Month: June 2012
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From “Crystal Cathedral” to “Christ Cathedral”
“We hold Rev. Schuller and his ministry in the highest esteem. It was important that any change of name for the cathedral itself be respectful of its spiritual legacy while accommodating our needs to clearly define this important facility as a Catholic center of worship.” – Bishop Brown, Orange CA
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This Week’s Discussion Question: A ‘North American’ Missal Translation?
Each week this summer, a Pray Tell contributor puts up a question for discussion. Here is this week’s. Is it time to consider a ‘North American English’ missal translation? Should this be an entirely new translation, or revisions of previous translations combined with new interpretations? Is there a place for ‘alternative propers’, or prayers composed…
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Wrapping Up This Week’s Discussion Question: The Target of Pope Benedict’s Criticism
We had a lively discussion this week on the target of Pope Benedict’s Criticism of liturgical reform – 117 comments! Thanks, all.
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Come Hear the National Catholic Youth Choir!
I will sing and make music for the Lord! (Psalm 27:6)
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Gen-X Catholic Debacle
“Is more than likely that the increasingly conservative winds that began to blow out of Rome during the papacy of John Paul II blew a lot of Gen-X away from the church.” – Mark Silk at RNS
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A Prayer for Frustrated Catholics
“Help me to be peaceful when people tell me that I don’t belong in the church, that I’m a heretic for trying to make things better, or that I’m not a good Catholic. I know that I was baptized. You called me by name to be in your church, God.” – Fr. James Martin, SJ,…
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Driving People Away with Boring Preaching… or with Great Preaching
Is preaching in America in a particularly bad state?
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German Priests and Deacons Announce Their Admission of the Remarried to the Sacraments
“We are fully aware that we thereby are often acting against the prescripts of canon law currently in force in the Roman Catholic Church.”
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Brazilian Bishop Kräutler: Poll the World’s Bishops on Ordination Admission Requirements
“The question cannot be brushed aside any more, but presently everything is at a standstill.”