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1 - Feb 2016 - Reflection: Archbishop Fisher’s homily at 2016 Chrism Mass, Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP
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Hands of course have great significance: friends shake hands lovers hold hands parents touch and tickle and wash children with their hands we write paint play sport make music do manual labour operate nurse drive and so much else with our hands.
2 - Nov 2015 - Anglican Ordinariate: Radical ecumenism – the Ordinariate’s new Catholic Missal, Fr Ramsay Williams
It contains the Order for the Mass and the variable prayers and other scriptural texts instructions and rubrics and music and the liturgical calendar for Ordinariate congregations.
3 - Aug 2015 - Africa: Nigerian bishops decry “propagation of the homosexual lifestyle”
We appeal to professionals in the domains of media music entertainment teaching medicine marketing and business to become faithful gatekeepers by protecting the public from the infiltration of this propaganda which is often spread through various media and forums.
4 - Jul 2015 - Reflection: Benedict XVI acknowledges debt to St John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI
After receiving an honorary doctorate from both the Pontifical John Paul II University of Krakow and the Krakow Academy of Music retired Pope Benedict XVI credited the saintly example of his predecessor for his spiritual and theological achievements.
5 - Jul 2015 - Letters: “Our homeland is in heaven”: a response, Audrey English
We shall appreciate all the beauty of creation be enchanted by harmonious music etc.
6 - Jun 2015 - Letters: "Our homeland in heaven": a rejoinder, Dr Frank Mobbs
Examples: She says that in heaven friendships made on earth will continue; we shall know such mysteries as the Trinity the Incarnation the Redemption; we shall see the body of Christ; after the resurrection of the body we shall appreciate all the beauty of creation be enchanted by harmonious music.
7 - Apr 2015 - Our homeland is in Heaven, Audrey English
We shall appreciate all the beauty of creation be enchanted by harmonious music live our sensitive life to the full without the risk of the pollution of sin.
8 - Apr 2015 - Tu es Petrus: From John XXIII to Pope Francis: Four recent stages of Catholicism, Patrick Morgan
One weakness of Vatican IIs was that in a desire to modernise it tinkered with liturgical rituals and sacred music watering down and in some cases dissolving some of churchs great glories.
9 - Mar 2015 - Apps: Smartphone apps to bring you closer to God, Peter Westmore
People with iPhones can download apps (or music) from the iTunes store while Android users will usually use the Google Play app.
10 - Feb 2015 - Reflection: Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, Anne Lastman
In the classical music repertoire the hymn has been set to music by various composers including Palestrina and Handel.
11 - Feb 2015 - Letters: A rejoinder to Anne Lastman, Charles M. Shann
Happily as one who loves music I am able to agree with Mrs Lastman God bless her regarding the standard of modern hymns and the even more pathetic tunes to which many are set especially as we have hundreds of old genuinely religious teaching hymns with great tunes available but no longer used.
12 - Feb 2015 - Brisbane: powerhouse of Catholic young adult ministry, Br Barry Coldrey
Freedom Catholic Mission Meanwhile Emmanuel Community leaders have developed an integrated continuing youth and young adult ministry around the charismatic word Ignite which includes many focus events and groups including Ignite Live the Ignite School of Music Ignite High Ignite Summer Camp Ignite Connect and Ignite Young Adults.
13 - Nov 2014 - Youth: Ignite Conference fires up 1,200 young Catholics in Brisbane, Br Barry Coldrey
The initiative Ignite Youth combines existing youth ministries like Fuel the high school summer camp Zero Gravity and the music conference Beat under one banner.
14 - Nov 2014 - Anglican: The Ordinariate in Gippsland: the first year
At Easter we had a High Mass using the high altar at Heyfield for the first time with a server music and incense truly bliss.
15 - Aug 2014 - Factors in the success of Australia's young adult ministry, Br Barry Coldrey
SIX30 is planned and led by young adults who invite the priest (ideally a recently-ordained priest) to guide the weekly Holy Hour arrange the music make the announcements and publicise the event.
16 - Jul 2014 - Youth: Young adult ministry flourishing in Australia, Br Barry Coldrey
Overall the Youth Mission Team is a nationwide Catholic youth ministry endorsed by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference that uses talks drama music sport and fun to live and communicate the message that knowing Jesus Christ personally means living life to the full!
17 - Jun 2014 - Letters: Triple J Radio, Arnold Jago
Not only the music lyrics but also the language of the presenters seems to be unendingly rude and provocative.
18 - Jun 2014 - UK Bishop speaks out on secularism's debt to Christianity, CNA REPORT
The most important aspect of the new evangelisation will be to identify retrieve and promote Britains Christian patrimony its history art and architecture its music and literature its liturgy theology and ethics.
19 - May 2014 - After the turbulent years: the Church renewed, Fr John O'Neill
She always had to put up with the faults and foibles of her members at all levels in every age but we were not prepared to lose our grasp on Revelation dignified and uplifting worship and all the true beauties in art architecture and music that had refined and healed the world.
20 - May 2014 - Apps: Check out religion apps for smartphones!, Peter Westmore
Since smart-phones were released some years ago they have become almost indispensable to many people capable of managing a diary running your calendar playing music and even reading books.
21 - Dec 2013 - Books: POPE FRANCIS: The Pope from the End of the Earth, by Thomas J. Craughwell, Br Barry Coldrey
What two forms of music dominate his record collection?
22 - Dec 2013 - Schools: Catholic school education: returning to our roots, Paul McCormack
Catholics will always enjoy worldly activities such as sport music books films and social events and there is nothing wrong with that.
23 - Dec 2013 - Inspirational Young Men of God retreat, Br Barry Coldrey
Music As the Missionaries of Gods Love and the Young Men of God have their origins in the charismatic wing of the Church they pray within an idiom of modern popular music.
24 - Dec 2013 - News: The Church Around the World
Addressing a variety of subjects within the liturgy the committee emphasised the role of art and music: The setting for the celebration of the Liturgy should be beautiful and should reflect the best of our artistic heritage with liturgical song having a pre-eminent place in celebrating the liturgy.
25 - Nov 2013 - Youth: Emmanuel Community: youth ministry powerhouse, Br Barry Coldrey
Well planned great speakers awesome music amazing prayer great liturgies!
