I think we’ll be seeing more of this in years to come. From Pittsburgh Catholic: Bishop David Zubik has announced plans to appoint deacon administrators to oversee day-to-day management of some parishes in the Diocese of Pittsburgh. The position is expected to be piloted in a few parishes beginning this summer and potentially in other parishes in the future. It is part of an effort to find new ways to provide vibrant Catholic ministry with the number of priests available... Read more
If you ever feel compelled to chant the Gospel, here is how it’s done. This dropped into my Facebook feed this morning: a video of Boston’s Fr. Robert Reed (ace author, head of Catholic TV, and a longtime FOTB) when he was Deacon Robert Reed, chanting the Gospel for Pentecost at St. Peter’s in 1985. As a liturgical high point, it doesn’t get any better than this. (And I’m digging the Mike Brady haircut in the video, too.) And I... Read more
Details: A photo of a young Marine praying with his bride-to-be quickly went viral after it was posted on Facebook by the wedding photographer. U.S. Marine Cpl. Caleb Earwood wanted to pray with his bride Maggie before their ceremony in Asheville, North Carolina, on Saturday. So with the help of their family and wedding photographer Dwayne Schmidt, Caleb was guided to the cabin where Maggie was getting ready for the service, where the couple joined hands around a corner so... Read more
You do something like this… As the Dad notes on YouTube: My daughter has always found her own path. She played Flag football at 6. She hated wearing dresses. She wore a tuxedo to her first communion. She lettered in Soccer and Track. She then became an Engineer for the largest automaker in the world when she was 22. I could not imagine having a traditional father daughter dance with her. That is not what we were or are…So I... Read more
I think we’ll be seeing more of this in years to come. From Pittsburgh Catholic: Bishop David Zubik has announced plans to appoint deacon administrators to oversee day-to-day management of some parishes in the Diocese of Pittsburgh. The position is expected to be piloted in a few parishes beginning this summer and potentially in other parishes in the future. It is part of an effort to find new ways to provide vibrant Catholic ministry with the number of priests available... Read more
If you ever feel compelled to chant the Gospel, here is how it’s done. This dropped into my Facebook feed this morning: a video of Boston’s Fr. Robert Reed (ace author, head of Catholic TV, and a longtime FOTB) when he was Deacon Robert Reed, chanting the Gospel for Pentecost at St. Peter’s in 1985. As a liturgical high point, it doesn’t get any better than this. (And I’m digging the Mike Brady haircut in the video, too.) And I... Read more
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Catholic broadcaster Adrian Chiles recently set himself a challenge for Lent: to go to church every day for more than a month, and never the same one twice. Some of what he found, from the BBC: Wherever I went in the country, and most of my Masses were in London, Birmingham, Swansea and Manchester, it was striking how similar the congregations were at weekday Masses. There’s no getting away from it: the average age must be somewhere in the seventies.... Read more
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View image | gettyimages.com He made these revelations in an interview with an Argentinian newspaper published Monday. Some highlights, via The Telegraph: Pope Francis has revealed that he has not watched television for 25 years – not even the matches played by his beloved Buenos Aires football team. The South American pontiff said he last switched on a TV in 1990 in an interview on Monday with an Argentinian newspaper. After that he simply decided that “it was not for... Read more
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