Category: 3_SCHOLARSHIP
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Women and Incense
NEIL XAVIER O’DONOGHUE — Obviously, the debate on the use of the censer in the Roman Rite by a female altar server or acolyte is now fully settled, and in most parishes I know female altar serves outnumber male ones.
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Eucharist, Faith, and Social Justice
BRUCE MORRILL — Morrill lectures on Christian faith as a praxis of liturgy and ethics given as part of a series supporting the USCCB’s Eucharist Revival at St. Francis Xavier Church, New York City, April 7, 2024.
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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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Are the U.S. Bishops downplaying the Paschal Mystery?
RITA FERRONE — “If the bishops think that the concept of the Paschal Mystery doesn’t fit neatly into the Eucharistic piety that predated the Council, they are right.”
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Frederick Bauerschmidt Wins Prize for Contemporary Theological Writing
EDITOR — Frederick Bauerschmidt has been awarded the Michael Ramsey prize for his work The Love That Is God: An Invitation to the Christian Faith.
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Blessed by God … but not by the Church?
INGRID FISCHER — Can couples living in a relationship not accepted by the church receive a blessing? A tiny little signal from Rome meaning “Yes, but” could not be interpreted more differently across the churches in Europe, America and all continents. What can be said about it without uprooting the delicate seedling of hope? But…
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Embodiment & Liturgy: Introducing the Saint Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology
BRUCE MORRILL — This week’s publication of my large (14,000+ words) essay, “Embodiment and Liturgy,” on the Saint Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology prompts me to introduce Pray Tell readers to this open-access, online academic resource.
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New and Noteworthy: Heralds of Hope
I’m pleased to draw your attention to an excellent new book by Jennifer R. O’Brien concerning three Advent hymns of the Roman Office: Conditor alme siderum, Verbum supernum prodiens, and Vox clara intonet. Many of our readers will recognize the name of Jenny O’Brien from her insightful contributions to the Sixty Second Sermon series at…
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Funeral Liturgies of the British Monarchy: The death of Queen Elizabeth one year on
The Society for Liturgical Study is delighted to host a one-day Study Day on Saturday, 9 September 2023 (9.30am–3pm, followed by Evensong). One year after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, this special Study Day offers a timely opportunity to reflect on the liturgies used to mark this momentous occasion. The Study Day will include…