Bishop Donald Trautman shares what he likes and dislikes about how we do the liturgy in an October 2005 interview. You've said we do a good job with...
Liturgy
Bishop Donald Trautman explains in this 2005 interview some of the changes in the liturgy that we're seeing now, along with the reasons behind them. As a...
It's time for the congregation to share the Sunday stage with the choir, argues a priest who wants the Mass to be sung by all. Here are a number of...
There is no simple answer to whether applause is appropriate in the liturgy. It really depends on who the Catholics are and why they might be clapping...
The first language of Christian liturgy was Aramaic, the common language of the first Christians, who were Palestinian Jews. While Hebrew was the language of...
Why the new Mass prayers may be confusing. I was leading a group discussion on the merits of the renewed liturgy of Vatican II when John, a middle-aged...
If any scholar could claim a ring-side seat to the liturgical reform of the 20th century, it would have to be Father Robert Taft, S.J. Taft recalls being...
The new Catholic translations of the Mass pose a stumbling block to ecumenical relations, says a Lutheran liturgy scholar. One of the great joys that I have...
Get ready for changes to your Sunday Mass. When Father Jeff Keyes arrived at St. Edward's Parish in the summer of 2004, he found a thriving, multiethnic...
We are one church and we need just one Mass, this Catholic argues-even if that one Mass is celebrated in any number of languages. At one end of the archdiocese...
