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The Angelus – for the simple, the faraway, and me

August 15, 2020 Abbey Dupuy Popular Piety

How did a centuries-old popular prayer become a lifeline for a young mom with her hands full?

The Potluck Rosary

In our new “Popular Piety” series: Katherine Grimm Bowers on the communal Rosary and the Body of Christ.

Wash Your Hands!

June 10, 2020 Lizette Larson c_THEOLOGY Liturgical Spirituality Pastoral Theology Popular Piety

Can our hand-washing become sacramental?

Be Not Afraid

May 28, 2020 Rita Ferrone c_THEOLOGY Popular Piety

Salt and Light Media, with OCP recording artists, presented an old favorite anew. What can we learn from the role this hymn has played in popular piety?

Way of the Cross (Public Domain,www.pixabay.com)

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February 20, 2020 Liborius Lumma Devotions and Sacramentals Liturgical Spirituality Liturgical year Popular Piety Vatican II

Whether the Way of the Cross should be held on March 25 or not.

Degrees of Active Participation in the Liturgy

February 3, 2020 Nicholas Denysenko Liturgical Movement Popular Piety

Unofficial popular liturgies of wandering and veneration are permanent fixtures of Christian urban liturgy.

“Almost obligatory” Irish contribution to the Sunday of the Word of God

January 22, 2020 Fr. Neil Xavier O'Donoghue CDW / Holy See Lectionary / Liturgy of Word Pope Francis Popular Piety Saints / Mary Scripture

This coming Sunday marks the first time we will observe the Sunday of the Word of God. PrayTell already covered this new observance. Regular readers may also have

The Yale ISM Review: On Healing

January 6, 2020 Rita Ferrone Art and Architecture Environment and Ecology Journals Music: General Music: Hymns Pastoral Theology Persons with Disabilities Popular Piety Protestant Worship Social Justice

What is healing about? How does it take place? What roles do prayer, liturgy, and the arts play in the process of healing? These are some of the questions raised and discussed in this issue.