Author: Rita Ferrone
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Liturgical Face Masks
Fabric artists, the Church needs you!
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Adventures in Ecumenism
Grassroots ecumenism doesn’t have to be a hard road; it can present itself as a gift. Even during a pandemic.
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Recommended Guidelines Raise Troubling Questions (updated)
Unfortunately, in the attempt to “do the right thing” liturgical values and priorities are not being respected.
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The Least We Can Do
Commentary on the REVISED Vatican guidelines for Holy Week, plus some clarifications and commentary on the present challenges of the RCIA
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Gerard Sloyan, a symposium and some sad news
Father Gerard Sloyan dies at age 100. A symposium to celebrate his legacy will be held at the Catholic University of America on March 4, 2020.
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More Important Than It Looks
What was your experience the Sunday of the Word of God like? Does it make you confident that this observance will take hold? What are your hopes for next year’s celebration?
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The Yale ISM Review: On Healing
What is healing about? How does it take place? What roles do prayer, liturgy, and the arts play in the process of healing? These are some of the questions raised and discussed in this issue.
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U.S. Bishops Prepare to Vote on New Translation of the RCIA
With respect to the Christian Initiation of Adults, we are seeing an approach to translation of liturgical texts that is strikingly different from the path taken in the translation of the Missal.
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Silence in Music
I think sometimes we sin against the artful use of silence in liturgy — in music and in the ritual itself.