The chapters of the book are an attempt to “stir up” a deeper consciousness regarding how we prepare and celebrate First Communion. Many “out of place” practices or so-called “adaptations,” have taught over two generations that these “adaptations” are acceptable and these are what make the day a special event.
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My New Book: Stephanie A. Budwey; Sing of Mary: Giving Voice to Marian Theology and Devotion
“I try to take Mary out of the box we’ve put her in to make her relevant to the issues we face today. We need to take Mary down off of her “meek and mild” pedestal and bring her into the streets where she causes Gospel trouble as she disrupts those things in our world that need disrupting.”
Read moreMy New Book: Catherine Vincie; Worship and the New Cosmology: Liturgical and Theological Challenges
People who see the liturgy as a dynamic reality that constantly needs updating will like this book.
Read moreMy New Book: Rhodora Beaton; Illuminating Unity: Four Perspectives on Dei Verbum’s “One Table of the Word of God and the Body of Christ”
The Liturgy of the Word and Liturgy of the Eucharist should be seen as a united whole.
Read moreHymnal Review: One in Faith
Kudos to the WLP hymnal committee for providing the church with so worthy a “worship aid” as One in Faith. The book presents today’s congregations with a mature guide into a distant future.
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I pretty much remember only one thing from undergrad sociology: the professor’s statement that both an urban slum and a suburban country club are examples of ghettos. – Alan Hommerding
Read moreWhy Catholics Can’t Sing (revised edition) by Thomas Day — Review
What was formerly a rant at full gallop is now more of a meandering moan, although some sections still retain the acidulous punch of the first edition.
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My Massachusetts-born husband insists that oceans are necessary in life. The expanse of open water leaves room for the imagination: inviting contemplation of the immensity
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Ever since the University of St. Thomas kindly gave me a new assignment as Artist in Residence and Research Fellow in Catholic Studies, I have
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In the midst of the birth of a new Mass setting, an interdiocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes, and heaven-knows-what-else, I have managed to read a number of books.
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