DOCSLIB.ORG

5Th January, 2020 - Year A

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text

Load more

Teaching our FAMILIES to teach their families THE FAITH 5th January, 2020 - Year A The EPIPHANY of the LORD ALL HALLOWS’ Dear Parishioners, PARISH CHURCH 1. Parish Hours over January. 2 Halley Street The parish will be closed from 20th December to 2nd January, 2020 at FIVE DOCK 2046 reduced hours. Administrator: The parish will be manned between the hours of 9.30am and 12.30pm Fr Matthew Solomon on the following days Assistant Priest: 7th, 9th, 14th, 16th, 21st and 23rd January. Fr Nicholas Rynne Elsa will return to the office on 29th January, 2020 Deacon: Rev. Mr. Constantine Rodrigues [email protected] God Bless Fr Matthew. Secretary: Elsa Waldie Welcome to the 2020s: What Catholics can expect in the next dec- Presbytery: ade Monday: Closed Tues - Fri: 8.30am - 3.30pm Closed for lunch 12.30-1.30 pm What will happen to the Church in the coming decade? Only God Phone: 9713 7960 knows, but it’s still worth considering what may lie ahead in the 2020s. Fax: 9713 5172 Here are 10 things that might happen in the next 10 years – some more Email: likely than others. [email protected] Web: www.allhallows.org.au Demographic change If current trends continue, the Church will grow by roughly 15 million All Hallows’ Parish School souls a year, taking the total number of Catholics beyond the 1.4 billion mark by the end of the 2020s (the highest figure in history). Most of the Principal: Mrs Helen Elliott growth will be in Africa and Latin America, with some two million more Phone: 9713 4469 Fax: 9712 5184 Catholics each year in Asia. The table of the top 10 countries with the Email: most Catholics is likely to change. The Democratic Republic of Congo, [email protected] currently 10th, is likely to rise up the rankings, while Italy, France and Web: Spain slip down. www.ahpsfivedock.catholic.edu.au Sacramental Life Rising anti-Christian persecution According to the charity Open Doors, each year around 4,000 Chris- Eucharist: tians are murdered for their faith, 2,600 are detained without trial and Saturday - 9.00am & 5.30pm Vigil 1,200 church buildings are attacked. There is, sadly, no reason to think Sunday - 8.30am this will change. Indeed, these figures may rise if (as seems likely) Sunday - 10am Children’s Liturgy global instability increases. Given their lack of powerful defenders, Sunday - 6.00pm Youth Mass Christian minorities from Egypt to Indonesia will continue to suffer per- Monday - 9.00am secution, ranging from petty discrimination to lethal violence. Expect Tues - Wed - 8.00am religious freedom to shrink further in China and India, the world’s most Thurs - Fri - 9.00am populous nations. Lauds (morning prayer) is prayed 20 minutes before morning mass A revival of popular piety daily. All Welcome. According to the United Nations, one in every three travellers is a pil- Reconciliation: grim, and each year some 20 million people visit the Basilica of Our La- Saturday 9.30-10am, 4.45-5.15pm dy of Guadalupe, six million head to Lourdes and 300,000 walk the Sunday 8.30am - 9.15am Camino. These numbers may rise in the next 10 years. Sick Calls: Any time - day/night. Growth of the Extraordinary Form Funeral Masses: While figures are hard to come by, anecdotal evidence suggests that In co-operation with Funeral the Extraordinary Form of the Mass has grown in popularity, notably Directors. among millennials, since Benedict XVI liberated it with the motu proprio Exposition: Summorum Pontificum in 2007. In the United States, there were 220 Every Wednesday after 8am Mass. regular traditional Latin Masses in 2006. By 2016, this had increased to roughly 450. Several religious communities that celebrate the Old Mass appear to be flourishing. Devo- tees will remain a minority but may become increasingly influential over the next decade. Papal visits to the world’s hotspots Pope Francis is eager to visit some of the world’s most strife-torn nations. He opened the Year of Mercy in 2015, for example, in the Central African Republic. In 2020, he hopes to visit South Sudan, a nation that has known nothing but conflict since its birth in 2011. He may also make a long-awaited trip to Iraq, conditions permitting. Other potentially perilous papal destinations include Venezuela, Pakistan and per- haps even North Korea. Safer ports of call in 2020 are expected to include Cyprus and Montenegro. There is one nation he seems unlikely to visit: his homeland, Argentina, which he hasn’t returned to since his election in 2013. Diplomatic developments with China The chances of a papal visit to China are currently slim. It’s likely that the Holy See would have to es- tablish full diplomatic relations with Beijing first. That prospect seems years away, even though the two states signed a historic provisional agreement in 2018. There