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The Deacon's Bench
Do the deacon dance!
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jmcgee
And now for something completely different: here’s part of the closing mass at the just-concluded Religious Education Congress in Anaheim. It includes the procession of all the clergy — including a dancing deacon. Really.
What is Passion Sunday?
By
jmcgee
Good question. Those of us who are of a certain age (cough, cough) remember references to it from the ’60s. But that fell out of fashion. If you’re curious, the good people at New Advent have a comprehensive explanation: everything you always wanted to know about Passion Sunday but were afraid to ask. Excerpts: Eons…
From Old St. Patrick’s: a Gaelic mass
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jmcgee
Yesterday, Archbishop Dolan announced that the Archdiocese of New York would get its very first basilica: the historic Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral in lower Manhattan. Fittingly, the previous weekend the old church — forerunner of the glorious temple in midtown — hosted something truly special: mass celebrated in Gaelic. Curious? You can get a little…
“Out of darkness, God has called us…”
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jmcgee
This Sunday afforded our choir an opportunity to sing one of my favorite modern hymns: “Out of Darkness” by Christopher Walker. (I chose it for my Mass of Thanksgiving, too, and we’ll hear it a couple of times during Holy Week.) It turns out to be a particular favorite at ordinations, and I found the…
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