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Ritualizing Anger
The anger and fury that many feel over the current revelations of sexual and emotional abuse and cover-up by priests and bishops of the Roman Catholic communion is palpable. Those parishes and faith communities, which have taken great care and diligence in trying to navigate and distill the range of emotions and reactions may find…
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Teaching Undergraduates (continued)
If you are a teacher or catechist, how do you invite students to ponder the nature of theological learning?
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Biennial Lectionary for the Office of Readings 1
One particular treasure of the renewed Liturgy of the Hours is the two-year lectionary of the Office of Readings.
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Rebuild My Burning Church
On the Exultation of the Holy Cross this year, our bishop lay prostrate on the floor of his cathedral.
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Feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
None of us now knows what it means, But to this day our loves and disciplines Worry themselves there. We do not forget.
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National Anthems in Church Hymnals?
A viewpoint on national anthems in Christian liturgy.
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Reading Toward Writing Liturgical Theology
My pastoral-theological wager is that an as yet fully developed contemporary theology of the Easter Season, through examination of lectionary texts and the sacramental rites germane to Easter faith, can help form and invigorate believers’ self-appropriation as mutually responsible members of the body of Christ, priestly people with baptismal missions attuned to their particular life…
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GIA to Host Fall Institute October 11-13, 2018
GIA Publications will host a Fall Institute October 11-13, 2018 on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue. Gathering leaders in music, worship, education, and formation, the Institute will offer an assortment of skill building and enrichment workshops, plenum addresses, ecumenical prayer opportunities, and choral reading sessions. Session topics include a wide range of programming (rehearsal techniques, conducting, pastoral music, leadership,…
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Notre Dame Folk Choir Shares New Hymn in Response to Natural Disasters
The University of Notre Dame Folk Choir, under the direction of J.J. Wright and Karen Schneider Kirner, released a new hymn for praying the realities of recent natural disasters. The full score of “God Hushes Storms to Silence” by Karen Schneider Kirner and John T. Kyler is available for free download so that communities everywhere…
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