are many obstacles, including the status of Taiwan, which the Holy See continues to recognise. But it is not impossible that such difficulties will be resolved in the next 10 years. A papal transition Given their reverence for the Holy Father, most Catholics would prefer not to think about the next con- clave. But there will be one, of course, and it may well take place this decade. It is impossible to predict the outcome, but the event would have profound consequences for the whole Church. If nothing else, expect more discussion of the conclave in the coming years, especially given papabile Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle’s transfer from Manila to Rome. Vatican financial crisis Meanwhile, the Vatican faces a grave test of its financial integrity. This year Moneyval, the Council of Europe’s money laundering watchdog, will publish a highly anticipated report on the Holy See’s pro- gress. Moneyval may conclude that the Vatican has failed to take adequate steps to prosecute those suspected of money laundering, as it requested in its 2017 report. A negative verdict would reinforce the impression that the Vatican has failed to clean up the financial scandals that have dogged it for the past 40 years. More abuse revelations Another scandal will, unfortunately, stretch on into this decade: clerical abuse. This has already devas- tated the Church in Europe and North America. In the 2020s, disturbing new revelations are likely to emerge from Latin America, Africa and Asia. Pope Francis has given the Church powerful new tools to respond to the looming crisis in these conti- nents, including the motu proprio Vos estis lux mundi, which in theory holds bishops accountable for cover-ups. But Church leaders appear hesitant to use these new mechanisms, preferring older, less ef- fective ones. This is unlikely to change without considerable lay pressure. New saints This decade should see a host of new saints. It’s difficult to forecast the progress of Causes as they are dependent on miraculous healings. But those who could be canonised in the 2020s include Blesseds Charles de Foucauld (d 1916), Pier Giorgio Frassati (d 1925), Cyprian Tansi (d 1964), Jerzy Popiełusz- ko (d 1984), Chiara Badano (d 1990) and the Tibhirine monks (d 1996), as well as the Venerables Au- gustus Tolton (d 1897) and Cardinal Nguyễn Văn Thuận (d 2002). Other Causes worth keeping an eye on are those of John Bradburne (d 1979), Dorothy Day (d 1980), 15-year-old computer expert Carlo Acutis (d 2006) and 21st-century Iraqi martyrs such as Ragheed Ghanni (d 2007). Any developments in these Causes will prompt rejoicing throughout the Catholic world and remind us that, however daunting the road ahead, there are always saints among us. INVITATION: WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED You are cordially invited to an OPEN NIGHT P lease pray for:- commencing at 6.30pm on Thursday, February 13, at St Bede's Church, 43 Pyrmont Rd, Pyrmont, to Recently Deceased: celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of The Gregorian Schola of Sydney. This lay group was founded in Mass Intentions: 1989 with the encouragement of the then Dean of St Vigil: Kay Fowler Mary's Cathedral, Monsignor Lex Johnson (letter 8.30am: Peter Hyems dated December 3). The idea was to offer the people 10.00am: All Hallows’ of Sydney the opportunity to learn and to pray/sing 6pm: Teresa Gratten the music which Vatican II, and many popes before 6th: Kevin Hume that, declared as “specially suited to the liturgy and... 7th: Veronica Pasqual D’Souza & Celine de Silva should be given pride of place”. We invite you to 8th: John Vincent (Sick) come, see, and hear the schola for our thirtieth 9th: Michael Roche anniversary. Manuscript sources will be shown and 10th: Holy Souls in Purgatory sometime used. There will be audience participation with QandA. Bookings are essential. Email For the following ill members of our community:- [email protected]. Enquiries 9419 5838. Kathleen Collins, Alessandro Mangogna, Please come and support this important group and Katherine Adamo, John Collins, Tony Lim, Karen those who keep it together. Entry by voluntary Abdallah, Theo Argy, Vincenzo La Manna, donation. Let us know ASAP if you hope to come. Andrew Ammendolia, Elysha Fazzalaro, Mia Spalina, Bernadette Lane, Sarah Galleghan, Ryan Family, Kylie Lane, Judith Tetley, Anna Pezzuto, GERMAN CATHEDRALS AND Marie Mylott, John Vincent, Rosa Maria Santos, OBERAMMERGAU PILGRIMAGE 2020 Belinda Briggs, Mark Bridgett Fr Chris Dixon, from the Diocese of Parramatta, is leading a pilgrimage focussing on “German GET YOUR COPY OF Cathedral Pilgrimage and the Passion Play at THE CATHOLIC WEEKLY th Oberammergau”, for 13 days leaving 25 August • God walks amongst us: Christmas Wrap th 2020 and returning 6 September 2020.
Recommended publications
  • 1 August 2021

