Author: James Hadley, OblSB
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Call for Papers: Lost in Cyberspace – The Church at Prayer
The Society for Liturgical Study will be holding an online symposium this year to explore the theme: ‘Lost in Cyberspace: The Church at Prayer’. This will be held on: Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 August 2021. We intend to publish the papers delivered in a special double issue of Anaphora. We particularly welcome papers which…
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Apologies After Preaching: When pulpits become places of spiritual violence.
Sinning from the pulpit is about a matrix of realities and relationships
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It Is Finished: LA Cathedral adds new tapestries
I am not a fan.
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Creation, Day Five: In the Name of Every Creature Under Heaven
What is happening is a sin against creation, not because we are passively threatening our own existence, but because creation has its own redemptive journey that intersects and is co-terminus with the human species.
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Italian Bishops & Govt Scientists issue guidelines for Mass
As widely reported the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the national government to commence public celebration of the sacraments (excluding Confirmation) again on May 18th. The first Sunday masses with the laity since strict social isolation was implemented on 8 March will be celebrated on May 24th. The guidelines agreed…
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Vatican asks bishops to review use of pre-Vatican II mass
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has sent a letter to presidents of the national episcopal conferences asking each bishop in the world to report upon the use of the mass forma extraordinaria in their respective diocese. Responses, including whether the old form has influenced the reformed Rite of Mass of Pope Paul…
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Just Like the Early Church? The Relevance of Place in a Time of Isolation
Our sacramental buildings are the last bastion holding out against the disenchantment and trashing of place.
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Pope Convenes Female Diaconate Commission 2.0
The Vatican bollettino of 8 April 2020 reports that Pope Francis has established a new commission regarding the study of the female diaconate. Members are drawn from Ukraine, Spain, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Italy, France, and the United States. (Reported in Italian only at the time of posting)
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Cathedral of St. John the Divine NY to serve as hospital
An agreement has been reached between Mount Sinai Hospital (Morningside) in NY and the cathedral church of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. The cathedral nave will serve as a non-COVID19 extension to Mt. Sinai freeing up needed wards in the hospital proper.