Ordained Ministry Archives

First Blessing (Jose Alacazar Tejedor / Public domain)

First Blessing in the Ordination Mass?

Does it make sense that newly ordained priests give their first blessing at the end of the ordination liturgy?

Discerning the essential in sacramental liturgy: ordinations in a time of pandemic

August 10, 2020 Lizette Larson Episcopal/Anglican Liturgy Eucharist Ordained Ministry

Even in a time of pandemic, the eucharistic is not an optional liturgical context for ordinations, but of the essence of the sacramental action of the Trinity and the Church because of the unity of church, eucharist and priesthood.

Pandemic Prayers for Priests

July 6, 2020 Other Voices c_How-To Ordained Ministry

My prayers for priests have taken on a new hue.

Clericalism and the Pandemic

April 18, 2020 Fr. Jim Sabak, OFM c_THEOLOGY Ordained Ministry Pastoral Theology Sacramental Theology

As any diocesan director of worship knows, there has been much to navigate during this distorting period in human history. At the center of concerns

The Most Pressing Question on the Diaconate

February 10, 2020 Nicholas Denysenko Ordained Ministry

Does the Church need deacons?

Largest Parish in Germany To Be Established in 2020

October 26, 2019 Liborius Lumma Lay Ministry Ordained Ministry

Steps in the diocesan restructuring in Trier (Germany)

Eucharistic Problems and Concelebrating Clergy

September 23, 2019 Fr. Jim Sabak, OFM Eucharist Ordained Ministry

Creeping clericalism which transforms the Eucharist into an almost magical phenomenon.

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.