Category: Children
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The good ol’ days: a memory
Fr. X was what you might call a Catholic McCarthyite.
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Becoming present in the liturgy, again
Becoming present to God in the liturgical action, participating fully and willingly in God’s trinitarian act of salvation for us, is the ideal of liturgy. This willing participation, though, is a skill as well as a choice. Coping with distraction is one of the components of this skill.
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Timely article on small children at regular Sunday mass
The Catholic Spirit, the archdiocesan newspaper of St Paul, Minneapolis, recently published this welcoming article by Joe Towalski. He offers a practical and simple way that regular parishioners can make young families feel welcome in the pews: speak up before the people who don’t want children in the mass have the chance.
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A second look at the Directory for Masses with Children
Let us not forget that children are natural mystics. Developmentally, children experience a profound sense of identity in and through ritual.
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Cardinal suggests preparing children for Communion even before age 7
The head of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera, suggests preparing children for Communion even before age 7.
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Reveling in the Book of Kells
A couple of months ago, on the recommendation of a catechumen with whom I am blessed to work, I watched The Secret of Kells, an animated Irish film.
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Children and Liturgy
I often lament over the well-intentioned adults who think we need to “do something special for the children.”
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Summer “What We’re Reading” Wednesday
…and of course dozens of board-books for our 14-month old daughter of which Jesus and the Twelve Dude Who Did, telling the story of each of the apostles as their faces stick out into the page, might be of interest to the Pray Tell readership.
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On doxology and human language
My daughter Juliana is now 15 months old. She is now learning about one word a day, and is totally thrilled by the ability to communicate and be understood. Much of her language acquisition is — dare I say it — doxological…