26 - Aug 2013 - Letters: Sense of sacred, Cedric Wright
I would also take issue with noisy over-exuberant pop-music-style presentation of rather pathetic modern hymns many of which really do not belong in Church hymnals.
27 - Aug 2013 - National Assembly: Order of Malta renews and grows, Damian Wyld
The evening also included benediction and a beautiful selection of the Orders own music some of which has only recently been unearthed.
28 - Jul 2013 - Musicae Sacrae: The essential role of music in the Mass, Ronan Reilly
To gain a small understanding of the connection between the Mass and music one must first take a brief look at what music is in relation to the human person.
29 - Jul 2013 - Obituary: Vale Fr Paul Duffy SJ (1931-2013), Anna Krohn
He was the youngest of the five children of Francis Warren Duffy a musical train driver and his mother Lucy a music teacher.
30 - Jul 2013 - Youth: Melbourne's young adult ministry continues its revival, Br Barry Coldrey
Since its inauguration SIX30 has been planned and led by young adults who invite the priest arrange the music and publicise the event.
31 - Jun 2013 - Letters: Liturgical heritage, 'Temple Policeman'
As a young Latin hoping to see more richly the ancient universality of Catholicism I was sorely disappointed by the karaoke music pumped through the cathedrals sound system (perhaps from a jewelled and begilt CD player in the sanctuary).
32 - Jun 2013 - The elephant in the sanctuary, Paul MacLeod
The time before and after Mass can mean unrestrained chatter and laughter; the priest may offer the Mass wearing only an alb and stole making him look more like a Protestant minister; homilies become chats interspersed with jokes about the weeks news or some Readers Digest-type pop psychology; the music is we-centred and more suitable to a dance floor; and Communion involves numbers of lay folk standing around the altar as though they are concelebrants helping break Hosts sharing the chalices with one another and approaching the tabernacle (wherever it is) without any genuflection or sign of reverence.
33 - Jun 2013 - Youth: Melbourne to host Australian Catholic Youth Festival, Br Barry Coldrey
It will be an exciting and vibrant gathering of young people full of music talks prayer and exhibitions.
34 - May 2013 - Reflection: Pentecost: opening our minds to truth and our hearts to love, Bishop Arthur Serratelli
Clement of Alexandria wrote: There is truth in geometry there is truth in music there is truth in genuine philosophy .
35 - May 2013 - Ancient Greek contributions to Western Church music, Christopher Warner
But most of us dont associate Greece with Western Church music.
36 - Apr 2013 - Venerable Fulton J. Sheen's insights on the priesthood, Martin Tobin
His future efforts as a teacher for a quarter of a century were guided by the advice given to him at the time by Cardinal Mercier to always keep current: know what the modern world is thinking about; read its poetry its history its literature; observe its architecture and its art; hear its music and its theatre; and then plunge deeply into St Thomas and the wisdom of the ancients and you will be able to refute its errors.
37 - Apr 2013 - 'Jesus Abandoned' in Nigeria: Chiemera's new freedom, Madonna Brosnan
It was a momentous day for Chiemera his first ride in a car promise of help from doctors a wheelie walker of his own and a youth dance group performing traditional dance and music in Fr Anthonys front garden!
38 - Feb 2013 - Pilgrimage: Christus Rex Pilgrimage 2012: from Ballarat to Bendigo, Patrick Doyle
The music was also a particular highlight of the weekend and many a line of harmony was added to the hymns along the way.
39 - Feb 2013 - Schools: Drawing pupils to God through the true, the good and the beautiful, Rosemary Anderson
The music and performing arts teacher Patricia Seeber is a veteran of the school having taught there for 13 years.
40 - Feb 2013 - News: The Church Around the World
LifeSite News Art and liturgical music: Vatican directives With the Vaticans approval of its restructuring on 14 November the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments is shifting its focus more intensely onto art and liturgical music.
41 - Nov 2012 - Books: CATHOLICISM: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith, by Fr Robert Barron, Michael Gilchrist
Somewhat reminiscent of Sir Kenneth Clarks classic Civilization series Catholicism (both in the book and film documentary) draws upon the Catholic Churchs immense treasure trove of saints poets artists cathedrals and music.
42 - Nov 2012 - Ignite Conference unites young practising Catholics, Br Barry Coldrey
Holy Spirit The Emmanuel Communitys Director of Music Pat Keady a key Ignite organiser elaborated on the Awake theme to enthuse Brisbanes young Catholics three weeks before the event: Wake up!
43 - Oct 2012 - Liturgical Music: Vatican II: Singing nourishes faith ... raises minds to God, Bishop Arthur Serratelli
The Council dedicated an entire chapter to music in the Liturgy (VI).
44 - Aug 2012 - Youth: Young adult Catholics peer ministry in WA and Queensland, Br Barry Coldrey
The focus is developing their skills and abilities in the areas of music and leadership.
45 - Jul 2012 - 'Born again': how to change from a nominal to a "living" Christian, Andrew Kania
So often this phrase is blurred by images of starry-eyed youth waving their hands in the air and singing gospel music.
46 - Jun 2012 - Australian student campaigns for US college's Catholic identity, David Walsh
Logos omission A logo was recently created to represent the College and has been adopted by athletics music campus recreation the websites and even the apparel store.
47 - Jun 2012 - News: The Church Around the World
EWTN News Pope praises role of classical music Just a day after marking his seventh anniversary as Successor of Peter Benedict XVI was honoured by a concert to celebrate his 85th birthday last April.
48 - May 2012 - Episcopacy: Brisbane's new Archbishop well-equipped for the challenges, Michael Gilchrist
While in Canberra Archbishop Coleridge issued a detailed document outlining the requirements of church music and in the wider context has served as Chairman of the international editorial Committee responsible for the new English translation of the Roman Missal which came into use throughout the parishes of Australia last December.
49 - Apr 2012 - eVangelisation: The Catholic Church and the digital media revolution - cradio.org.au, Jason Rushton
Ancient chant contemporary Catholic music hymns homilies prayers spiritual reading apologetics lectures a series of home-grown programs and regular prayers such as the Angelus Divine Mercy Chaplet and Rosary constitute the staple diet of Cradio broadcasts.
