‘I Believe’: Creeds a Snapshot of our Beliefs
The Liturgy Last Sunday, my parish had a visiting priest. As he concluded the homily and was [...]
Sing to the Lord a New Song: Music in the Liturgy
The Liturgy Throughout the history of the Church, followers of Christ have used music to proclaim the [...]
Postures and Our Ritual Language
The Liturgy One of my earliest memories was when I was about 4 years old. I attended [...]
The Altar: The Center of Thanksgiving
The Liturgy On the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood (Corpus Christi) earlier this month, [...]
A Walk Through the Rite of Ordination
The Liturgy The May 18 issue of the Catholic Herald features the spring ordinations celebrated here in [...]
Adult Confirmation: Many Circumstances Play Into It
The Liturgy Every year on Pentecost Sunday, Archbishop Jerome Listecki celebrates the Sacrament of Confirmation with Roman [...]
Vatican II Rejoined Music to Liturgy, Full Participation of the Faithful
The Liturgy On Dec. 4, 1963, at the closing of the second session of the of the [...]
The Liturgy and Lent
The Liturgy In an article about Lent for last year’s Catholic Herald, I admitted that as a [...]
Introductory Rites Set Stage for Rest of Mass
The month of January is the time of year when people hit the proverbial “reset button.” Whether it’s a [...]
A Closer Look at the Season of Christmas
The Liturgy Every year, I’m always struck at how quickly the secular world gets “back to normal” [...]