Category: 4_THE PLAZA
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Star-Watchers, Re-Routed
JILL CRAINSHAW — Epiphany opens our eyes not only to divine presence, but to the costly work of hope born in daylight.
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Bells Are Ringing
TIMOTHY BRUNK — There is something communal about the ringing of bells and something that transcends communication achieved by propositional statements.
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Irish Liturgical Resources
NEIL XAVIER O’DONOGHUE — I think it would be good to look at some Irish liturgical resources to complement the other less-liturgical aspect of various celebrations of Irishness and what sometimes passes for it.
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‘For I was Hungry’: A Testimonial to USAID
NICHOLAS DENYSENKO — The values I had learned as the grandson of immigrants who lived in poverty and in my native Orthodox Church – to honor human dignity and obey the Gospel imperative to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit and heal the sick, and tend to the oppressed (Mt. 25:31-46) – I saw…
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Our Gift to Christ
NICHOLAS DENYSENKO — It seems, however, that our song is all too often mere lip service to what we want to be true – that God sent Christ into the world to validate the political philosophies and kingdoms of our construction.
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Joint Lectionary Project
NEIL XAVIER O’DONOGHUE — “For over 50 years parishes and communities in Australia, Ireland and New Zealand have listened to the scripture readings proclaimed in church from the same translations which are given in the Lectionary for Mass. Many of these books are now in a poor state and need replacing.”
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Future of Ritual Book Publishing
NEIL XAVIER O’DONOGHUE — Maybe Catholic artists and digital designers can contribute to future publishing endeavors and help open new and exciting possibilities for the publishing of future liturgical books.
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Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia-Singapore-Brunei opt for RNJB Lectionary
NEIL XAVIER O’DONOGHUE — These new Lectionaries will replace the existing Jerusalem Bible (JB) edition that Great Britain shares (with some minor differences in the Psalm responses) with Ireland, Australia and New Zeeland, along with some other areas.
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Nigerian Bishops’ Liturgy Letter
NEIL XAVIER O’DONOGHUE — On August 15, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria published a letter “On Abuses in Liturgical Celebrations.” The letter is addressed to “all Catholic priests in Nigeria”…