Pope Francis on cassocks on clericalism

The pope evinces little preoccupation for externals.

April 19, 2013
Liturgical Music Institute to be held June 23-28 in Huntington, NY

The second annual Liturgical Music Institute will take place at the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Huntington, NY from June 23 to 28. This five day comprehensive program offers musical, liturgical and pastoral formation for both new and experienced liturgical musicians.

April 18, 2013
All Together Now? Catholic Unity and the Liturgy

Fifty years after the promulgation of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, some assert that this unity is textual. But is the unity of the Roman Rite really about having a single text? Textual unity was not what the fathers of the Council chiefly had in mind when they made the landmark decision to opt…

April 18, 2013
Eucharist in the Ordinariate

The Ordinariate has the faculty to celebrate the Holy Eucharist and the other Sacraments… according to the liturgical books proper to the Anglican tradition … so as to maintain the liturgical, spiritual and pastoral traditions of the Anglican Communion within the Catholic Church, as a precious gift nourishing the faith of the members of the…

April 18, 2013
Pope Francis: Vatican II was “beautiful work of the Holy Spirit” but some “wish to turn the clock back”

But 50 years later, “have we done everything the Holy Spirit was asking us to do during the Council,” he asked. The answer is “No,” said Pope Francis.

April 16, 2013
Rita Ferrone on “Liturgy and Social Justice: Fresh Challenges for Today in Virgil Michel’s Legacy”

“Fr. Virgil’s contribution was not as an economist, not as a union organizer, not as someone who ran a hospitality house or a farm cooperative. Rather, his calling was to deepen the spiritual basis of all of these things, through the Liturgy.”

April 16, 2013
Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 42

Readers may wish to discuss the idea of a “common” celebration of the Sunday Eucharist in a parish. What values underlie the multiplication of Mass times in particular parishes?

April 15, 2013
Pope Francis and the perils of the premature victory dance

The time has not yet come for a progressive celebration of victory. It probably should never come.

April 15, 2013
Cardinal Bergoglio (Now Pope Francis) celebrated Hannukah with Argentinian Jews

Jews and Christians in Argentina held a ceremony to show the world that it’s possible to live in peace. An Argentine cardinal celebrated Hanukkah in a Jewish temple.

April 14, 2013

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