News tagged with "liturgy"

A word to say about liturgy

A friend of mine who has been a missionary in Japan on and off for 40 years told me a fascinating story recently about how the Japanese bishops changed their minds about something quite critical to Catholic belief. (Father Michael Kelly SJ, UCA News)

Filipino liturgist challenges ‘reform of the reform’

World-renowned expert in liturgical study, Fr Anscar Chupungco, has challenged recent announcements on liturgical reform, identifying their inability to fuse together the two basic concepts of Vatican II’s liturgical renewal.
His comments were made at the launch on Friday of a new course in Liturgical Studies to be offered by The Broken Bay Institute [...]

Papal liturgist Marini backs ‘reform of reform’

Chief papal liturgist, Msgr. Guido Marini, has endorsed calls in the church for a “reform of the reform” of Catholic liturgy.
“For some years now, several voices have been heard within church circles talking about the necessity of a new liturgical renewal,” Marini said, according to an NCR Online report.
A fresh renewal movement would be “capable [...]

National Biblical, Catechetical and Liturgical Centre

The National Biblical, Catechetical and Liturgical Centre (NBCLC or National Centre), Bangalore, was founded in 1967.

Feasts for IT workers not just farmers: Liturgists

Southeast Asian liturgists meeting in the Philippines say new Church feasts need to be added to liturgical calendars while religious symbols that that have no meaning in their area need to be replaced.
The liturgists, including Religious and laypeople, made these recommendations in a statement produced by the 13th Asian Liturgical Forum (ALF)-Southeast Asia, held Sept. [...]

‘Chocolate pastor’ reflects on 50-year mission

Farmer priest. Chocolate pastor. These are just some of the affectionate nicknames given to Divine Word Father Heinrich Bollen, an 80-year-old German-born priest who recently celebrated 50 years of mission work in Indonesia. (UCA News)
Father Bollen was ordained in 1958, at the age of 29, and came to Indonesia the following year.
In a recent interview [...]

Living the Eucharist mystery

This [Federation of Asian Bishops Conference] assembly appreciates the important place which the Word of God has in the Eucharistic Celebration. The last Synod of Bishops celebrated in October 2008 understandably gave much attention to this. Its Proposition 14 focuses particularly on the Word of God in the Liturgical celebration. (Cardinal Francis Arinze, FABC IX [...]

Hong Kong liturgy expert reflects on 20-year journey

For 20 years, Father Thomas Law Kwok-fai has guided Catholics in mainland China as well as Hong Kong on liturgy. (UCA News)

Dine-in or take-out?

The story is told about a priest who, in giving communion to the faithful, would sometimes encounter communicants who would approach him with open hands and also with open mouths. How did he deal with the confusion? After saying, “The Body of Christ,” he would tell them: “OK. Make up your mind. Dine-in or take-out?”
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