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A mass of Masses Does attendance at fourteen Masses in one morning hint at overdone piety? Perhaps for some, but in my case, reading "Celebrating Mass" [January 30] was pure pleasure. Each...
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...On b i b l i c a l s t o r y t e l l i n g Luke Timothy Johnson's article on biblical studies [January 16] accurately describes the limits of the historical method for our rich tradition...
...another included embarrassing gossip about an altar server, and a renewal of wedding vows touched upon the husband's toilet habits...
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...Liturgical horrors I'm afraid that my experience of Catholic liturgies is far worse than that of any of your correspondents...
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...For the media, the exciting thing is to discuss a president, to ask whether Americans care if he's an adulterer and a liar, whether the media are at fault for reporting (if that's the word) on his sexual conduct...
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...at another we were asked to take an oath of loyalty to the bishops of Lithuania...
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...In one case, greeting people on the other side of the church replaced the sermon...
...Approximately 6,550 of the 7,600 undergraduates live in 27 single-sex residence hails on campus...
...Dionne, Jr.'s overview of the Clinton situation ["Re: Clinton & Lewinsky," February 13], I take issue with his defense of the media...
...I thank God every day that I have access to the traditional Latin rite, and I thank him in addition that disputes among Cardinal Mahoney, Mother Angelica, and Father Fessio are now his problems, and not mine...
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...15 percent, 12 times...
...But perhaps not for long, since there are so many people in power in the church who regard the worship of a transcendent God rather than other members of the congregation as a heresy...
...In Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, my wife and I have traveled from church to church in search of a liturgy that was not in some way or another offensive...
...agbohc &l&re,ce SHARON D,~Y, l ice- Presden/ /or 3'oc...
...Starting salary for this nine-month position in 1997-98 was $25, 035, plus benefits...
...injustice is being done to a man who is probably guilty of nothing but flirting...
...and our country is shamed by scandal politics...
...Catholic preaching is dismal because we have abandoned these elements of our patristic and medieval roots...
...Assistant Vice-President for Student Services 202 Hurley Building University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556 (219) 631-5550 @ daydream about God...
...in a homily he told the kids that it is a mortal sin to talk back to their parents, and that they must go to confession before receiving the Eucharist...
...The Rector also acts as liaison to the Housing Office and other University Departments responsible for the physical condition of the residence hall...
...Tantur, located just outside Jerusalem on the road to Bethlehem, is a center for theological inquiry, Christian ecumenical studies, and interreligious dialogue between Christians and those of other world faiths, especially Jews and Muslims...
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...Is it a mark of spiritual sickness not to like loud music on a Sunday morning...
...The two subjects must be taught in the same coursework by professors who are fully competent in both disciplines...
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...Praise God, it is still possible, with some effort, to find the Eucharist celebrated with due reverence...
...Thanks for an excellent job of reporting...
...In truth," he wrote, "most of the press does not love to report on this stuff...
...When Clinton's ratings soared after the media's initial frenzied lunge at him in connection with the Lewinsky story, media people lamely tried to recover the moral high ground by contending that they were simply responding to the American public's insatiable appetite for sex...
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...JOSEPH J. MAN$ON Erdenheim, Pa...
...One Good Friday sermon was devoted to an account of the priest's shopping expedition...
...Deacons are different Luke Timothy Johnson (and the editors) should know better, in his contribution to the "Fourteen Reports from the Pews," Mr...
...It is true that Chartres has adapted well to the liturgical changes, with a beautiful chapel for the Blessed Sacrament...
...At one such church we were told never to forget that we were both Christians and Lebanese...
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...The writer is professor of classics at Wabash College...
...But nobody in the media says Lhese obvious things...
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...A doctorate is preferred, and a working knowledge of Hebrew and/or Arabic would be strong assets in the position...
...A different view Contrary to your report from London, the Brompton Oratory is neither ugly nor gaudy...
...In general, the reforms of Vatican lI are being thrown out as fast as possible...
...The rector is the academic and administrative leader of the institute, and is responsible for the continuing development of" its ecumenical and interreligious mission...
...Sometimes "inclusive language" has been carried to the point of distorting the biblical text, as when the rejected poor man in the Epistle of Saint James was turned into a poor woman...
...As myself a newspaperman for years before ordination, this doesn't strike me as intelligent, responsible journalism...
...Can religious imagination be nurtured in biblical and homiletic studies...
...Tantur Ecumenical Institute for Theological Studies in Israel invites nominations and applications for the position of rector...
...The Rector is the principal person in charge of an undergraduate residence hall...
...A tower built on air Why does anybody believe Monica Lewinsky...
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...I said to myself, "Our catechumenate has got to read this...
