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Denying Babies Communion: "A Medieval Innovation" CAELUM ET TERRA - May 15, 2013 ... contemporary Western Catholic experts on the liturgy and theology of Christian Initiation have insisted on the necessity of restoring the integrity of this process which broke down in the Middle Ages. . . From the beginning of the primitive Church in East and West, the process of Christian Initiation for both children and adults was one inseparable sequence comprising catechumenate, baptism, chrismation (confirmation) and Eucharist. History is ...http://caelumetterra.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/denying-babies-communion-a-medieval-innovation/
Wake Up, Church. WE'RE MORE THAN FLESH AND BONE - May 14, 2013 ... and such - I remembered the process well from my own confirmation four years ago. Not only were the candidates (namely, the boys) extraordinarily and unbelievably disrespectful (obnoxious clapping, laughing, and general horseplay - while sitting in a Church with Jesus in the tabernacle, mind you), but the adults who were sponsoring the candidates were just as awful! I was on the verge of marching to the front of the Church and yelling, "Jesus is present among ...http://bannerofthecross.tumblr.com/post/50468383352
Children of the Forgotten Forest ALL THIS AND HEAVEN - May 5, 2013 Pooker and Daniel have been good friends since they met during LifeTeen and Confirmation as sophomores in highschool. Daniel escorted Pooker to one of his dances years ago as well . I know that she and rest of the kids miss him now that he is hours away for college. He is in school to get a degree in film. His final project for one of his classes involved him creating an entire short film. I don't know the parameters at all, but I do know he wanted to use the Texas T's in ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AllThisAndHeaven/~3/Ym7yPA15yxM/children-of-forgotten-forest.html
What a Difference a Week Makes CATHOLIC SENSIBILITY - May 5, 2013 http://catholicsensibility.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/what-a-difference-a-week-makes/
A Profile of a Field Education Supervisor MOUNT ANGEL SEMINARY JOURNALISM - May 3, 2013 ... confirmed. He told the teen the decision was an individual one over which to pray. The next week, the teen reported back to Br. Le: He was ready to receive the sacrament. "It's beautiful to see a student make their own decision like that and to desire the sacraments and finish their Christian initiation," Br. Le said. For Hare and many field education supervisors, the partnership with Mount Angel seminarians builds the vocational story of all persons involved. Constructive dialogue and ...http://masjournalism.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-profile-of-field-education-supervisor.html
The Sacrament of Confirmation CREO EN DIOS! - April 25, 2013 ... I gave at St. Thomas Apostle on the Sacraments of Initiation. Our subject for this final week was the sacrament of Confirmation. Our talk, and the discussion it prompted from the participants, covered a range of topics. Bill began with a bit of history about the sacrament and the changes in theological understanding of it. I then spoke about the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and a little bit about the gifts of the Holy Spirit and the sacrament being one of commissioning. We ...http://susanjoan.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/the-sacrament-of-confirmation/
It Opened CROOKED LINES - April 25, 2013 http://crooked-lines.blogspot.com/2013/04/it-opened.html
Understanding Sunday Mass: A Kid's Point of View – DVD Resource for Your Family CATHOLICMOM.COM - April 25, 2013 ... readers? A: All I would like to add is that I hope that every child that has the opportunity to see and use this DVD will lean a little something and appreciate the Sunday Mass a little bit more. Watch this video on YouTube . Learn more about and order "Understanding Sunday Mass: A Kid's Point of View" Copyright 2013 Lisa M. ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Catholicmomcom/~3/G0I-kmm23s4/
Pope Francis and the Judas Crisis THESE STONE WALLS - April 24, 2013 ... due process for priests: see The Judas Crisis and The National Catholic Risk Retention Group (TNCRRG) . Father Gordon MacRae has a number of articles of compelling interest, including, Why the Catholic Abuse Narrative Needs a Fraud Task Force and When Priests Are Falsely Accused Part I: The Mirror of Justice Cracked . Although he doesn't say so explicitly, the latter article references Father Steven Rossetti, who was head of the horrific Saint Luke Institute at the time. ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheseStoneWalls/~3/1cflqO1u-_I/
It's Not Fair! Why Has Ireland Got Ruairi Quinn, While We're Stuck With Michael Gove? (Opinion) CLERICAL WHISPERS - April 20, 2013 ... has already begun a long-term process of taking some of the country's schools out of Catholic control and handing them over to more ecumenical interests. Now Mr Quinn has set the cat among the pigeons by questioning the amount of time that is spent teaching religion in Irish primary schools. According to the Irish Department of Education's rules, 30 minutes a day – two and a half hours a week – is devoted to religion, compared with 60 minutes for science and ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/04/its-not-fair-why-has-ireland-got-ruairi.html