    1 August 2021

    Catholic Parish of St. Catherine, Penrith, with St. Wulstan’s Chapel, Alston Parish Priest: Fr. John B. Winstanley, St. Catherine’s Rectory, Drovers Lane, Penrith, Cumbria. CA11 9EL T: 01768 862273 E: [email protected] W: www.stcatherinepenrith.org.uk St. Wulstan’s Church, Kings Arms Lane, Alston, Cumbria, CA9 3JF The Haydock Community Centre (restricted bookings only): via parish website, T: 07976 255145, E: [email protected] 1 August 2021 – The 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B ‘The Lord gave them bread from heaven.’ MASS TIMES & INTENTIONS KEEPING EACH OTHER SAFE: Throughout the Sat 31 9am St. Ignatius of Loyola Mervyn Yamey pandemic it has been made clear that if anyone has any 9.30am - 10am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament symptoms of Coronavirus they don’t come to church, but & Confessions seek the appropriate medical help. This, of course, remains 5.30pm Confessions at Alston paramount and essential. As we know, cases continue to rise. 6pm at St. Wulstan’s, Alston Infirm Clergy UPDATED GUIDANCE: All parishes have updated their Sun 1 The 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time daily procedures following the government’s entry into Step 8.30am People of the Parish 4 and the guidance received from Bishop Paul and the 10.30am Jim Corcoran Bishops’ Conference. In St. Catherine’s and St. Wulstan’s, Mon 2 St. Peter Julian Eymard No Mass face masks, sanitising hands and air flow are all required. Tue 3 12 noon Sheila Wheaton Signing-in still required on entry. On Sundays at St. Wed 4 Privately St John Vianney Janet Pearson Catherine’s, please fill in the slip on your bench and leave for Thur 5 Dedication of the Basilica of St.
  • Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite At

    Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite At

    Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite A Solemn High Mass celebrated in the Extraordinary Form of the Mass of the Roman Rite (according to the 1962 edition of the Roman Missal) is scheduled for Sacred Heart Cathedral on Sunday, September 15, 2019, 3:00 pm. Fr. Daniel Geddes from the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, Pastor of Holy Family Parish in Vancouver, will be the celebrant. As a simple explanation, in 2007 Pope Benedict XVI issued a document entitled “Summorum Pontificum” which gave priests anywhere around the world permission to celebrate the Mass using the 1962 Missal. In his letter to bishops concerning the document, he explained that the liturgical tradition of the Roman Rite incorporated two forms – the ordinary, which we celebrate regularly, and the extraordinary, to which many have continued to be devoted. Both forms belong to the Roman Rite and are to be seen as the continual flow of the 2000-year liturgical tradition of the Church. The pope emphasized there was no fracture of the tradition at the Second Vatican Council. Both forms are celebrated in Latin, although the current edition of the Roman Missal allows for vernacular languages to be used. The Apostolic Letter, Summorom Pontificum was issued on July 7, 2007 and carried an effective date of September 14, 2007. Hence, 12 years after the letter’s effective date, Mass will again be offered at Sacred Heart Cathedral in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. Members of the UnaVoce Prince George Chapter will be providing servers and a schola (choir).
  • How and Why Has Pope Francis Restricted the Latin Mass?

    How and Why Has Pope Francis Restricted the Latin Mass?

