Advent and Liturgy
Advent Advent (ad-venio in Latin or “to come to”) begins the Church year and consists of the four Sundays before Christmas. The Advent season is a time of preparation for…
Lubbock Deacon Formation Handouts
Several of you missed one or more of the handouts from this weekend. Mark scanned in the entire set for your convenience and reference. deaconinstructionsoblate110708.pdf deaconspiritualdirectionfrbill110708.pdf deaconspiritualdirectionfrbill110808a.pdf deaconspiritualdirectionfrbill110808b.pdf deaconlectorsrlale110908.pdf deaconlectiodivinafrleisy110908.pdf
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Spiritual Direction and Faith Development Documents – November 2008
Some of the aspirants are not able to open the .docx file format in which our syllabus and homework were made available. I had similar problems even with the Office 2007…
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Scores of US Bishops issue statements on Abortion
Whispers in the Loggia has a collection of statements by bishops of the Roman Catholic Church on life issues, especially abortion, in the November 2008 election. In short, one quarter of the bishops have issued statements to the effect that no issue can trump that of the sanctioned murder of 1.3 million babies each year.
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People Look… Somewhere
A great deal of heated discussion among liturgists today focuses upon whether the Mass should be celebrated Ad Orientem (towards the east), or Ad Populum/Versus Populum (towards the people). Early…