I thought I’d pass the link along. Ostensibly it’s for the Episcopal Church in the diocese of Rhode Island, but a quick look at current and archived posts suggests that it’s scope will extend beyond its intended geography and communion.
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