Month: July 2012
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“Your screaming kids are distracting me,” a reflection on children’s witness
On the good days, when no one seems to be looking at me, or when someone smiles at my son giving the peace, going to mass with my children can be this kind of spiritual awakening: an awareness that I do not exist only for myself, not only for my family, but for my church…
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Has the Vatican War been Lost?
A two-hour documentary, broadcast in April on France 3 and now viewable online, covers Vatican II, liberation theology, liturgical changes and the neoconservative and traditionalist movements.
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The Music (Some) Young People Like
“NCYC is the best thing ever to happen to me.”
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This Week’s Discussion Question: Private and public spiritual practices
1. Which faith practices are essential to who you are? Are they personal, private or familial, or public? 2. Do your personal or private practices contribute to participation in large liturgical rites? How?
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The Presbyterian Hymnal Sampler
60% of the 1990 Presbyterian hymnal will brought into the 2013 hymnal. This will comprise 40% of the new hymnal – sturdier and thinner paper makes possible a larger book which still isn’t unwieldy.