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...Yes, Catholics must honor metaphor, parable, allegory and religious fantasy in both the pew and the classroom...
...Three-way split Your issue on contemporary liturgy is evidence of many things, not least the inescapable conclusion that the Catholic church is in the process of dividing itself along lines almost identical to modern Judaism...
...l, with IittIe attempt at the use of inclusive language...
...But in Notre Dame the sacrament was reserved on a plywood stand just to the right of the altar of sacrifice...
...What is more important to me, I was thrilled to find so much positive liturgical experience scattered over such a broad geographical range...
...our Lord's presence was not properly reverenced...
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...People were milling about...
...And who suffers from this lack...
...In October I visited both Chartres and Notre Dame cathedrals, also mentioned by your contributor...
...As with the Jewish community, Catholics may continue to find a certain common cultural identity, but any disinterested scholar will be increasingly hard-pressed to understand them as adherents of the same religion...
...The University currently has positions open for Rectors in men's and women's residence halls...
...Of the seven foreign-born priests in our diocese, the one I've encountered is not at all familiar with modern biblical scholarship...
...GEORGE P. CARLIN New York, N.Y...
...Her tale would get taller and taller if she found an eager listener who never seemed to doubt a word...
...Discounts 5 percent, 3 times...
...But most of the horrors exhibited neither a conservative nor a liberal tendency...
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...On the other side, one conservative priest thought that the way to stimulate devotion for Pentecost was to turn up the amplification...
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...Hasn't anyone noticed that to engage in these speculations one must Commonweal 2 8 March 13, 1998 assume Clinton is guilty...
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...Polls showed the public overwhelmingly thought the media guilty of overkill...
...All is forgiven On the basic authority principle that it is easier to seek forgiveness than to ask permission, I have taken the liberty of making ten copies of your "A Day in the Life of the Roman Mass" (your title was different but I like mine better...
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...The position of Rector is a full time, live-in position, although some Rectors hold part-time teaching positions or part-time administrative assignments...
...If the media are so reluctant to report on "this stuff," why were anchormen and crews pulled out of Havana to go baying off like a pack of hounds in pursuit of Clinton...
...The lay people kneel for the entire Eucharistic prayer, and Latin hymns and traditional hymns of the 1950s are sung...
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...This suggests that the reaction of most people watching the channels those first few days was, "Give us a breaM" Some of us were vainly hoping for something more than a glimpse of John Paul II in Cuba at the time--a significant piece of history in the making...
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...BETTY ANN WEBER Orlando, Fla...
...All around us we find people who love to tell exciting sexual sto ries about themselves--it's such a human thing to do...
...What's more thrilling to a Washington aide than a story about an affair with the president...
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...The first Elder Corps communities will begin in May and September, 1998...
...Each writer included me in a personal-eye's view, and, reassuringly, I found no strangers on the altars or seated around me...
...It also offers three-month sessions in continuing education for parish clerD~, religious teachers and other church workers, as well as semesters of international study for undergraduates...
...Johnson refers to "lay deacons," a term without meaning in the Catholic church...
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...PHILIP E. DEVINE Providence, R.I...
...The writer is director of the School of Sacred Storytelling in Ilagerstown...
...With the assisrance of the vice-rector and administrator, rhe rector oversees the educational programs and conferences, the finances, and the staff, and develops cooperative relationships with appropriate academic and religious persons to further the aims of the institute, both in the local and international arenas...
...This failure of linkage is perpetuated by deficient programs in continuing education for priests and deacons, a reality in almost all dioceses...
...The topper: a sermon that described the boy Jesus' remark about being on his Father's business in the temple as "smartalecky," and suggested that Mary could have handled the situation better if she had had an introductory psychology class...
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...10 percent, 6 times...
...The sheer weight of speculation is creating that impression all by itself...
...Apart from this oversight, the reports were appreciated by our liturgy committee...
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...That's baloney...
...All the public's fault...
...Liturgical fallbacks The liturgies described by your writers were not representative of nlral or small-town America...
...MATER DEI INSTITUTE at Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA 99202-1849...
...You illustrated the reform wing (a lot) and the conservative (once, at Brompton Oratory), but it is odd that you omitted the orthodox, represented by the traditionalist liturgical movement, which is constantly growing both here and abroad, especially among young people...
...134 Haycs-Healy Center Univcrsity of Notre Dame Notre Damc, Indiana 46556 Commonweal ah 9 March 13, 1998 After twenty-five years of teaching biblical storytelling, I have concluded that the failures we see at the parish level are rooted in seminary formation that teaches biblical and homiletic studies in strict isolation from each other...
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...Often the coffee hour invaded the service through over-zealous efforts to get people to socialize...
...Do you seek a simple lifestyle in community with your peers...
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