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Ars Praedicandi: 2nd Sunday of Advent, Ed Foley
Admittedly, it is an evangelical understatement to suggest that he is not an especially attractive character.
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Desiderio desideravi
Welcomed with anticipation, the Apostolic Exhortation Desiderio Desideravi by Pope Francis delivers less and different than its address to the “people of God” promises. A critical analysis shows: The overdue liturgical formation of all “dear sisters and brothers” is not the focus, but rather the cultivation of an “educated” spirituality and ars celebrandi of the…
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SC @ 60: An Anniversary Celebration in Germany
This livestream celebration of the Sixtieth Anniversary of Sacrosanctum Concilium comes to us from the University of Wuerzburg, Fr. Martin Stuflesser, presiding. The newly-renovated chapel is home to a religious community as well as a worship space for the university. Let us rejoice together with communities around the world! [The recording will also be available…
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Irish Bishops Mark the 60th Anniversary of Sacrosanctum Concilium
The bishops of Ireland have produced a fine statement in honor of the sixtieth anniversary of the promulgation of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (Sacrosanctum Concilium), the first document produced by the Second Vatican Council. On this anniversary day of celebration, it provides us with a resounding affirmation of what the Church did sixty…
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60 years today
Today is the 60th anniversary of the promulgation of Sacrosanctum Concilium.
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Pope Francis Removes some Privileges from Cardinal Burke
A news item released from the Vatican on November 28th describes Pope Francis’ removing of certain Vatican privileges from the American Cardinal Raymond Burke. Burke, well-known in conservative Catholic media outlets, has been critiqued by Pope Francis as provoking “disunity” in the Church. This marks the second incidence this November in which Pope Francis has…
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Singing . . . and not singing
As a follow-up to Music in Catholic Worship, issued by the-then Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy in 1972 and revised in 1983, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops promulgated Sing to the Lord in 2007. “By its very nature,” says this document in paragraph 2, “song has both an individual and a communal dimension. …
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Statement by Catholic-Lutheran Liturgical Seminar Encourages Full Communion
A seminar inaugurated at the 2018 annual meeting of the North American Academy of Liturgy to forge a contribution to Catholic-Lutheran ecumenical dialogue has concluded its work with the publication of “On the Way to Full Communion: Thinking About Christian Unity from Liturgy” (29 June 2023). John F. Baldovin, S.J. and Thomas H. Shattauer, conveners…
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Ars Praedicandi: Thanksgiving Day, Ed Foley
Next to Christmas, Thanksgiving is the most popular and one of the most expensive of the holidays that we celebrate in the US.
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