February 16, 2021
In the past couple of years, we have experienced three miscarriages in our family. Beyond the grief of the present moment, this took me back more than thirty years to when one of my brothers and sisters-in-law experienced two miscarriages before having my now grown and larger than life, almost infamous nephews.
February 02, 2021
At the Vigil Mass at the Cathedral on Saturday night (Jan 30) a young man named Travis celebrated his first communion. I was surprised at how that moment, and our communal acknowledgment of it in the Concluding Rites, lifted my heart and brought a smile to my face.
December 08, 2020
We will continue to live with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021 and the immediacy of not knowing and constant change. Therefore, the Diocesan Liturgy Council (DLC) imagines our liturgical life in 2021 as a bridge, spaning the distance between 2020 and the hopes and dreams we may have for 2022.
November 17, 2020
What were the liturgical challenges and opportunities you experienced during COVID-19?
What liturgical insights and questions do you have as a result of your experience?
November 16, 2020
In many ways March seems a lifetime ago. As we watched the news about what was happening in China, none of us foresaw the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic until they fell upon us.
October 20, 2020
COVID liturgical opportunities and stumbling blocks for celebrants.
Since returning to the public celebration of Mass, I have been completely surprised by how engaged I am by the stark beauty of COVID restricted liturgy.
