The Church: called to repentance; called to prophesy Prayers and reflections for the anniversary of the martyrdom of Archbishop Oscar Romero. He was...
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The Church: called to repentance; called to prophecy Prayers and reflections for the anniversary of the martyrdom of Archbishop Oscar Romero. He was...
The full, conscious, and active participation of laypeople in the liturgy took another hit in May, when Archbishop Harry Flynn of St. Paul and Minneapolis...
Christians can manage to be the one church of Christ without agreeing on everything. A church divided over the role of women, at war over the place of gays and...
The smarty-pants answer is that it happens all the time. There’s no security check at Communion stations. Ushers seldom rack up more than a couple of Communion...
7 steps to a church worth connecting to. The March 19 celebration of the feast of St. Joseph is in full swing at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia...
The most important activity in the parish is Sunday Mass. Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles has written a lengthy pastoral letter on liturgical renewal to...
Father J. Glenn Murray, S.J. describes what a good liturgy means from an African American perspective. Most Catholics are most Catholic when they attend Sunday...
What Mary Hansen rmembers about her father's sudden death 22 years ago was praying the rosary at St. Anthony's Church in Tigard, Oregon. She and...
The Mass is a genius, and I’ll tell you why. Because each and every Mass celebrated over the course of many centuries in many lands under every conceivable...
