– Aurelio Porfiri One of the very important tasks for a choir director when doing a service for the Church is the selection of the appropriate repertoire for the Mass. This is one of the most important roles and often,…
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ASK THE LITURGIST (39) – Pentecost Vigil
– Don Enrico Finotti The Pentecost Vigil seems to find a growing consensus, but everything happens with total creativity: we go from a celebration, to a show, to a conference, to testimonies, etc. What does the liturgy of the Church…
CHURCH FATHERS (73) – Cassiodorus
– Anastasios One of the most influential thinkers in the time of the final decadence of the Roman Empire was Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus (485-585). He was born in southern Italy in a family that was traditionally at the service…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (49) – Does God care about us?
– Rev José Mario O. Mandía Creatures exist because God, the Supreme Being, gives them being. “God is present to his creatures’ inmost being: ‘In him we live and move and have our being’ (Acts 17:28)” (CCC 300). This does…
ST VINCENT DE PAUL, PRIEST (1581-1660)
For the apostolic renewal of the clergy St Vincent de Paul was a Priest. Born in Gascony (France) in 1581; died in Paris on this day in 1660. A parish priest who worked for the apostolic renewal of the clergy,…
AGING WELL TODAY (2) – Like good wine
– FAUSTO GOMEZ OP It appears that in our aging and aged societies, members are generally not prepared to grow old well. One thing is sure: we all want to be or become good and gentle old people and grow…
HOW TO TRAIN CHURCH CHOIRS (4) – Practice, Practice, Practice,
– Aurelio Porfiri When choirs rehearse, that is really the moment when things happen. I have always said that the most important moment is not a choir concert, but the rehearsal. This depends, for the most part, from the ability…
CHURCH FATHERS (72) – Saint Gregory of Tours
– Anastasios Gregory of Tours (538-594) was a great historian of the Frankish people. He was from a very noble family, born in Clermont. His uncle was the Bishop of Clermont and took care of his education. At the age…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (48) – Did the world happen at random?
Image by S. Hermann & F. Richter from Pixabay – Rev José Mario O. Mandía God is infinitely Intelligent, and also infinitely Loving. When He acts, He acts for a purpose which is in consonance with His infinite Wisdom, Knowledge…
SR LOURDES MARIA LOURDES CHEN, OP
On the 7th of September at 3:45 in the morning at St. Januario’s Hospital, Sr Maria Lourdes Chen died. She was 80 years old. She was one of the first Chinese sisters to enter into our Congregation of Missionary Dominican…