Month: March 2014
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Nun Performs on Italy’s “The Voice”
At the top of my Facebook news feed this morning was a video of an amazingly talented nun who recently performed on Italy’s “The Voice.”
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Bishop McMahon Named New Archbishop of Liverpool
Bishop Malcolm McMahon, Bishop of Nottingham, was just named the new Archbishop of Liverpool.
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A unique sight, and intensely interesting: Abp Alexander Sample celebrates Mass
Archbishop Alexander Sample, of Portland Oregon, celebrated a pontifical Tridentine Mass, and preached about celebrating a pontifical Tridentine Mass.
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Viewpoint: Radical Renewal Needed for Religious Life
Today, many women’s religious orders and congregations seem headed for a very insecure future (to put it mildly), or worse, extinction.
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Now available: Internships, Student and Seminarian Discounts for the 2014 Collegeville Liturgy Conference!
Students pay a reduced registration fee of $199 and enjoy free housing and meals; Registration is waived for seminarians—pay only for housing and meals. Internships for students interested in liturgy and music also available.
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I keep thee full safely
Anyone else having a Lent with dramatic swings in climate? (And I don’t mean the temperature, although we are expecting another sharp thaw tomorrow.) I’m taking comfort from Julian of Norwich, who felt dramatic swings between “well” and “woe” as one of her revelatory experiences in her Shewings. But through it all, Christ told her inwardly,…
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worth at least a thousand words [updated]
When teaching, I try, like most teachers, to find pictures to illustrate the words I am using. When I show the differences between the Mass of Pope Saint Pius V and the Mass of Pope Paul VI, I show this Ordo Missae page from a missal we have at the seminary. The Mass is being…
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St. Gertrude of Nivelles — a note on advancing the role of women
One additional possibility, with regard to advancing the role of women in the church, is to lift up more forcefully the women who are our heritage. So here is a toast to St. Gertrude of Nivelles (+ 659), patron saint of travelers, gardeners, and cats. She easily gets forgotten at least in the United States,…
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L.A. Religious Education Congress – Closing Liturgy
This past weekend was the L.A. Religious Education Congress.