50 - Mar 2012 - Books: MISSA CANTATA: A Chant Mass for the Assembly, Accompaniments by Geoffrey Cox, Christopher Trikilis
Leading church musician It should be noted that an accompaniment by Geoffrey Cox to the Australian version of the Lords Prayer used since the mid-60s can be downloaded free from the Archbishops Office for Evangelisation (Melbourne) revised Roman Missal website (under Revised Ministerial and Congregational Chants) see www.
51 - Feb 2012 - Books: HOW TO GET EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL, by Ian Plimer, Michael Gilchrist
However the new environmentalist religion is atheistic anti-human vacuous and secular with no music history literature coherent philosophy or deep thinking.
52 - Feb 2012 - Census: Growth and decline in the churches: research findings, Frank Mobbs
The Bible is central to all activities while music receives close attention with a choir of 80 orchestra of 40 and a band of seven.
53 - Feb 2012 - News: The Church Around the World
Matt Maher a Grammy-nominated Catholic musician commented on the continued role of music in the liturgy saying that music is a humble tool that serves to aid active participation in the Mass.
54 - Nov 2011 - Reflection: The Church's architecture: faith translated into vision, Bishop Arthur Serratelli
With a rightful emphasis on the place of music in the liturgy has come the positioning of choirs and musicians in full view of the congregation.
55 - Oct 2011 - News: The Church Around the World
Catholic World News Pope Benedict and classical music The Catholic Church is blessed to have a Pope who shows such a deep appreciation of classical music according to Scottish composer James MacMillan.
56 - Sep 2011 - Books: SNOW ON THE HEDGES: The Life of St Cuthbert Mayne, by Helen Whelan, Br Barry Coldrey
Helen Whelan lived her early life in the north of England and earned her living as a Music Mistress in a number of secondary schools.
57 - Sep 2011 - Interview: Pope's brother sheds more light on Benedict's early years, Zenit News Agency
What is the role of music in Georgs life?
58 - Aug 2011 - Books: PRODIGAL DAUGHTERS: Catholic women come home to the Church, ed. Donna Steichen, Michael Daniel
Faith weakened Not only were there largely external pressures on Catholic women entering adulthood for Steichen also identifies factors within the Church in the years following the Second Vatican Council that shook the faith of these women: vacuous faith formation in the form of defective religious instruction; and changes in the liturgy which all too often replaced the Latin Mass with banal celebrations of Mass featuring music described as sacro-pop and being riddled with liturgical abuses and lacking any sense of the sacred.
59 - Aug 2011 - Letters: Rose-coloured glasses, Cathy Cleary
There seems to be a view among your journalists and correspondents that pre-Vatican II Catholicism in Australia was a period of beautiful Mass celebrations with perfectly appropriate music (mainly Gregorian chant) and reverent congregations who followed the mainly Latin Masses in their missals with rapt attention and complete understanding.
60 - Aug 2011 - Young adult Catholic ministry: further progress, Br Barry Coldrey
SIX30 is planned and led by young Catholic adults who invite the priest to guide the weekly Holy Hour arrange the music make the announcements and publicise the event.
61 - Jun 2011 - News: The Church Around the World
Vatican Information Service Modern church music: ecclesical Karaoke A Grammy winning music director has commented critically on modern Church music.
62 - May 2011 - University Life: Australian Catholic Students' Conference 2011 a success, Br Barry Coldrey
The music was provided by the Campion College Schola and assisting Father Jordan at Masses and other liturgies were Lismore Diocese seminarians from Vianney College Wagga Wagga.
63 - May 2011 - The Anglican Ordinariate: what impact on Catholic worship?, Shawn Tribe
Sacred music In addition to these purely textual considerations another dimension of this is certainly the English polyphony and chant found within the Anglican tradition.
64 - Apr 2011 - Books: THE LOSER LETTERS, by Mary Eberstadt, Terri Kelleher
raised as posing difficulty for the success of atheism were sex (as in free love vs faithful love); faith vs reason; good works; the legacy of art music and literature; the life issues i.
65 - Apr 2011 - Music that elevates faith and worship of God, Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev
Metropolitan Alfeyev is an accomplished composer of sacred music and his address was titled Music and Faith in My Life and Vision.
66 - Apr 2011 - Catholic Church's pivotal role in South Korea's pro-life revival, Babette Francis
The group is a non-religious organisation that includes professors of medicine mathematics law bioethics music and philanthropy.
67 - Mar 2011 - News: The Church Around the World
Catholic News Agency Sacred music: Cardinal sees signs of hope During an interview with Zenit in January Cardinal Domenico Bartolucci who served for over 40 years as director of the Sistine Chapel Choir said that although sacred music is currently in crisis there are signs of hope.
68 - Feb 2011 - Young children: never too early to love God, Bishop Arthur Serratelli
Mozart began playing the harpsichord at the age of three was reading music at the age of five and a year later made his debut on the music scene before European royalty.
69 - Feb 2011 - Science and Christian faith: the case for intelligent design, Babette Francis
Divine beauty Many physicists have found a Divine beauty in the mathematical principles animating the physical world what poets have referred to as the music of the spheres.
70 - Dec 2010 - Letters: Ecumenism, Kevin McManus
While Anglicans and Russians have outstanding church music we have parish Melba muck.
71 - Nov 2010 - Letters: Catholic funerals, George Simpson
The popular press has recently been most critical of Melbournes Archbishop Denis Hart for his stand on the conduct of Catholic funerals particularly in regard to inappropriate music and eulogies.
72 - Nov 2010 - Liturgy: Catholic funerals: Bishop Elliott explains Melbourne's guidelines, Bishop Peter J. Eliott
This is why a row erupted in the Melbourne Herald Sun when Archbishop Denis Hart dared to issue Guidelines for Catholic Funerals particularly a veto on romantic ballads pop or rock music political songs football club songs.
73 - Oct 2010 - New Missal: Why we need the new translation of the Mass, Bishop Peter J. Elliott
It will be easier to set to music as we already see in new musical settings that are appearing for the new texts.
74 - Sep 2010 - Cinema: The Waiting City - An Australian film of religious significance, M.A. Casey
The films director Claire McCarthy is a Sydney-based writer director producer and visual artist and has been making feature films documentaries music videos and film shorts for over a decade in Australia and overseas.
75 - Sep 2010 - University: Another successful Australian Catholic Students Conference, Br Barry Coldrey
There are well-prepared Eucharistic celebrations Masses in both the English and extraordinary Latin rites energised by the music of a fine Schola trained by Ben Wilson.
