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A Pilgrimage to the Earth

The earth itself, the Alaskan earth—St Herman’s earth—was my relic, my pilgrimage souvenir. A sign of hope amidst corruption.

Liturgy . . . an Accretion Disk?

May 16, 2022 Timothy Brunk Liturgical Spirituality Technology and Worship

What if liturgy is like an accretion disk?

Pope Francis and the ever new amazement of active participation

May 7, 2022 Fr. Neil Xavier O'Donoghue Pope Francis Uncategorized Vatican II

This morning the Pope met with the students and teachers of the Pontifical Liturgy Institute. So far the text of his discourse is only available

In What Sense is the Byzantine Rite Eastern?

May 3, 2022 Mark Roosien

Liturgical traditions should play no part in today’s dangerous rhetoric of East versus West

The Date of Easter

April 30, 2022 Fr. Neil Xavier O'Donoghue Ecumenism Liturgical year

The date of Easter has always been a source of some controversy and disagreement among Christians. To this day, the fact that Christians celebrate Easter

Behold, I Tell You a Mystery

April 26, 2022 Alan Hommerding

Part of this decrease in church choirs—but only part of the decrease—can be explained by the overall decrease in churches and church attendance.

Of Tombs that are Empty, and Tombs that are Filling

April 18, 2022 Teresa Berger Saints / Mary

So, on this Easter 2022, I will simply have to hold together the beautiful images from Queen Melisende’s Psalter, with the photo of a Ukrainian mother, Nadiya Trubchaninova, wailing at the coffin of her son Vadym.