Priest sacked for deviating from official text.
Brothers: One of our priests faithful for nearly 50 years of service and retired Lt. Col. of Airforce has been removed from his parish and from all priestly practice for changing a few words in the...
View ArticleComplete a survey on the new Missal
We began using part of the new translation of the Missal a year ago. There’s a survey on the experience on the website of USCatholic. One for priests, and another for laity:...
View ArticleA new prayer for serenity is offered for all
God, grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, which is pretty much everyone, since I’m clearly not you, God. At least not the last time I checked. And while you’re at it, God, …...
View ArticleNew Mass translation disliked by US priests and laypeople
The December U.S. Catholic looks at the new missal’s first year in “Words Fail Us.” It’s a rather devastating critique of the whole thing. Their online survey was completed by 1,231 priests and 1,208...
View ArticleNew missal translation exposes lack of accountability in church structures
The first Sunday of Advent, Dec. 2, marks one year since the new translation of the Roman Missal was implemented in parishes in the United States and much of the rest of the English-speaking church....
View ArticleAttempt to resurrect pre-Vatican II Mass leaves Church at crossroads
It was curiosity and a sense of irony that moved me to open the Oct. 1 issue of our diocesan newspaper. On the cover was the headline “Moving Forward in Faith” next to a picture of our former bishop...
View ArticleWhat’s your opinion of the new Missal?
The Tablet (the independent Catholic newsmagazine) is conducting a survey about the new Roman Missal, one year later. This survey will take only a minute or two to complete, and will give you a chance...
View ArticleNew Missal raises more questions than it answers
Writing on the new Roman Missal in The Tablet, I asked the question: “What if we just said ‘wait’?” I proposed that the new translation be “road-tested” for a year before being implemented. More than...
View ArticleKilmore priests express forthright opinions at local ACP meeting
A meeting of the Kilmore ACP was held in Cavan on 19th February. Twenty-four priests attended the meeting. Among the main points raised at the discussions were: o Disappointment was expressed that the...
View ArticleLatin Mass enthusiasts are alarmed at Pope Francis’ election
The simplicity dotting the first days of Pope Francis’ tenure gave many Catholics seeking a more humble church reason for optimism. For others, they represented cause for concern, specifically among...
View ArticlePrevenient grace: a reflection on the new missal
I have done my best. I have given the revised Roman Missal a fair wind. I have used it faithfully since its introduction, tried hard to become comfortable with it, struggled earnestly to like it, even...
View ArticleMass texts used at Rio show the vigour of the Church in the Global South
A majority of Catholics live in the “global south” – not Europe or North America. We may be in for an injection of fresh vigour from the global south. At World Youth Day in Rio, the Liturgies with Pope...
View ArticleAn Australian pastor reflects on the New Missal
I write essentially as a pastor of forty two years of pastoral experience that includes visiting five hundred households each year, working very closely with key parish leaders, leadership role in...
View ArticleReview of Missal translation may be on the way
A little piece of good news on a review of the English translation of the Roman Missal, although details are scant! Fr Paddy Jones has just finished 21 years of service secretary for liturgy and...
View ArticlePrayers from 1998 Missal to be made available by ACP
ACP members throughout the country continue to be dissatisfied with the liturgical texts introduced two years ago. As a service to the disgrungtled, the ACP is making available the texts from the 1998...
View ArticlePost-Christmas reflections from the coalface
I love the writings of Bryan McMahon. There is a warmth in his work. In The Master, he says that the purpose of education is ‘to stir up the curious wonder of a child.’ The feast of the Epiphany stirs...
View ArticleCan this low moment in church life become an opportunity?
Remembering The Holocaust – Defiant Requiem It was Monday night, 27th January. The money-counters had finished. The lodgements had been noted. We had the tea and cake. I went home. I pressed the remote...
View ArticleThe ‘New’ Missal – the problem hasn’t gone away, yet.
In recent days well-known and respected theologian and biblical scholar Gerald O’Collins S.J. wrote an Open Letter to English speaking bishops concerning the continued use of the “new” missal. His...
View ArticleA Clear Voice?
Anthony Ruff, OSB has been reporting on his blog praytellblog.com about the meeting of the U.S. bishops conference November meeting in Baltimore. Anthony Ruff OSB is a monk of St. John’s Abbey in...
View Article“Sacred Language” or Trojan Horse?
THE NEW MISSAL: AN EVALUATION Fr. P. John Mannion Recently Gerald O’Collins S.J., former professor of Theology at Rome’s prestigious Gregorian University, wrote to all of the bishops of the English...
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