76 - Aug 2010 - Letters: Liturgy
As the Archbishop has written We are being summoned to an advance in liturgical culture that touches words touches ritual touches music touches silence.
77 - Aug 2010 - Vocations: Mother Dolores Hart OSB: from Hollywood to convent, Michael Gilchrist
Every summer the abbeys 38 nuns help the community stage a musical with the 2008 presentation of West Side Story after previous shows Fiddler on the Roof The Music Man and My Fair Lady.
78 - Aug 2010 - Liberalism: Christian churches and the 'religious left', Babette Francis
Think of all the ceramic guitars hip music big puppets and above all an English liturgy loaded with perpetually revised dynamic equivalence.
79 - Aug 2010 - The Mass: why we should focus on its essence, Fr John O'Neill PP
None of this is to say that liturgical traditions of dress language and music should not be respected provided they are of authentic Church tradition necessary to preserve the wondrous dignity of the essence of the Mass; but we must distinguish between what is changeable and what is not.
80 - Jul 2010 - New apologetics for the new evangelisation
About Christian art and music he suggests that in a certain way they are proof of the truth of Christianity: heart and reason encounter one another beauty and truth converge .
81 - Jul 2010 - News: The Church Around the World
Benedict expressed his pro-found gratitude for the patriarchs gift and said that music anticipates and in some way creates encounter dialogue and synergy between East and West between tradition and modernity.
82 - Jul 2010 - Editorial: Religious education: the challenge of secularism, Michael Gilchrist
In this regard the challenge for the Catholic Church is most acutely felt in school classrooms where the large majority of students come from non-practising homes and are constantly exposed to a diet of cultural relativism and in your face violence and sex via TV Internet movies and pop music.
83 - Jun 2010 - FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH: The Eucharist: the background to Vatican II's liturgical reforms, Br Barry Coldrey
However Pope Pius XII through his encyclicals on the Mystical Body of Christ (Mystici Corporis 1943) the Sacred Liturgy (Mediator Dei 1947) and Sacred Music (Musicae Sacrae 1955) encouraged reform.
84 - May 2010 - Foundations of Faith: The Mass: early centuries to Vatican II, Br Barry Coldrey
Plainsong music or Gregorian chant added dignity to the liturgy and in time the organ was invented for church music.
85 - May 2010 - Parish life: A youth apostolate that works, Fr John O'Neill
(And our church music is traditional!
86 - May 2010 - Liturgy: Reform of the reform: a 'shift in liturgical culture', Archbishop Mark Coleridge
We need a liturgical music that dances with silence not a noise that replaces silence.
87 - Apr 2010 - More Australian Anglicans respond to Benedict XVI's invitation, AD2000 Report
We are the ones who with candles and devotions and incense and music and prayers and vestments have got as close as we can to Roman Catholic practice .
88 - Mar 2010 - Foundations of Faith: What the Second Vatican Council really said, John Young
Regarding music: The Church acknowledges Gregorian chant as specially suited to the Roman liturgy; therefore other things being equal it should be given pride of place in liturgical services (n 116).
89 - Mar 2010 - Year for the Priest: English-speaking clergy: first ever international conference, Fr Glen Tattersall
Sacred Music of the highest calibre was provided throughout by the Lassus Scholars from Dublin.
90 - Feb 2010 - Catholic Culture: 'A small brave initiative': Campion College's second graduation, Br Barry Coldrey
Campion College is already developing a rich tradition of Church music with a Schola superbly trained by Bernard Kilpatrick Director of Music enhancing the dignity of the liturgy and graduation ceremonies.
91 - Dec 2009 - How to get Vatican II back on track: a bishop's prescription, Bishop R. Walker Nickless (Sioux City, Iowa)
Dualism It has manifested itself in a sort of dualism an either/or mentality and insistence in various areas of the Churchs life: either fidelity to doctrine or social justice work either Latin or English either our personal conscience or the authority of the Church either chant or contemporary music either tradition or progress either liturgy or popular piety either conservative or liberal either Mass or Adoration either the Magisterium or theologians either ecumenism or evangelisation either rubrics or personalisation either the Catechism or experience; and the list goes on and on!
92 - Nov 2009 - Books: THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD: Essays Catholic and Contemporary, by John Haldane, Tracey Rowland
In other words Catholics stopped being passionate idealistic and romantic - they lost interest in the world of ideas and in art and music and great literature because they narrowed their imaginations.
93 - Nov 2009 - Schools: How to rebuild Catholic education from the grass-roots, Sr Mary Augustine OP
The students are exposed to the language of the Church its traditional music (including Gregorian chant) its prayers and its culture in general.
94 - Nov 2009 - News: The Church Around the World
He is also an accomplished composer using his music to bring East and West together.
95 - Oct 2009 - Priesthood: Why the Catholic Church cannot ordain women, Kathleen Wood OAM
Kathleen Wood OAM is very highly qualified in music: she won the Dr V.
96 - Jun 2009 - Events - July: Australian Catholic Students Association: continuing spiritual impact, Br Barry Coldrey
Elise is active in the Newman Society religious education programs for secondary school students and sacred music groups around Brisbane.
97 - May 2009 - Poetry: Moments, Bruce Dawe
- Greg Sheridan The Australian Until that moment comes the victim lives with all the possibilities life gives and in such moments (which themselves may be the last step in a process inexorably urged on by personal discord blank despair ideological fiat or simply where bored indifference rules) from such as these (so rarely seen as fatal blasphemies) a lifes unlived those instants make the crime Beethovens die their music lost to time; even ultra-sound that new magicians glass spell exit rather than entrance whats to pass.
98 - May 2009 - US Catholics leaving the Church in droves: what can be done?, Fr Joseph A. Sirba
They were attracted to these congregations because of clear and strong homilies Bible studies youth programs for their children and good music.
99 - Apr 2009 - Andrew Cichy: A bold project to reinvigorate Church music in Australia, Anthony Barich
Young Perth musician Andrew Cichy aged 24 plans to reinvigorate church music in the Archdiocese of Perth and perhaps in time other parts of Australia.
