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The Liturgical-Devotional Shape of Teaching Classical Christology to Undergraduates
It’s not more God and less humans or less God and more humans that makes liturgy efficacious
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As younger Catholics drift away, the church considers what works
From the Boston Globe: “As Younger Catholics Drift Away, the Church Considers What Works.” Some sobering data here. In 1990, one-third of U.S. children were Catholic. Now it’s 20%. 31.2% of U.S. citizens’ childhood affiliation is Catholic, but 20.9% have it as their current affiliation. The numbers for white mainline Protestants are 18% and 13.5%, a…
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Ars Praedicandi: Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Difficult Times
…and so we eschew the cup and reach for the ax…and while we often attempt to wield it toward another – another individual, another tribe – we so often end up axing our own…
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East Meets West in Liturgy
The reform of the liturgy after Vatican II is also debated within some Orthodox circles.
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Bishop Kohlgraf: Time To Talk about Optional Celibacy
As of last year, the newly-named bishop did not foresee a departure from celibacy.
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Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle.
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Non Solum: Should we “scrap” First Communion?
In modern Ireland the celebration of a child’s First Communion has become a big event. It is one of the most significant and memorable days of a child’s life and most people in Ireland today who were raised as Catholics remember the day of their First Communion. Culturally it was seen as an important day…
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27 September 2018: The Final Session of the Twin Cities “Worship Dialogue”
I was left with conflicting emotions as we marked the conclusion of this fruitful collaboration.
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Vatican Conference: Church and Composers
Tthe whole conference was a very worthwhile meeting of cultures, minds and hearts.
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