One way of evacuating a funeral home via the back door is to have a priest come up the front stairs. Catholics of a certain vintage, such as those with vague...
Liturgy
Wine possesses a multi-layered significance that brings Christians into communion with Christ but also with one another, with our Jewish heritage, and with...
Though the pop hits of U2 may not be coming to a Catholic church near you,the latest eucharistic fad still has a lesson to offer. On this...
If you don't understand that, you're gonna love the new, old Latin Mass. The old German pastor of my first parish, Father Albert Henkel, was...
Every Sunday many Catholics mumble their way through the recitation of what we believe. Doesn't the Creed deserve to be proclaimed with a little more gusto...
Have you ever tried to have a conversation with someone who won't respond? Or tried to dance with someone who won't move? What would happen if...
Charismatic liturgies, with their lively music, mysticism, and strong community, offer the best of both worlds to Hispanic Catholics looking for a little more...
This article appeared in the April 2000 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 65, No. 4, page 49). We are Catholic, therefore we celebrate. We can celebrate for weeks...
