Tag: Australia
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Making peace on the New Missal—Voices from down under
Father Tom Knowles identified himself as one of the 22,000 signatories of the “What If We Just Said Wait?” petition pushing for a “grassroots review” of the new Roman Missal. But he said the time has come to turn to the practical matter of implementing the changes.
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Liturgy translation “surprisingly good”
Andrew Hamilton writes, “My own judgment, based on a limited reading, is that, considering the narrow instructions governing its preparation, the new translation overall is surprisingly good. In less skilled hands the result could have resembled Inspector Poirot’s English. In fact it reads more like the English used in costume drama — workable, but with…
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Missal Discontent Simmering in Australia
Two articles, one from a general news source and another from a Catholic newspaper, confirm that discontent over the new translation is simmering in Australia.
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Priests in Australia Restive About Missal
“The NCP recognises that our union with Jesus in the Eucharist is at the heart of our life as priests and more than anything else expresses the unity of our Church. It should not be a source of contention or disunity. … [T]here will need to be some tolerance of people who find this new…
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Reflections on a Golden Anniversary
Benedict XVI has continued the reversal of Vatican II. He is imposing a new English translation of the Sacramentary on a resisting English speaking constituency. This may very well backfire because many priests are not going to implement it.
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Advent-purple trees
As the late spring slides into early summer, and the new Church year begins, the colour purple dotting the landscape of Sydney is a natural reminder of Advent.
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Australia: Translation implementation schedule
Parishes, communities and schools can begin singing (not saying) the new texts for the parts of the Ordinary of the Mass from January 1, 2011.
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Australia finally has its first Saint!
On October 17, 2010 in Rome, Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop was canonized. All of Australia is buzzing with excitement and pride.
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Fr. Williams on the upcoming translation
Fr. Peter Williams from the Australian liturgy office is interviewed here about the translation process by Noel Debien of Australian Broadcasting Corporation.