    How and why has Pope Francis restricted the Latin Mass? “Chin up, it’ll work itself out,” I told my friend, Michelle. She was “despondent” at the news Pope Francis had abrogated Summorum Pontificum — the law by which Pope Benedict XVI liberalized the use of the 1962 liturgical books — and in fact had told me she “hadn’t felt such grief” since her father passed a little more than a year-and-a-half ago. My friend is a cantor at her very ordinary parish. She loves to sing for the Lord, and she teaches others to sing for him in the way the Church prescribes. She’s middle-aged and never married. She lost her mother too soon, and cared for her father until he went the way of all flesh. The Church is the center of her life. My friend is hurt. She is hurt in her sentiments, sure, but she is also hurt in her person — a loyal daughter of the Church, who has suffered alongside many of her fellows in personal devotion to an ancient and venerable form of public prayer, and now discovers the man to whom she has looked as a father in God is displeased with her attachment and suspicious of her loyalty to him. She isn’t wrong to feel that way, and she’s far from the only one. She reads a lot of the blogs and visits a lot of the websites that traffic in “news” about traditional worship, of interest to the communities devoted to traditional forms. Through the years, I’ve encouraged her to pay less attention to them.
  • Why Vatican II Happened the Way It Did, and Who’S to Blame

    Why Vatican II Happened the Way It Did, and Who’S to Blame

    SPECIAL EDITION SUMMER 2017 Dealing frankly with a messy pontificate, without going off the rails No accidents: why Vatican II happened the way it did, and who’s to blame Losing two under- appreciated traditionalists Bishops on immigration: why can’t we call them what they are? $8.00 Publisher’s Note The nasty personal remarks about Cardinal Burke in a new EDITORIAL OFFICE: book by a key papal advisor, Cardinal Maradiaga, follow a pattern PO Box 1209 of other taunts and putdowns of a sitting cardinal by significant Ridgefield, Connecticut 06877 cardinals like Wuerl and even Ouellette, who know that under [email protected] Pope Francis, foot-kissing is the norm. And everybody half- Your tax-deductible donations for the continu- alert knows that Burke is headed for Church oblivion—which ation of this magazine in print may be sent to is precisely what Wuerl threatened a couple of years ago when Catholic Media Apostolate at this address. he opined that “disloyal” cardinals can lose their red hats. This magazine exists to spotlight problems like this in the PUBLISHER/EDITOR: Church using the print medium of communication. We also Roger A. McCaffrey hope to present solutions, or at least cogent analysis, based upon traditional Catholic teaching and practice. Hence the stress in ASSOCIATE EDITORS: these pages on: Priscilla Smith McCaffrey • New papal blurtations, Church interference in politics, Steven Terenzio and novel practices unheard-of in Church history Original logo for The Traditionalist created by • Traditional Catholic life and beliefs, independent of AdServices of Hollywood, Florida. who is challenging these Can you help us with a donation? The magazine’s cover price SPECIAL THANKS TO: rorate-caeli.blogspot.com and lifesitenews.com is $8.
  • Ave Papa Ave Papabile the Sacchetti Family, Their Art Patronage and Political Aspirations

    Ave Papa Ave Papabile the Sacchetti Family, Their Art Patronage and Political Aspirations

    FROM THE CENTRE FOR REFORMATION AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES Ave Papa Ave Papabile The Sacchetti Family, Their Art Patronage and Political Aspirations LILIAN H. ZIRPOLO In 1624 Pope Urban VIII appointed Marcello Sacchetti as depositary general and secret treasurer of the Apostolic Cham- ber, and Marcello’s brother, Giulio, bishop of Gravina. Urban later gave Marcello the lease on the alum mines of Tolfa and raised Giulio to the cardinalate. To assert their new power, the Sacchetti began commissioning works of art. Marcello discov- ered and promoted leading Baroque masters, such as Pietro da Cortona and Nicolas Poussin, while Giulio purchased works from previous generations. In the eighteenth century, Pope Benedict XIV bought the collection and housed it in Rome’s Capitoline Museum, where it is now a substantial portion of the museum’s collection. By focusing on the relationship between the artists in ser- vice and the Sacchetti, this study expands our knowledge of the artists and the complexity of the processes of agency in the fulfillment of commissions. In so doing, it underlines how the Sacchetti used art to proclaim a certain public image and to announce Cardinal Giulio’s candidacy to the papal throne. ______ copy(ies) Ave Papa Ave Papabile Payable by cheque (to Victoria University - CRRS) ISBN 978-0-7727-2028-2 or by Visa/Mastercard $24.50 Name as on card ___________________________________ (Outside Canada, please pay in US $.) Visa/Mastercard # _________________________________ Price includes applicable taxes. Expiry date _____________ Security code ______________ Send form with cheque/credit card Signature ________________________________________ information to: Publications, c/o CRRS Name ___________________________________________ 71 Queen’s Park Crescent East Address __________________________________________ Toronto, ON M5S 1K7 Canada __________________________________________ The Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies Victoria College in the University of Toronto Tel: 416-585-4465 Fax: 416-585-4430 [email protected] www.crrs.ca .
  • John Bradburne Prayers