100 - Mar 2009 - The family and the culture of death: a challenge for Christians, Fr Dennis Byrnes
Modern day films music television programs the internet and games often portray violence and endless pleasure-seeking as normal desirable even necessary.
101 - Feb 2009 - Books: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: Pope Benedict XVI, Siobhan Reeves
Available from Freedom Publishing) Here is a gem of a book illustrating Pope Benedicts warm personal style as children young adults and priests gain unprecedented access to the Pope to question him on topics of divorce consumerism music remarriage science pastoral care feminism relativism Scripture and much more.
102 - Dec 2008 - Pub life: Young adult Catholic ministry: ingredients for success, Br Barry Coldrey
The prayer is led by invited (arch)bishops priests and deacons on rotation; the music is arranged by different youth and parish groups and the numbers attending are encouraging.
103 - Nov 2008 - What happened then: what matters now - Swithun Wells, martyr of England, Rosemary Lucadou-Wells
That is where no doubt he came to know romance languages and love music and art.
104 - Sep 2008 - Books: Books available from AD2000 Books
Issues such as participation and suitable music are addressed.
105 - Sep 2008 - WYD08: Faith: alive and well! - A pilgrim's progress, Catherine Sheehan
Live music was played and there were several performances throughout the week of Pope John Paul IIs play The Jewellers Shop which explores love between men and women and the vocation of marriage.
106 - Aug 2008 - Books: Books available from AD2000 Books
Issues such as participation and suitable music are addressed.
107 - Jul 2008 - Religious faith and the power of music and song, Andrw Kania
The power of music and song is universally felt within the human person capturing the imagination from the very moment of entry into the world.
108 - Jul 2008 - Liturgy: Archbishop Coleridge calls for an end to liturgical experimentation, Michael Gilchrist
Beauty is an important aspect of worship and this includes church architecture as well as music: Some of the older churches in the Archdiocese are beautiful and need only to be respected for what they are.
109 - Jun 2008 - Books: RATZINGER'S FAITH: The Theology of Pope Benedict XVI, by Tracey Rowland, Michael E. Daniel
Thus Ratzinger has been critical of approaches such as sacro-pop music dance and the exclusion of Latin that seek to diminish beauty - for beauty points to a transcendent God who is all beautiful.
110 - Jun 2008 - Christianity 'lite' with all the hard parts unmentioned: a spiritual dead-end, Alan Roebuck
In a typical Sunday morning worship service at a typical seeker- sensitive church attendees experience the following: Professionally-produced praise music that expresses emotions but contains little theology that is little articulation of sometimes-difficult religious truths.
111 - Apr 2008 - WYDSYD08: World Youth Day Sydney: look for the wider trend, Joanna Bogle
But If John Paul was happy with foot-tapping to loud pop-style music if that was what brought young people together Benedict isnt.
112 - Mar 2008 - DVD: NO TURNING BACK: Confessions of a Catholic priest, by Fr D. Calloway, Fr Martin Durham
In California at the early age of 13 he began to embrace the MTV lifestyle - sex drugs alcohol and pop- ular rock music.
113 - Mar 2008 - Books: JOURNEY OF A FAITH COMMUNITY, compiled by Tom Johnstone, James E. Scarlett
While the vision was secure and adherence to Vatican II principles intended the story reveals that apart from suitably guarded post-Vatican II language (Faith Community for instance) the approach was selective particularly in matters of liturgical music where good intentions were often uninformed professionally.
114 - Mar 2008 - Recovering the sacred in modern church architecture, Moyra Doorly
According to the brochure the cathedral is for people and is a place for everything that ennobles the human spirit; fine art music folk craft worship and more.
115 - Mar 2008 - News: The Church Around the World
The Holy See cancelled the Popes visit to La Sapienza after students threatened to disrupt his speech with loud music and protests.
116 - Dec 2007 - 1962 Missal: Australian bishops support Benedict XV's liberalising of the Latin Mass, AD2000 Report
The dignity and beauty of todays celebration with its timeless Latin and uplifting music remains a vital part of our Catholic tradition.
117 - Nov 2007 - Music: Cherished Hymns of the Forefathers - 2DVD and CD set, Peter Donald
Available from Freedom Publishing) Cherished Hymns of the Forefathers is a Special Edition boxed set containing a wealth of programs from the TV series Hymns of the Forefathers Series I and II presented by one of Australias favourite classical music presenters Christopher Lawrence.
118 - Nov 2007 - World Youth Day: Wagga Wagga priest's 'fly-a-thon' project to aid East Timor
The Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish has already completed a myriad of campaigns to raise funds including two Highway to Heaven truck raffles numerous other fundraisers such as parish balls and the stage musical The Call of Guadalupe which have resulted in the beautiful church dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary a parish centre and presbytery.
119 - Oct 2007 - Books: Books available from AD Books
Issues such as participation and suitable music are addressed.
120 - Aug 2007 - Catholic students' joyful encounter with the Church's sacred music treasury, Gabrielle Walsh
Thirty-four Catholic colleges and over one thousand Catholic secondary school students assembled in Hamer Hall Melbourne on 21 May to praise God through sacred music and art.
121 - Jul 2007 - Interview: He could no longer explain why he wasn't Catholic, Tim Drake and Francis Beckwith
But thats what the Church offered to the young people of my day: lousy pop music and a gutted Mass.
122 - Jul 2007 - Pastoral Plan: Cardinal Pell's blueprint for the future in the Sydney Archdiocese, Michael Gilchrist
The Archdiocesan Liturgical Commission will research produce and distribute a booklet to assist in the training of altar servers by June 2008; develop and circulate to all parishes archdiocesan policy concerning the role of music in the liturgy by December 2008; and develop and circulate to all parishes a repertoire of approved music for use in the liturgy by June 2009.
123 - Jun 2007 - Youth ministry active in the Melbourne archdiocese, Barry Coldrey
Volunteers help organise each evenings readings and music.
124 - Jun 2007 - Editorial: Sacred music: an integral part of worship, Michael Gilchrist
Easily overlooked as we anticipate an improved translation of the Missal in the not-too-distant future is the need for a similar improvement in our sacred music in many parish churches.
125 - May 2007 - Cinema: New movie offers an authentic representation of monastic life, Rosina Gordon
The permission to film was granted with stringent restrictions: no artificial light no additional music no commentaries and no additional crew.
