Daily Archives: 19 September 2015

The Armchair Liturgist: Harvest Decorations

In the northern hemisphere, it is harvest time in rural areas. Depending on the crop, of course. For art & environment groups in parishes, it is time to roll in seasonal decorations. What I’ve seen in parishes for the last … Continue reading

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Signing Up Non-Catholics

I was having a chat with a colleague in ministry a little while ago. Does your parish register non-Catholics, I asked. I put the question to our readers, though this isn’t really an armchair liturgist thing. Spouses of baptized Catholics? … Continue reading

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Laudato Si 97: Jesus Witnesses to the Beauty of Nature

The encyclical letter Laudato Si is available here on the Vatican website. 97. The Lord was able to invite others to be attentive to the beauty that there is in the world because he himself was in constant touch with … Continue reading

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