Month: February 2012
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Review: The Illuminated Easter Proclamation
Charles Rohrbacher, a deacon and iconographer from Alaska, was preparing to sing the exsultet at an Easter Vigil four years ago, when he looked down at his photocopied text and thought to himself “We can do better than this.”
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Father Lawrence Heiman, C.PP.S., requiescat in pace
One of the giants of the liturgical music world died this morning at the age of 93.
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Hymn of the Day for Lent 2B
Here is the second hymn of the day text that I have created for Cycle B of the Roman Catholic Sunday lectionary system.
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Lenten tattoos catch on at Houston church
Asking his congregation to get permanent tattoos as a part of their Lenten observances may be one of the craziest things Ecclesia pastor Chris Seay has done at his artsy, pop-culture-savvy Montrose church.
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Report from St. Basil’s Chant workshop, Houston, TX
Last weekend St. Basil’s School of Gregorian Chant offered a three day workshop on the campus of University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. Pray Tell reader M. Jackson Osborn provides this report.
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Is there water in your font this Lent?
I’ve been guilty of it myself when I was younger. But we really have to stop this weirdness around removing water from the baptismal font during Lent. I know we get Jesus in the desert for the First Sunday of Lent, but he doesn’t have to stay there!
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What if we just took stock?
An announcement should be made that the New Translation will be in use for the next five years. The bishops in English-speaking world would listen to the objections of everyone involved, both clerical and lay, and accept positive suggestions for improvements, based on experience. Is it too much to ask?
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Drive through ashes?
“We have two entrances and one exit,” Rev. Patricia Cook said. “So we should be able to do this fairly quickly.”
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Why God Matters: How to Recognize Him in Daily Life
Here’s a book for Lent. And the authors are inviting people to share their Lenten stories at their website.