126 - May 2007 - Documents: Benedict XVI's new document on the Eucharist - Sacramentum Caritatis, Michael Gilchrist
In this regard the calibre of sacred music is a major factor: In the course of her two-thousand-year history the Church has created and still creates music and songs which represent a rich patrimony of faith and love.
127 - Apr 2007 - St Faustina: The Divine Mercy apostolate: a spirituality to transform the world, Eva Kimnes
A play/ musical Prophet of Mercy based on St Faustinas Diary was performed by students from Krakow University.
128 - Mar 2007 - Survey of Catholic teachers
They were far less likely to value a traditional style of worship or music and more likely to prefer a contemporary style.
129 - Mar 2007 - Catholicism flourishes in South Korea, Richard Stokes
The choir at Pung Am was outstanding being led by a professor of music.
130 - Mar 2007 - News: The Church Around the World
The approach should be positive with children exposed to what is aesthetically and morally excellent and so developing appreciation prudence and the skills of discernment in such areas as childrens classics in literature fine arts and uplifting music.
131 - Feb 2007 - Music: Johann Sebastian Bach and the heavenly choir, Fr Finbarr Flanagan
According to Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) The aim and final reason of all music should be none else but the glory of God and the recreation of the mind.
132 - Dec 2006 - 2006 National Church Life Survey: important questions overlooked, Michael Gilchrist
Liturgically the respective preferences for Traditional style of worship or music or Contemporary style of worship or music should also shed some light.
133 - Nov 2006 - Television: EWTN: now affordable and accessible in Australia, Moira Kirkwood
Scripture studies talk shows humour news and current affairs travel documentaries social problem forum discussion art literature music challenging shows for young adults childrens programs and much more.
134 - Nov 2006 - Liturgy: US bishop sets out clear guidelines on celebrations of the Mass, AD2000 REPORT
Bishop Edward Slattery who was installed as the third bishop of Tulsa in eastern Oklahoma in 1994 issued a letter to his diocese earlier this year concerning faithful adherence to liturgical norms including the need for suitable sacred music and a deepened appreciation of the sacrificial aspect of the Mass.
135 - Nov 2006 - Books: Is the Catholic Church in Australia 'lost'?, Michael Gilchrist
Emasculated religion programs sacraments and liturgies have had parallels in the dumbing down of secular subjects like maths language history and music.
136 - Nov 2006 - News: The Church Around the World
Catholic World News Benedict XVI: importance of beautiful liturgy Speaking of the tremendous value of the organ as a liturgical instrument the Pope reminded a group of his native Bavarians on 13 September that music and song are lsquo;themselves part of the liturgical actionrsquo; which makes us more capable lsquo;of transforming the world.
137 - Nov 2006 - Editorial: EWTN and the secular media: fighting fire with fire
Even the best of Catholic families and schools face an uphill battle as day after day false coarse nihilistic messages bombard the young ever more blatantly via popular music advertising fashions movies Internet computer games and even news and current affairs programs.
138 - Oct 2006 - Educating young Catholics: a bold initiative in Wagga Wagga, Michael Gilchrist
Four Dominican sisters will be initially involved with the teaching of religion English mathematics music and visual arts.
139 - Sep 2006 - Reflection: Cardinal Arinze on the need for Eucharistic reverence, Cardinal Francis Arinze
The music should be suitably approved and show theological liturgical and aesthetic beauty and depth.
140 - Sep 2006 - Poetry: The Touch of the Master's Hand, Myra Welch
The music ceased and the auctioneer With a voice that was quiet and low Said What am I bid for the old violin?
141 - Sep 2006 - Letters: Thank-you note, A. van Tilburg
I wish to thank all those AD2000 readers who so generously responded to my request for traditional music.
142 - Sep 2006 - Chavagnes: Catholic education in a secular culture, Alexander Morrison
The preaching of the priest is vital as is the enthusiastic use of the best chant hymns organ music and polyphony in the Churchs tradition.
143 - Sep 2006 - News: The Church Around the World
He said Presleys faith had been profound throughout his life and that his gospel music could contain spiritual messages that helped others.
144 - Aug 2006 - Music: Benedict XVI seeks a greater sense of the sacred in church music
A major ingredient of many desacralised liturgies has been the inferior quality of their music much of it little more than warmed over 60s folk and pop songs.
145 - Aug 2006 - Editorial: Falling Mass attendances and liturgical reform, Michael Gilchrist
Positive moves in this direction will be an improved English translation of the Missal (see page 3) and a return to more uplifting sacred music (page 6).
146 - Jul 2006 - Letters: Hymn books wanted, A. van Tilburg
We are trying to get traditional music back in our church.
147 - Jul 2006 - US Archbishop: how to reform the Liturgy
If there could be recovery of at least some standard elements - in terms of the music such as the use of Gregorian chant and Latin texts in communities that are diverse - this would be a wonderful development.
148 - May 2006 - Catholicism-lite's Church of convenience, Paul A. Wagner
Parishioners are often treated throughout Mass to warmed-over folk and pop music.
149 - May 2006 - Events: Carnivale Christi 2006 scheduled for Melbourne and Sydney in May, AD2000 Report
With the theme let everything praise thee Carnivale Christi seeks to highlight the connection between faith and culture by offering a program of film visual arts drama music food liturgy and sport as an opportunity to Seek the Face of Christ.
150 - May 2006 - News: The Church Around the World
The document would also encourage a greater use of Gregorian chant and classical polyphonic music; the gradual elimination of the use of songs whose music or lyrics are secular in origin as well as the elimination of instruments that are inadequate for liturgical use such as the electric guitar or drums although it is not likely that specific instruments will be mentioned.
151 - Apr 2006 - Letters: Church of England, Jim Turley
Its magnificent tradition of Church music is without parallel and its profound spirituality little known and only briefly accounted by such people as Louis Boyer in his History.
152 - Apr 2006 - Music and Culture: Benedict XVI, Mozart and the quest for beauty, Mark Freer
Mark Freer is a leading Church musician and concert pianist.
153 - Mar 2006 - Letters: Guitars, John Daly
In discussing music in the liturgy the Cardinal is quoted as saying I will not now pronounce and say never guitar.
154 - Mar 2006 - Letters: Canadian Lectionary, Matt Walton
We deceive ourselves in denying this has happened with the 1991 Canadian Lectionary including key parts such as the Psalms the Lords Prayer and liturgical music.
