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Racism and the Liturgy: Q&A with a Sociologist
Any marginalization and discrimination present in the Church would be seen in liturgy – these things don’t happen in a vacuum.
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Poll: Names at Communion
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USCCB: Archbishop Blair and Bishop Ricken up for Liturgy Committee Chair UPDATED 11-14
UPDATE 11-14: Archbishop Blair was elected today. At the meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) taking place this November 12-14 in Baltimore, a chairman-elect of the Committee on Divine Worship will be elected, along with chairs of other committees of the conference. The two candidates for the Divine Worship position are Archbishop Leonard Blair of…
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Livestream Tonight: Wolterstorff on his book Acting Liturgically
Tonight at 7pm EST, Calvin College is livestreaming an interview with Nicholas Wolterstorff on his recent book Acting Liturgically: Philosophical Reflections on Religious Practice. Wolterstorff went to Calvin College himself as an undergrad, and later taught at Yale. (I was privileged to do directed readings with him there in theological aesthetics.) He has long cultivated a lively interest…
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Update on the French and Italian Missal Translations
The French Missal translation will be the first significant test of Francis’s re-calibration of the translation process.
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The Myth of Noble Simplicity
Liturgical clarity does not mean artistic simplicity.
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Communion in Pill Form Now Available
Colorado businesswoman Theresa Lay is selling Communion in pill form. It’s for people travelling, or perhaps people in the military. One pill is made of matzo bread powder, the other of red wine extract. Apparently it’s ecumenical: “Theresa says the pill isn’t associated with any denomination, it doesn’t matter if you’re Protestant or Catholic.” I suppose some purists…
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Teaching Liturgy and forming liturgical leaders: history, theology, spirituality and practice
I continue to be surprised that the course is truly introductory for so many students.
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Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome
“Participation and sacramental realism seem to be the most significant, fruitful, and basic concepts of church planning (art and architecture) in the 20th century.” – Fr. Cloud Meinberg OSB, 1959
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