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March 2015

March 14, 2015

Stations of the Cross and Benediction together?

Reading about how my parish follows the Stations of the Cross with Benediction, a couple...

March 13, 2015

Altar-ed states: liturgical decoration for Lent

A priest friend posted the following image on Facebook this morning, describing it as "artsy...

March 11, 2015

Pope to wash feet of male and female prisoners on Holy Thursday—UPDATED

From Vatican Radio: Pope Francis will visit inmates and staff of a Rome prison on...

March 11, 2015

“What this priest did was totally inexcusable”

You got that right. Read the whole account. Pita bread? From Redemptionis Sacramentum: 1. The...

March 07, 2015

Pope marks 50th anniversary of vernacular Mass: “Jesus is calling us to authentic worship”

From Vatican Radio: On Saturday evening, Pope Francis celebrated Mass at the Roman church of...

March 07, 2015

50 years ago today: Pope Paul VI celebrates first Mass in the vernacular

Pope Francis will be commemorating that historic event at the place where it happened. And...

March 05, 2015

Who proclaims the Gospel at Mass?

This popped up today over at OSV's The Catholic Answer: Q. If a deacon is assisting...

February 2015

February 28, 2015

Helping the deacon learn the Exsultet

Music director Richard J. Clark has some wise advice on climbing this Everest of chants,...

February 19, 2015

Pope Francis talks to Rome’s priests about liturgy, preaching

From CNS: The liturgy should help the faithful enter into God's mystery and to experience...

February 16, 2015

Signs of faith: Mass with Pittsburgh’s Catholic deaf community

From The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, a rare glimpse at an unusual way of worship: The 11:30...

February 12, 2015

Bishop of Albany to celebrate Mass in Extraordinary Form next month

From the Facebook page of The Extraordinary Form in the Albany Diocese comes this posting:

February 12, 2015

Girls interrupted: how one parish changed its altar server policy

From CNA: Holy Name Parish in Denver changed its altar serving policy about six months...

February 06, 2015

The pastor wants someone else to chant the Exsultet. What can a deacon do?

I'm sure this situation is more common than we think. On an online forum for...

February 03, 2015

Pope to commemorate 50th anniversary of Paul VI saying first Mass in the vernacular

From Pray Tell: It was announced in the most recent edition of L’Osservatore Romano that...

February 02, 2015

This is…different: one Seattle parish on Super Bowl Sunday—UPDATED WITH VIDEO

Source. Parish: St. Mary's Catholic Church, Marysville, WA. Out of bounds? Yeah. I'd say...

February 01, 2015

A glimpse at the “hip hop Mass”

The photo above is now making the rounds on Facebook. It appears to come from an...

January 2015

January 29, 2015

Pope Francis will not confer palliums on bishops at the Vatican

From CNS: When Pope Francis celebrates the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul in June,...

January 27, 2015

How did the ad orientem experiment turn out in Lincoln?

You may remember that Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska announced he would celebrate Mass...

January 24, 2015

Altar girls, again: what happened when a SF parish banned girl altar servers—UPDATED

It must have been a slow news day in San Francisco, since it appears this...

January 24, 2015

The pope’s liturgical “abuse”

Over at the blog Pray Tell, Anthony Ruff notes a recent letter regarding the Sign...

January 10, 2015

In praise of altar girls—UPDATED

As you may have heard, Cardinal Raymond Burke is not a fan of female altar...

January 06, 2015

Andrew Cuomo delivers 40 minute eulogy at his father’s funeral

Andrew Cuomo by Pat Arnow via Wikipedia From The New York Daily News: Former Gov....

December 2014

December 30, 2014

Deacons: don’t forget to chant the date of Easter this Sunday

Photo: Rosalind Chan Consider this your warm-up for the Exsultet. A lot of places...

December 22, 2014

Announcing a Mass in the Extraordinary Form in Brooklyn

Earlier this year, I posted several times on the impressive restoration of Holy Name Catholic Church...

December 19, 2014

The disappearing Midnight Mass — UPDATED

My pastor, Bishop Paul Sanchez, at Midnight Mass at our parish, Our Lady Queen of...

November 2014

November 29, 2014

Will you be chanting the Christmas Proclamation?

A deacon reader asked me if I had a copy of this lying around, and...

November 26, 2014

Have you ever seen a diaconate ordination like this?

A reader sent this my way, with this explanation: Deacon Greg, Knowing your interest in...

November 24, 2014

Cardinal Sarah named Prefect for Congregation of Divine Worship

From The Vatican: On Sunday, 23 November 2014, the Holy Father named Cardinal Robert Sarah...

November 21, 2014

Miami church reports young Catholics seeking out Latin Mass

Details: Roman Catholic Mass was at one time universally celebrated in Latin, the ancient Roman...

November 21, 2014

Bill Murray, liturgist: “I think we lost something by losing the Latin”

H/T to Rod Dreher, who posted this item: His parents were Irish Catholics; one of...