    John Bradburne Prayers

    90308 Prayers to John Bradburne A6_Nre John Bradburne Leaflet 30/01/2014 12:25 Page 1 JOHN BRADBURNE John Bradburne Third Order Franciscan, mystic, poet and friend of lepers. Born in England in 1921, he served with the Gurkhas in Malaya and Burma Prayers during World War II. A Pauline-like conversion led him to become a pilgrim seeker, first with the Benedictines, then the Carthusians, but remained a layman to the end. His search for God’s will led him through England, Europe and the Holy Land, mostly on foot. In 1962 he went to “seek a cave” in Zimbabwe. Instead he found Mutemwa Leprosy Settlement. There he tended a flock of 80 leprosy patients with loving care, laying down his life for them on September 5th, 1979. At his funeral, a pool of blood was seen beneath his coffin. On opening it, there was no evidence where the blood had come from. However, an oversight was revealed: John had not been clothed in th e habit of St. Francis, as is the privilege of members of the Third Order, and had been John’s wish. The habit was found and John was clothed in it. Since his death there have been many signs of his sanctity: reports of miracles, claims of cures, as well as many answers to prayer. More important, many have turned to God through John’s extraordinary example. Strange Vagabond “God’s love within you is your native land. So search none other, never more depart. For you are homeless save God keeps your heart.” (JRB) For further information, donations, petitions and favours granted, contact: THE JOHN BRADBURNE MEMORIAL SOCIETY.
  • Implementing Summorum Pontificum in the Diocese of Davenport

    Implementing Summorum Pontificum in the Diocese of Davenport

    DIOCESE OF DAVENPORT Policies for Implementing Summorum Pontificum in the Diocese of Davenport These pages may be reproduced by parish and Diocesan staff for their use Policy promulgated at the Pastoral Center of the Diocese of Davenport–effective September 14, 2007 Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Revised November 27, 2011 Revised October 15, 2012 Most Reverend Martin Amos Bishop of Davenport TABLE OF CONTENTS §IV-249 POLICIES FOR IMPLEMENTING SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM IN THE DIOCESE OF DAVENPORT: INTRODUCTION 1 §IV-249.1 THE ROLE OF THE BISHOP 2 §IV-249.2 FACULTIES 3 §IV-249.3 REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CELEBRATION OF MASS 4 §IV-249.4 REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE OTHER SACRAMENTS AND RITES 6 §IV-249.5 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS 6 APPENDICES Appendix A: Documentation Form 7 Appendix B: Resources 8 0 §IV-249 Policies for Implementing Summorum Pontificum in the Diocese of Davenport §IV-249 POLICIES IMPLEMENTING SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM IN THE DIOCESE OF DAVENPORT Introduction In the 1980s, Pope John Paul II established a way to allow priests with special permission to celebrate Mass and the other sacraments using the rites that were in use before Vatican II (the 1962 Missal, also called the Missal of John XXIII or the Tridentine Mass). Effective September 14, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI loosened the restrictions on the use of the 1962 Missal, such that the special permission of the bishop is no longer required. This action was taken because, as universal shepherd, His Holiness has a heart for the unity of the Church, and sees the option of allowing a more generous use of the Mass of 1962 as a way to foster that unity and heal any breaches that may have occurred after Vatican II.
  • JOHN BRADBURNE – ‘God’S Vagabond’

    JOHN BRADBURNE – ‘God’S Vagabond’

