A specially designed, shorter text, aimed at reaching ordinary people, clergy as well as lay, in serious reading and reflection on the local church, namely the parish.
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Category: Secularism
Baptized in the Ecclesial Faith
A 2021 survey of Austrian priests inquires whether we’ve followed through on the new (restored) paths to Christian initiation in this post-conciliar age. And what do our choices mean with regard to “remembering” our Baptism?
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Book Review: Remove the Pews
“Contrary to the trend among some to sell off or completely redo sacred spaces, Schaper insists that they have deep roots in neighborhoods, in families, in peoples hearts even if they do not regularly attend services in them.”
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Book Review: The Church after Innovation
For Root, the wholehearted adoption by the church of an ethic of innovation and entrepreneurship goes against everything the church is.
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Book Review: From Isolation to Community
“Werntz has provided a real gift in a time of not just isolation but suspicion and division.”
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The new Prefect of Divine Liturgy and Sacraments speaks.
In a a wide-ranging interview with Vatican News interview Cardinal-elect Arthur Roche, the new prefect of the DDWDS, discusses, among other issues, the lack of
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Brief Book Review: Beyond Four Walls
Richard Geoffrey Leggett reviews Beyond Four Walls.
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Review Essay: The Congregation in a Secular Age
Fr. Michael Plekon reviews The Congregation in a Secular Age, the third installment of Andrew Root’s series titled Ministry in a Secular Age.
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Open for Prayer
Paul Westermeyer argues for the value of keeping a church “open for prayer” beyond those times when services are being held.
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