“Mama, it’s a woman!” These words were uttered with wide-eyed excitement by 7-year-old Lucy Rau when she heard a gospel reflection at Immaculate Conception...
Liturgy
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My friend Juan is originally from Guatemala, and his first language is not English. Recently, he mentioned that for breakfast he had “potato cylinders” along...
Julia Erdlen remembers the first time she saw bread baked in her kitchen become the body of Christ at the altar. “The first time the presider held up the host...
Among my favorite episodes of the award-winning NBC series from the 1990s, The West Wing, is one titled “Nöel,” which features a guest appearance by cellist Yo...
The gap between devotees of the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) and those who prefer the Novus Ordo (“new order”) has measurably widened over the past two years...
As a liturgical musician, it is easy for some of the annual celebrations to run together in my mind. I usually can’t remember if we sang a certain arrangement...
Listen on: Apple | Google | Spotify In 2016, NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick ignited controversy when he knelt during the National Anthem to protest police...
In the July 2022 issue of U.S. Catholic, we talked to Marcia Lane-McGee and Shannon Wimp Schmidt about their new book, Fat Luther, Slim...
If you’ve never attended a Latin Mass before, just know that no one is going to tell you what’s going on. Most likely, no one will talk to you at all—though...
At the risk of sounding cliché, there is something special about football Saturdays at the University of Notre Dame. Whether you have zero interest in...
