Author: Rita Ferrone
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Encountering Vatican II: Living into the Council with Francis
In this series, scholars from across the country will come to St. Ignatius Church, inviting us to encounter the principal documents of the Council (i.e., the four major “Constitutions”) in a new way.
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Work Toward an Amazonian Rite Moves Forward
A friendly meeting in Rome signals that good progress is being made toward the creation of a rite for the Amazon.
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Commentary on Desiderio desideravi
Pope Francis’s apostolic letter on liturgical formation, Desiderio desideravi, is full of interesting “prompts” for our reflection. Here are a few.
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Notre Dame Preaching Conference videos, now available online
Recordings of the talks from the 2022 Preaching Conference — Living in the Light of the Word — can now be viewed online.
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A document on liturgical formation is being prepared in Rome
In a wide-ranging interview on May 9, in the Spanish magazine Omnes, Archbishop Arthur Roche, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, revealed that a document on liturgical formation is currently being prepared in Rome, to assist the world’s bishops in rising to the challenge of liturgical formation for all the baptized, not only priests and…
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Are You Living in the Light of the Word?
“Enlivening the Scriptural Imagination for Preaching” is the theme of a summer conference at the University of Notre Dame.
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Brief Book Review: From Easter to Holy Week
“The story Moore tells is one of definite, even triumphant, progress in the direction of recovery of the full liturgical richness of Holy Week.”
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There Are Good Reasons to Support the RCIA – A response to an essay at NCR
The Church today asks us to conduct ourselves in a particular way in Christian initiation because the way we initiate is a fundamental expression of who we are.
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Psalm 31, in solidarity with Ukraine [updated]
“Be strong and take heart, all who hope in the LORD.”