Is hand clapping appropriate for liturgy?
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Category: Ordained Ministry
Cathedral Chapter of Chur Refuses Papal Terna
After a hiatus one and a half years, the cathedral chapter of Chur in Switzerland suddenly got the opportunity to elect a new bishop from
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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?
Read moreDiscerning the essential in sacramental liturgy: ordinations in a time of pandemic
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.
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Pandemic Prayers for Priests
My prayers for priests have taken on a new hue.
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Clericalism and the Pandemic
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
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The Most Pressing Question on the Diaconate
Does the Church need deacons?
Read moreLargest Parish in Germany To Be Established in 2020
Steps in the diocesan restructuring in Trier (Germany)
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Eucharistic Problems and Concelebrating Clergy
Creeping clericalism which transforms the Eucharist into an almost magical phenomenon.
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The Liturgical Office of Evangelist – a Proposal Inspired by the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene
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.
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