Given that last week was the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, it seems appropriate to give you an update on plans to create a master plan for the renovation and care of the church into the future. Last year, we conducted a parish survey and meeting to learn of your hopes for … Continue reading 16/11/08 – Renovation Update
Liturgy Corner
If you're thinking that the colours in the church seem to be changing every week at the moment, you'd be right. After months of green during this season of Ordinary Time, we changed last week to violet for All Souls Day. Today's feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica uses white, as does Christ … Continue reading 9/11/08 – Changing Colours
You may have read recently that the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments released a directive on using the name of God in the liturgy. Essentially, we have been asked to discontinue any use of the Hebrew name that translates to "YHWH", which we may know to be "Yahweh" or … Continue reading 26/10/08 – The Name of God in Liturgy
<!--[if !mso]> <! st1:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } --> I've been stuck for ideas of what to write for Carmel of late. There are certainly lots of liturgical topics waiting to be discussed, but none of them have really grabbed me. Fortunately, last Saturday, I was inspired to write. You see, it came to me as I was … Continue reading 19/10/08 – Ministry: A Shared Responsibility
In liturgical celebrations each one, minister or layperson, who has an office to perform, should do all of, but only, those parts which pertain to that office by the nature of the rite and the principles of liturgy. Servers, readers, commentators, and members of the choir also exercise a genuine liturgical function. They ought to … Continue reading 12/10/08 – Ministry Formation Workshops
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