Everyone is challenged in these Coronavirus times. We need to be responsible and follow the advice of medical experts. But we still need to have
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Saint Patrick’s Day on the Fifth Sunday of Lent
Since the Fifth Sunday of Lent this year falls on March 17, the feast of St Patrick, you may find it helpful to have a good source of information on Patrick. With so many later accumulated customs and traditions, it’s good to get back to the basics!
Read moreOpening Mass of 50th Eucharistic Congress
I think it would be of value to reflect on how the OF can be celebrated on an occasion of high festivity with sensitivity to the heritage of the Roman Rite, people of multiple languages and cultures who have gathered on a unique occasion, and the inculturation of the Rite in Ireland.
Read moreCalls for Reform in Irish Catholic Church
More than 1,000 Catholic laity, priests and nuns called for dialogue in the Irish church at a day-long conference in Dublin yesterday.
Read moreSurvey says: Irish Catholics are in a different place than their leaders
43% of Irish Catholics have an unfavorable view of the new Mass translation. 78% prefer “And also with you.” 61% accept homosexuality. 87% support Communion for remarrieds. 87% support married priests, 77% support women’s ordination. 46% say the voice of the people concerning worship is not heard.
Read moreNeil Xavier O’Donoghue’s The Eucharist in Pre-Norman Ireland
I have read with pure delight Neil Xavier O’Donoghue’s groundbreaking and magnificently “holistic” The Eucharist in Pre-Norman Ireland… He models for all students of liturgical studies the integration of textual and non-textual data called for in “holistic” liturgical studies.
Read moreSing the Mass: Anthology of Music for the Irish Church
“Sing the Mass: Anthology of Music for the Irish Church,” prepared by the Irish National Centre for Liturgy in association with the Advisory Committee on Church Music of the Bishops’ Conference of Ireland, provides compositions for use with the new English translation of the Roman Missal.
Read moreImplementation of the missal proceeds…
I had my first real-live experience with the new translation (I’m not counting trial liturgies with ICEL folks) on Sunday.
Read morePriest urges women to protest at ‘sexist language’ in missal
Fr. Seán McDonagh says that Irish Catholic women should write to bishops around the country in protest at sexist language in the new version of the Roman missal.
Read moreOverhauling First Communion?
The Irish Jesuit social justice campaigner, Fr. Peter McVerry, has called on schools and churches to work together to radically overhaul the manner in which First Communions are conducted.
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