Apr 14: "Exercise an Intelligent Love" GERHARD'S BLOG - April 14, 2013 ... based on such a Password. (I draw on an article * by Fr. Thomas Rosica for key ideas here). Step 1 for most of us is an initial "resignation and bleakness" * that nothing can be done, I am like a leopard who cannot change his spots, it is all too much for me and I surrender to not being able to do anything. I simply return to my bad habits and negative thinking. This is summed up in Peter "going back to fishing": Jesus is dead - at least we can return to do what we feel most comfortable with. ...http://gerhard-hattinghsblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/apr-14-exercise-intelligent-love.html
Encountering Scripture CATHOLICMOM.COM - April 12, 2013 ... ago. I first saw Mark Hart in action last year during our summer Confirmation Boot Camp (which I co-teach), when Kelly used one of his videos as part of the lesson. About two months ago, on Lauren Gulde's advice , I started listening to the Sunday, Sunday, Sunday podcast , which is hosted by none other than Mark Hart. But I've still been under a bit of a rock, I'll admit it. Consider the rock gone now and consider this an alert to the world that I am now an Official Mark Hart ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Catholicmomcom/~3/BQnV0Ukm7so/
An Eye on Easter CATHOLICMOM.COM - April 12, 2013 ... entrance to the altar at the front of the church, we renewed our own Baptismal vows and were sprinkled with Holy Water. Once this group reached the front of the church, there were joined by four other adult who were already baptized in a different Christian denomination. These four made a Profession of Faith and were welcomed into full communion with the Catholic church in front of the altar. A total of 30 people then spread out across the entire front of the altar to be Confirmed. During the ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Catholicmomcom/~3/e80pgijLsfE/
Pope Francis Will Keep to Predecessor's Year of Faith Schedule CLERICAL WHISPERS - April 7, 2013 ... first event on the programme is, however, part of the process of Pope Francis's election. On Sunday, April 14, he will celebrate an evening Mass at another of Rome's patriarchal basilica, St Paul Outside the Walls. Other engagements, which are part of The Year of Faith, include a celebration of Mass and priestly ordinations in St Peter's Basilica on April 21 and a celebration of Mass in St Peter's Square on april, an event that will also include the administering of the ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/04/pope-francis-will-keep-to-predecessors.html
A Strange Case of Invalid Sacramental "Confirmations" in Herzegovina TE DEUM LAUDAMUS! - April 7, 2013 ... IS THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS. MAY THE LIGHT OF THE RISEN JESUS CHRIST SHINE UPON YOU WITH A CLEAR BRIGHTNESS – WISHING YOU A HAPPY AND BLESSED EASTER FROM THE PARISH OF ST. FRANCIS, ČAPLJINA. MARIJANA VEGO *** THE BISHOP'S RESPONSE TO MARIJANA VEGO, ČAPLJINA Dear Marijana! Thank you for the Easter wishes that you sent to me yesterday by e-mail. I agree with you that we have to do whatever we can to deter young believers from universal confusion that can lead them astray. If we agree on ...http://te-deum.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-strange-case-of-invalid-sacramental.html
Why the Easter Vigil PHAT CATHOLIC APOLOGETICS - March 31, 2013 http://phatcatholic.blogspot.com/2012/04/why-easter-vigil.html
Why Attend the Easter Vigil? CATHOLICMOM.COM - March 24, 2013 ... Old and New Testament to remind us of God's plan of salvation, bread, and wine. We possibly can celebrate three sacraments tonight, Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist with those coming into the Church. No matter what though, we celebrate the Eucharist for the first time since Holy Thursday, bread and wine become Jesus' Body and Blood; the tabernacle filled, the sanctuary lamp lit to remind us again that Jesus is present. You will not regret attending the Easter Vigil. Go to ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Catholicmomcom/~3/mSIgL97q_U0/
From "Hosanna!" to "Crucify Him!" IS ANYBODY THERE? - March 24, 2013 ... some differences between how the Passion Gospel is read today (& Good Friday). One of those is that rather than the usual greeting, you simply hear "The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to. . . ." But the biggest difference with this longer than usual Gospel is that it isn't read by the priest. Instead the priest reads only the words of Jesus, one person reads the narration, another the various things individuals say & the congregation reads the things said by a crowd. While ...http://al007italia.blogspot.com/2013/03/from-hosanna-to-crucify-him.html
The God Who Surprises! HUMBLEPIETY - March 15, 2013 ... surprises! Wednesday 13 th March 2013: A day etched in the memory of history. The whole world watched the incredibly moving, yet profoundly simple confirmation of the election of our new pope. Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Cardinal of Argentina, became Pope Francis, who would have thought! "The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit." John 3:8 The breath ...http://humblepiety.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-god-who-surprises.html
Home at Last: Confirming Adult Catholics and Go to Joseph GOTTA SING GOTTA PRAY - March 11, 2013 ... attend World Youth Day in Rio this summer, this book is a must-have. Ordering information from the society can be found here . And here is a great photo of Marilyn Santos from the Pontifical Mission Society and Mary Lou Paluch Rafferty, the owner of J.S. Paluch and World Library Publications. We are proud of our collaboration with the society, which does such wonderful work throughout the world. So, are you interested in knowing what the most popular resources were at our booth at the ...http://gottasinggottapray.blogspot.com/2013/03/home-at-last-confirming-adult-catholics.html
