– Rev José Mario O. Mandía Sacred Scripture tells us about how, in a span of six days, God created the visible world. CCCC, no 62 (cf CCC 337-344) explains that “Through the account of the ‘six days’ of creation…
Month: October 2019
ASK THE LITURGIST (40) – Celebration of Confirmation
– Don Enrico Finotti The celebration of Confirmation on the day of Pentecost is certainly the ideal, but this coincidence is rare for us. Sometimes the sacrament is celebrated in feasts that are not at all suited to its own…
SAINT JOHN LEONARDI – To Oppose the Weeds He Chose to be Good Wheat” (Pope Benedict XVI)
Saint John Leonardi was born in 1541 in Diecimo, in the province of Lucca, Italy. He was the youngest of seven children and was raised in his Catholic faith. His family was industrious and John was the same. Throughout his…
WE ARE SPIRITUALLY ANEMIC – Why abandoning Sacramental life is the root of all problems in the Church
– Fr Bill Peckman (Church.pop) Every single problem the Church has all flows from one central issue: Our spiritual health is lacking. In most places in the western world, Mass attendance is well below 40 percent. In other words: 60…
OPINION – Teenagers no more ? …
– Carlos M. Frota Are teenagers becoming adults too early in their lives, to take action there where adults are failing? This is the starting thought guiding me in writing this commentary. The Greta Thunberg story can help answer this…
AGING WELL TODAY (3) – Treating the elderly with respect
– Fausto Gomez OP In some cultures, the elderly are generally treated with a special respect and even reverence. Likewise in the Bible. Moses says to the people: “You shall rise before the aged, and defer to the old” (Lev…
HOW TO TRAIN CHURCH CHOIRS (6) – Selecting music for the Ordinarium Missae
– Aurelio Porfiri It is necessary to go a little deeper into the parts of the Mass. Because the liturgical rite has so many layers and so many musical differences that we need to go into details if we want…
500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FAITH IN THE PHILIPPINES – The Filipino Clergy before the Advent of Maximum Illud (4)
Caceres Conciliar Seminary in Naga City – one of the earliest seminaries established in the Philippines during Spanish era that is still standing. (Photo by Fr Leonard E Dollentas.) – Fr Leonardo E Dollentas Maximum Illud is an extraordinary document…
ZABZRE (POLAND) MAYOR MARCIN BANIA – Polish, Catholic, family man
Wojciech Cydzik – ROBAIRD O’CEARBHAILL Being Polish for the vast part of the population means being Catholic. They are not just practicing their faith but ninety per cent of them declare themselves officially as Catholic. The fact that they are…
ST JOSEPH SEMINARY WILL HOST A NEW CONFERENCE ON WEDNESDAY – Franz Gassner to explain resistance to Maximum Illud
– Marco Carvalho The St Joseph’s Seminary will play host next Thursday to the fifth and second to last lecture of the conference cycle which is dedicated by the Faculty of Religious Studies of the University of Saint Joseph (USJ)…