Category: Liturgical Movement
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Do This in Memory of Me
NEIL XAVIER O’DONOGHUE — “[T]he way forward for the Church, despite the many new and different challenges it faces, is still to be discovered not around a conference table or in meetings, but in the fruitful celebration of the Eucharist.”
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Pope Francis to the Dicastery: “without liturgical reform, there is no reform of the Church”
EDITOR — Pope Francis, in his address, spoke of the connection between liturgical reform and reform of the Church.
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Vatican dicastery assembly to focus on proper liturgical formation and implementation
EDITOR — “‘How do we continue to let ourselves be amazed at what happens in the celebration under our very eyes?’ the statement said, quoting the Holy Father. “We are in need of a serious and dynamic liturgical formation.”
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Upcoming Lecture by Rev. Neil Xavier O’Donoghue on Active Participation in the Eucharistic Liturgy
Rev. Neil Xavier O’Donoghue, Ph.D., will offer a lecture titled “Active Participation in the Eucharistic Liturgy as the Key to the Renewal of the Church as proposed by Vatican II” this Friday, January 12, 2024, at 7:30pm ET at the Seminary Chapel at Redemptoris Mater Seminary (Kearney, NJ). The event is open, but registration is…
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From the Wires: The Church’s Authority to Revise and Suppress Preconciliar Rites
Pope Francis is right: it is necessary to return to a single, unified Roman Rite and leave the “Traditional Latin Mass” in the past. And our personal liturgical preferences have absolutely no bearing on the matter. As conservatives have grown fond of saying, truth doesn’t care about your feelings.
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In This Issue: Ex Fonte 1 (2022)
Features explore ḥūḏrā of the Assyrian Church of the East, Carthusian stole practice as a potential model for women in the diaconate, the funerary rituals of E II R, and much more!
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For the Season of the Word: A Biography of the Lectionary
“A treasure trove of insights which flow from the author’s work on this book…an important and exemplary…partner in formation with the Lectionary and the liturgical year.”
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Book Review: An Ecumenical Priesthood
“Rinderknecht has done us all a great service here both in his lucid translation and thoughtful commentary. This is a little sign of ecumenical spring.”
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Show and Tell: Summer with the Deutsches Liturgisches Institut
A summer school of international proportions.