The Church is nourished spiritually at the table of God’s word and at the table of the eucharist: from the one it grows in wisdom and from the other in holiness. In the word of God the divine covenant is announced; in the eucharist the new and everlasting covenant is renewed. The spoken word of … Continue reading Why don’t we show the readings on the screen?
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We have recently upgraded our visual display system to support our participation in liturgical celebrations: “To promote active participation, the people should be encouraged to take part by means of acclamations, responses, psalmody, antiphons, and songs, as well as by actions, gestures, and bodily attitudes. And at the proper times all should observe a reverent … Continue reading Avoiding screen addiction
Recently, thanks to generous parishioner donations, the help of volunteers and the initiative of a parish priest who isn’t afraid of crawling under the church or using power tools, our visual display system in the church has had a much-needed and long-overdue upgrade. The nearly twenty-year-old data projector (and around fifty-year-old overhead projector screen) made … Continue reading Our new visual display system
How can the early days of the Australia's Catholic history (including the hard work of Australia's first Carmelites!) help us as Catholics today get through COVID-19?
During this Year of Grace, we have been invited to revisit the constitutions of the Second Vatican Council, which began fifty years ago this year. The first of these constitutions was on the liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium. The constitution spoke strongly about the importance of participation. Participation in the liturgy was described not as something desirable … Continue reading 16/9/12 – Fifty Years Since Vatican II – Participation
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