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Ritual land acknowledgements: inculturated justice or ritual overload?

May 10, 2021 Lizette Larson 5_ Inculturation

Land acknowledgement is already common in primary Sunday liturgies in Canada.

Church and State, Remembrance and Commendation: The Funeral of HRH Prince Philip

April 17, 2021 Lizette Larson Funerals/Burial Inculturation

Watching the funeral of Prince Philip today (like so many people around the world) elicited a sequence of often-conflicting emotions in this liturgist. In my

Book Review: The Roman Rite in the Algonquian and Iroquoian Missions

March 9, 2021 Michael Joncas Inculturation

Claudio R. Salvucci. The Roman Rite in the Algonquian and Iroquoian Missions: From the Colonial Period to the Second Vatican Council. Massinahigan Series, vol. 5.

New Traditions of Chant Workshop

February 9, 2021 Sr. Jeana Visel, OSB Inculturation Music: Chant

Saint Meinrad and the National Pastoral Musicians are collaborating to offer a workshop, New Traditions of Chant, the evening of Sunday, February 21, 2021. Saint

A Queen at the Christmas Crèche

December 30, 2020 Teresa Berger Inculturation

At the end of this year of racial reckoning, with far too many images of black bodies killed, there was something moving in seeing the Queen of Sheba — an African woman, tall and proud — walk toward the Christ child bringing her extravagant gifts.

Pope Francis: The Zaire Rite, a Model for the Amazon

December 1, 2020 Nathan Chase Eucharist Inculturation

The Zaire Rite should absolutely be considered a prophetic model for liturgical inculturation. It is perhaps one of the best liturgical gifts given to the Church after Vatican II.

A Tale of Two Thanksgivings

November 27, 2020 Lizette Larson Inculturation Liturgical year

The US observance of Thanksgiving Day is just past, and its frequent juxtaposition with the beginning of Advent (and to the frenzy of consumerism known