155 - Mar 2006 - Letters: Adore 2006 in Brisbane, Tim Wallace
The general format consisted of a Holy Hour and Benediction to start the day and another to prepare for Mass; mood-setting sessions with music and dancing; a talk by Fr Bing (Oblate Apostles of the Two Hearts) who has been seen on EWTN and another talk from one of the three bishops present - Bishop Oudeman (Brisbane) Bishop Jarrett (Lismore) and Bishop Porteous (Sydney).
156 - Mar 2006 - Liturgy: Eucharistic faith: why the Mass needs re-enchanting, Alvin F. Kimel Jr
How could anyone think that the adoption of sentimental pop music would not destroy the sense of holiness and awe that is proper to the Eucharist?
157 - Feb 2006 - Letters: Beautiful music (letter), Josephine Landsberg
I refer to Chris Wilsons letter in the November AD2000 regarding Church music - in particular the use of the guitar in churches.
158 - Feb 2006 - Letters: Wrong chord? (letter), John Daly
Chris Wilsons letter Church music (November AD2000) refers me to (unnamed) documents that deal with music in the liturgy.
159 - Feb 2006 - The Church of England: beyond satire?, Rev Peter Mullen
It was supposed to be a choral Eucharist but there was no organ music - only some plinky-plonky stuff on an out-of-tune piano and mindless choruses in the Jesus Goes to Toytown fashion: interminable glum repetition of what was not worth singing once.
160 - Feb 2006 - Liturgical Music: The spiritual impact of Msgr. Richard Schuler's priestly leadership and example, Fr John T. Zuhlsdorf
Highly qualified in the field of Church music with an MA from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester NY and a doctorate in musicology from the University of Minnesota Msgr Schuler was honoured by Paul VI in 1970 with the title Monsignor for his work in organising the Holy Sees first international Church music conference after Vatican II.
161 - Feb 2006 - Cardinal Arinze on the Liturgy: the Mass is not entertainment, Cardinal Francis Arinze
Regarding music in the liturgy he said we should start by saying that Gregorian music is the Churchs precious heritage.
162 - Nov 2005 - Letters: Church Music, Chris Wilson
I am a liturgical guitarist who has used his guitar for liturgical music for 30 years.
163 - Nov 2005 - Editorial: A remarkable Catholic parish
Msgr Schuler is a distinguished American liturgist and was a longtime editor of Sacred Music.
164 - Sep 2005 - Letters: Liturgy, John Daly
In the area of poor quality church music for instance how do you convince your average church guitarist looking for a gig that people dont go to Mass just to provide him with a captive audience?
165 - Sep 2005 - A religious response to evil ideologies, John Rego
Upon graduating with a First-Class degree in Music from the Queensland Conservatorium he headed overseas.
166 - Sep 2005 - Can reverence at Mass make a comeback?, Michael Ryan
Both have a keen interest in liturgical music.
167 - Sep 2005 - Events: Sydney to host World Youth Day 2008, AD2000 REPORT
The sessions included a teaching by the bishop interaction between the bishop and the youth music and liturgy.
168 - Aug 2005 - Letters: Government review of RE in State Schools (letter), Maureen Federico
Are children now to be deprived of a half-hour a week education in the Christian faith that has inspired the great works of art music writing poetry not to mention ethics law and a liberal-democratic government system under which we are privileged to live and one of the most enduring forms of education they will ever receive?
169 - Aug 2005 - London's Balham parish, 'an icon of liturgical hope', Joanna Bogle
Parish music director is Jeremy de Satge.
170 - Aug 2005 - Feminist translation: Inclusive language and the Trinity: the latest from Brisbane, Michael Apthorp
At Mass the community was welcoming and the music and sermons were good but there was one drawback: the novel and unauthorised version of the Scriptures to which the congregation was subjected.
171 - Aug 2005 - Editorial: Liturgy: opportunity for bishops to take control, Michael Gilchrsit
The document devotes much of its space to widespread problem areas: low Mass attendances in most Western countries; the near-disappearance of confessions; liturgical abuses; a lack of both reverence and a sense of the sacred; a blurred liturgical distinction between priests and lay people; a lack of emphasis on the Mass as a sacrifice; declining belief in the real presence; poor quality church music; poor homilies; and the placement of tabernacles in obscure parts of churches.
172 - Jun 2005 - Letters: Outstanding education at Chavagnes College, Br John Moylan CFC, MA, MEd
They would benefit from an outstanding all-round academic classical education where the Churchs language is studied and its wonderful corpus of Gregorian chant and other music is not only enjoyed but ostensibly shapes the boys lives much to the joy and amazement of some of their parents.
173 - Jun 2005 - Benedict XVI and liturgical reform, Dom Alcuin Reid OSB
And he will probably seek a re-evaluation of recent trends in ecclesiastical music and architecture and the other sacred arts as he has discussed at some length in his books The Feast of Faith and The Spirit of the Liturgy.
174 - Apr 2005 - Events: Carnivale Christi returning to Sydney with an Easter theme, Liz Arblaster and Anthony McCarthy
From Friday 29 April St Marys Cathedral Sydney will be host to a three-day festival of Catholic art music film theatre and prayer exploring the Passion Resurrection and Christian life.
175 - Dec 2004 - English language: Will Rome ensure the completion of an improved Mass translation?, William Oddie
What in the years ahead they had to get used to was not simply the loss of the Latin text and the glorious music of the Missa de Angelis to which they sang it (the bouncy new version of the Gloria can be sung to the Eton boating song) but an English version which was both crass and seriously inaccurate: Gloria in excelsis Deo et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis simply cannot defensibly be translated as Glory to God in the highest and peace to his people on earth: the peace prayed for here is not for everyone indifferently but is specifically confined to men of goodwill (to be fair Cranmer got it wrong too).
176 - Sep 2004 - Letters: Maronite Church, L.L. Booth
No jazzy music - just the holy Mass.
177 - Sep 2004 - Why not a little Latin in the liturgy?, Angus Sibley
The same may be said of the music to which their words are commonly set.
178 - Sep 2004 - Sydney Catholic Adult Education Centre courses prove popular, Peter Holmes
and my favourite This is the real faith for real people Students are already looking at enrolling for new courses like Christian Prayer Vatican II for Today and Music Media and Evangelisation which will be offered in Term Four of 2004.