    FREE www.catholicvoiceoflancaster.co.uk The Official Newspaper to INSIDE: p05 Part of History the Diocese of Lancaster p10 Finding Time to Pray Issue 261 + July 2014 p12 A Forgotten Cumbrian Hero he eyes of the world were for three days in May focused on Tthe Holy Land as Pope Francis travelled to area for the first time some 50 years after the Papal visit of Pope Paul VI. Over his three day visit, Pope Francis visited key religious sites and made numerous speeches stressing the need for a lasting peace in lands that have suffered many conflicts throughout Pope Francis history and where divisions still exist today. He said: “I wish to invite you, President Mahmoud Abbas, together with President Shimon Peres, to join me in heartfelt prayer to God for the gift of peace”. “I offer my home in the Vatican as a place for this encounter of prayer”. “All of us want peace. Many people build it day by day through small gestures and acts; many of them are suffering, yet patiently persevere in their efforts to be peacemakers. All of Urges Peace us – especially those placed at the service of their respective peoples – have the duty to become instruments and artisans of peace, especially by our prayers. Building peace is difficult, but living without peace is a constant torment. The men and women of these lands, and of the entire world, all of them, ask us to bring before God their fervent hopes for peace”. President Mahmoud Abbas and President Shimon Peres both accepted the Pope’s invitation and met in the Vatican earlier in June.
  • Dignitatis Humanae and the Development of Moral Doctrine: Assessing Change in Catholic Social Teaching on Religious Liberty

    Dignitatis Humanae and the Development of Moral Doctrine: Assessing Change in Catholic Social Teaching on Religious Liberty

    THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA Dignitatis humanae and the Development of Moral Doctrine: Assessing Change in Catholic Social Teaching on Religious Liberty A DISSERTATION Submitted to the Faculty of the School of Theology and Religious Studies Of The Catholic University of America In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree Doctor of Philosophy By Barrett Hamilton Turner Washington, D.C 2015 Dignitatis humanae and the Development of Moral Doctrine: Assessing Change in Catholic Social Teaching on Religious Liberty Barrett Hamilton Turner, Ph.D. Director: Joseph E. Capizzi, Ph.D. Vatican II’s Declaration on Religious Liberty, Dignitatis humanae (DH), poses the problem of development in Catholic moral and social doctrine. This problem is threefold, consisting in properly understanding the meaning of pre-conciliar magisterial teaching on religious liberty, the meaning of DH itself, and the Declaration’s implications for how social doctrine develops. A survey of recent scholarship reveals that scholars attend to the first two elements in contradictory ways, and that their accounts of doctrinal development are vague. The dissertation then proceeds to the threefold problematic. Chapter two outlines the general parameters of doctrinal development. The third chapter gives an interpretation of the pre- conciliar teaching from Pius IX to John XXIII. To better determine the meaning of DH, the fourth chapter examines the Declaration’s drafts and the official explanatory speeches (relationes) contained in Vatican II’s Acta synodalia. The fifth chapter discusses how experience may contribute to doctrinal development and proposes an explanation for how the doctrine on religious liberty changed, drawing upon the work of Jacques Maritain and Basile Valuet.
  • Gregory the Great

    Gregory the Great

    GREGORY THE GREAT Gregory’s life culminated in his holding the office of pope (590–604). He is generally regarded as one of the outstanding figures in the long line of popes, and by the late ninth century had come to be known as ‘the Great’. He played a critical role in the history of his time, and is regarded as one of the four great fathers of the Western Church, alongside Ambrose, Jerome and Augustine. This volume provides an introduction to Gregory the Great’s life and works and to the most fascinating areas of his thinking. It includes English translations of his influential writings on such topics as the interpretation of the Bible and human personality types. These works show Gregory communicating what seem to be abstruse ideas to ordinary people, and they remain highly current today. John Moorhead teaches late antiquity and medieval history at the University of Queensland, Australia, where he is McCaughey Professor of History. His publications include Theoderic in Italy (1992), Ambrose of Milan (1999) and The Roman Empire Divided (2001). THE EARLY CHURCH FATHERS Edited by Carol Harrison University of Durham The Greek and Latin Fathers of the Church are central to the creation of Christian doctrine, yet often unapproachable because of the sheer volume of their writings and the relative paucity of accessible trans- lations. This series makes available translations of key selected texts by the major Fathers to all students of the Early Church. CYRIL OF JERUSALEM GREGORY OF NYSSA Edward Yarnold, S. J. Anthony Meredith, S. J. EARLY CHRISTIAN LATIN JOHN CHRYSOSTOM POETS Wendy Mayer and Pauline Allen Carolinne White JEROME CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA Stefan Rebenich Norman Russell TERTULLIAN MAXIMUS THE CONFESSOR Geoffrey Dunn Andrew Louth ATHANASIUS IRENAEUS OF LYONS Khaled Anatolios Robert M.
  • Ad Orientem” at St

