Author: Katharine E. Harmon
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Retrospectives on Composing for the Church’s Worship, Part 2
MICHAEL JONCAS — I created a setting that I thought would both be faithful to the Church’s guidelines for the Responsorial Psalm but also have an Irish flavor.
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Brief Book Review: Preaching in the Light of the Word
KATHARINE E. HARMON — “In this collection of papers, experienced preacher and homiletics teacher, Rev. Michael Connors, CSC, assembles a diverse group of preachers, practitioners, and theologians to explore the ministry of preaching.”
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St. Benedict’s Day
KATHARINE E. HARMON — Co-patron of Europe, patron of students, and “father of monasticism,” Holy Father Benedict bears a great load of prayer for the work of many of us who seek every day to live the Christ life.
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Pope Francis says “no” to women deacons?
KATHARINE E. HARMON — We assume that because the Pope says “no,” we must take our ideological corners and judge what the Church “is” or “is not.”
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Liturgical theologian, Mary Collins, OSB, dies at 88
EDITOR — Pray Tell joins in prayers of hope for her eternal rest, and in gratitude for her mentorship and teaching of generations of students of the liturgy.
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In Search of the Lamb
KATHARINE E. HARMON — Nothing causes a frantic, calculated rush at piles of cardboard with a pair of dull scissors than a liturgist who’s lost her Easter lamb.
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Ecumenism is banned…again…
KATHARINE E. HARMON–Is ecumenism dead? Is there any left? Is there any hope for Catholics? For anyone?
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The Garden of the Soul
Good news: Jesus is here for the whole garden.
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Easter Egg in the Desert
We still have a long way to go in the Easter season.