As has been the case in most summers, my list of books to read was more ambitious than realistic.
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Religious Sisters Didn’t Really Do Anything Anyway?
At a conference this summer, I had the pleasure of hearing a Catholic historian, a theologian, and a sociologist discuss Margaret M. McGuinness’ recent book, Called to Serve: A History of Nuns in America (NYU Press, 2013). The variety of perspectives on the panel reflects the variety of lenses with which the history of American religious women must be viewed.
Read moreSpirit & Song: Earning “Hymnal” Status
OCP continues to reach out to youth and young adults through Spirit & Song, and this division aims to provide a hardbound, enduring hymnal to update an already-successful endeavor.
Read moreViewpoint: New Bible Translation – The Message – Is a Notable Achievement
I recommend highly The Message: Catholic/Ecumenical Edition, and find it very helpful for reading alongside The New American Bible, with which we are familiar from the liturgy.
Read moreBook Review: Kenyan edition of The Liturgy of the Hours
In November 2012 the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ assembly decided to prepare a new edition of the Liturgy of the Hours…In this context, I think that it would be worthwhile to examine a recent revision of the 1975 U.S. Liturgy of the Hours that has recently been published in Africa.
Read morePhyllis Zagano, Ordination of Women to the Diaconate in the Eastern Churches – Part 2
“I have been asked to express my opinion about the possibility that the church, if it judges it appropriate, would be able to confer on women the sacrament of order in the diaconal grade.”
Read morePhyllis Zagano, Ordination of Women to the Diaconate in the Eastern Churches – Part 1
“The question of restoring women to the ordained diaconate surfaced during the Second Vatican Council and continued to resound in academic and pastoral circles well after Pope Paul VI restored the diaconate as a permanent state for the church in the West in 1967. The diaconate has continued uninterrupted in Eastern churches since apostolic times.”
Read moreMusic for the Church’s Worship 4: The Hmong Catholic Hymnal
On 5 December 2013 I had the pleasure of offering two presentations to a gathering of pastoral ministers in the Milwaukee area at Cardinal Stritch
Read moreThe First Thousand Years and the Liturgy
Robert Wilken’s The First Thousand Years is not only the crowning achievement of a long and fruitful career; it also contains some interesting insights for those of us interested in the past, present, and future of Christian liturgy.
Read moreBook Review: Intercessions for Mass
Mary Grace Melcher has provided a wonderful resource for those, like myself, who struggle at times to think of petitions week after week.
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