    Ad Orientem” at St

    Liturgical Catechesis on “Ad Orientem” at St. John the Beloved “In Testimonium” Parish Bulletin Articles from October 2015 to May 2016 CITATIONS OF LITURGICAL DOCUMENTS IN ST. JOHN THE BELOVED PARISH BULLETIN Cardinal Sarah Speech at Sacra Liturgia USA 2015 (2015-10-18) SC 2.4 (2015-10-27) SC 7.8 (2015-11-01) SC 9 (2015-11-08) SC 11.12 (2015-11-15) Ecclesia de Eucharistia (2015-11-29) Ecclesia de Eucharistia (2015-12-06) Ecclesia de Eucharistia (2015-12-13) Sacramentum Caritatis, 20 (2016-01-31) Sacramentum Caritatis, 21 (2016-02-07) Sacramentum Caritatis, 55 (2016-02-14) Sacramentum Caritatis, 52 & 53a (2016-02-21) Sacramentum Caritatis, 53b & 38 (2016-02-28) “Silenziosa azione del cuore”, Cardinal Sarah, (2016-03-06) “Silenziosa azione del cuore”, Cardinal Sarah, (2016-03-13) “Silenziosa azione del cuore”, Cardinal Sarah, (2016-03-20) Spirit of the Liturgy, Cardinal Ratzinger, (2016-04-10) Roman Missal (2016-04-17) IN TESTIMONIUM… 18 OCTOBER 2015 Among my more memorable experiences of the visit of the Holy Father to the United States were the rehearsals for the Mass of Canonization. At the beginning of the second rehearsal I attended one of the Assistant Papal Masters of Ceremony, Monsignor John Cihak, addressed all the servers and other volunteers. He is a priest of the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon and also a seminary classmate of mine. Monsignor reminded all present that the primary protagonist in the Sacred Liturgy is the Holy Trinity. From that he expounded on the nature of reverence, both as a matter of interior activity and exterior stillness.
  • U.S. Bishops Say Pope Affirming Importance of Mass in Both Its Forms

    U.S. Bishops Say Pope Affirming Importance of Mass in Both Its Forms

    U.S. bishops say pope affirming importance of Mass in both its forms WASHINGTON – U.S. church leaders cautioned against what one called “early and false conclusions” about Pope Benedict XVI’s July 7 document expanding the use of the Tridentine Mass and said it should be seen primarily as an affirmation of the importance of reverential participation in the Mass, whether in its ordinary or extraordinary form. Cardinal Adam J. Maida of Detroit said the apostolic letter “Summorum Pontificum” showed the pope’s “pastoral care for those members of the faithful who desire to worship God” with the Mass according to the 1962 Roman Missal, commonly known as the Tridentine rite. But he said Pope Benedict’s decision to allow priests to celebrate the earlier form of the Mass without their bishop’s prior permission should not be seen “as calling into question the abiding significance of the teachings of the Second Vatican Council” but as a continuation of Pope John Paul II’s efforts to reach out “to those who felt alienated from the church because of the exclusive use of the postconciliar ritual.” Bishop David A. Zubik of Green Bay, Wis., said in separate letters to priests and the faithful in the diocese July 7 that they must “be careful not to arrive at early and false conclusions” about the apostolic letter. “Most importantly, I wish to state emphatically that the Mass is not changing,” he wrote in both letters. “The normal way that we have been celebrating the Mass for the past 40 years remains. What you and I are asked to do is to open our hearts and be more aware of and attentive to those who have a spiritual need for the extraordinary form of celebrating the Mass.” Bishop Zubik told priests that the papal letter appeared to be “in response to serious concerns that have been expressed in countries other than our own.” Cardinal Sean P.