Month: January 2010
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Liturgy and Ecumenism by Bishop Stancliffe
How have liturgists come to agree on so much?
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Nudge and Judge
I was recently asked to compose an editorial for a journal to which I subscribe. The invitation carried the stipulation that the editorial be “opinionated” …
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On Praying for Enemies
It is simply a fact of my coming of age in the post-Vietnam era that I look with some skepticism upon our government’s motives and means. The horrific treatment of detainees in the unending ‘war on terror’ including turning ourselves into knots to justify torturing specific detainees is only the most recent example of what…
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Try Again, Australia
Until now (both before and after Vatican II), Catholic hymnody has been a free-for-all in the English-speaking world. Sources tell me that Rome isn’t accepting the Australians’ vernacular hymn repertoire.
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Alert: Vesperale Coming This Week
The Vesperale of the Roman Rite in Latin chant, reformed in accord with the wishes of the Second Vatican Council, is to appear this week.
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Thickening our definition
The liturgical cult that we can see is like the part of an iceberg visible to us: it is the visible part of something much greater. To what is it connected?
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More Young People on Liturgical Reform
Young people look at liturgy quite differently than their elders – in what significant ways, and why?
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Chant symposium in Ireland
There is a chant symposium in Dublin, Ireland this February 19th.
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From Where Comes “Novus Ordo”?
I do not recall hearing the phrase “Novus Ordo” used to describe the editions of the Missale Romanum of Pope Paul VI until rather recently. I find this development rather interesting and my question, then, is, simply, from where did this designation arise?