179 - Sep 2004 - Mass Attendance: Where have all the worshippers gone?, Fr Martin Durham
rock or folk music novelties or entertaining/semi-theatrical elements beyond the creativity and variety already allowed by the liturgical norms.
180 - Aug 2004 - Carnivale Christi: Whatever happened to beauty in art?, Paul Fitzgerald
According to my definition art is a communication of feeling from the artist to the viewer (or with music or poetry to the listener) via some medium conducted or performed with skill.
181 - Aug 2004 - History: Catholic education: triumph over adversity, Cardinal George Pell
In 1853 the Denominational Schools Board which oversaw the schools run by the Churches thought that music and harmonising would have a refining influence on the children.
182 - Aug 2004 - Bioethics: Embryo stem-cell research: time for a moral benchmark, Christopher Pyne MP
Our lives are not somehow sacred because of our superior intelligence to apes or pussycats - or because we are the most adaptable mammals - or because we can make music or art.
183 - Jul 2004 - Feminist 'rituals': no substitute for prayer, Joanna Bogle
Introducing young people to the great reality of God is a magnificent task and of course it can and should involve all sorts of imaginative things - in which flowers water pictures icons statues music and candles will all play their part.
184 - Jun 2004 - The importance of beauty in the Liturgy, Christopher Pearson
Other forces from the pill the sexual revolution rock music and consumerism to the rise of New Age and occult substitutes played their part.
185 - May 2004 - Art: Beauty is very much an attribute of God - Sister Wendy, Sarah Macdonald
In Sr Wendys assessment of the arts music as a form of expression is freer than art.
186 - Apr 2004 - Letters: Corrections, Fr Timothy Deeter
FR TIMOTHY DEETER Director of Liturgy amp; Music St Marys Cathedral Perth WA These corrections have been applied to the online edition.
187 - Apr 2004 - Theology: Fr Aidan Nichols to lecture on von Balthasar in Melbourne, Tracey Rowland
His family was deeply seeped in the high culture of European Catholicism and he grew up with a strong aptitude for languages and music.
188 - Apr 2004 - Events: Adore 2004 Youth Eucharistic Congress, Nicole Osmak
Two speakers from the US and Canada Eric Genius and Doug Murray presented us with the story of St Don Bosco and spoke of the need to be wary of much of todays music TV magazines and newspapers which can be spiritually destructive.
189 - Apr 2004 - News: The Church Around the World
The Pope notes the Constitutions emphasis on the importance of sacred music with its objectives being the glory of God and the sanctification of the faithful.
190 - Mar 2004 - Music: Reflections for Peace, Joy and Serenity, by Melanie and Christopher Duluk, Paul Russell
REFLECTIONS FOR PEACE JOY AND SERENITY Music CD of Pipe Organ and Soprano by Melanie and Christopher Duluk The title of this CD of pipe organ and Gregorian chant may give rise to the false impression that this effort is merely a collection of less challenging works in the Pan Pipe and Organ easy listening mode.
191 - Feb 2004 - Books: The Beginner's Book Of Chant, by a Benedictine monk, Paul Russell
Available from AD Books) The author of The Beginners Book of Chant has carefully constructed a primer for the sacred liturgical music of the Church with the clear intention of aiding the elevation of the form to its rightful pride of place in liturgical services.
192 - Feb 2004 - Melbourne and Sydney initiatives to educate adults in the Catholic faith, Peter Holmes
Participants were asked to select from a variety of electives exploring how the rubber of the Churchs teaching hits the road in areas such as: Drugs Stress and Depression Bioethics Sharing the Faith Modern Music Mass Media Premature Parenthood Public Speaking Camps and Retreats for Young People and Street Kids.
193 - Feb 2004 - Modern church design: 'Spank the architect!', Paul Mees
This has little in common with the Catholic attitude to good living expressed poetically by Hilaire Belloc: Wherer the Catholic sun does shine Theres music and laughter and good red wine At least Ive always found it so Benedicamus Domino.
194 - Feb 2004 - News: The Church Around the World
Papal document on liturgical music It must be reverent accentuate the sacred In a new document released on 4 December 2003 Pope John Paul II emphasises that liturgical music must convey a sense of reverence and appreciation for the sacred.
195 - Dec 2003 - Books: Adventures in Orthodoxy, by Dwight Longenecker, Richard Egan
Occasionally this irritates rather than illustrates for example when playfully considering inventing a religion based on Star Wars he suggest that for special music Han could sing a solo.
196 - Dec 2003 - VOCATIONS: Melbourne's 'Hearts on Fire' vocations congress a success, Fr Paul Stuart
There was also a good representation of Catholic groups and agencies that provide services to families youth the destitute aboriginals education the sick and dying as well as sacred art and music.
197 - Sep 2003 - Understanding the Catholic Liturgy since Vatican II, Dom Alcuin Reid OSB
We must not shrink from excluding or insisting upon the exclusion of anything that is doubtful ugly or simply bad in the rites prayers sounds vestments vessels music buildings translations and homilies - and everything else which we use to worship Almighty God.
198 - Sep 2003 - Culture: Second 'Carnivale Christi' Catholic arts festival scheduled for Melbourne, Michael Gilchrist
She is a former Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship holder to Canada where she studied music.
199 - Aug 2003 - Priests 24/7 : A video documentary, Michael Gilchrist
Father Dillon makes clear that priests should also have some outside interests so as to maintain a proper balance in their lives - in his case these include a love of country and western music owning a vintage car and visits to the gym to keep fit.
200 - Aug 2003 - Letters: New Mass (letter), Kevin Beck
Monsignor Peter Elliott in his interview with Zenit (June AD2000) speaks of the problems he has 40 years after Vatican II with sloppy ceremonies verbosity vulgar music disobedience and sheer ignorance.
201 - Aug 2003 - Letters: Beautiful hymn (letter), Therese F. Sellick
I do forget the next line but Faith of Our Fathers is one of the most truly inspiring hymns ever for its words and music.
202 - Jul 2003 - Letters: New Mass (letter), Peter D. Howard
While the Constitution Sacrosanctum Concilium permitted introduction of the vernacular it also called for the retention of Latin Gregorian chant and the traditional heritage of sacred music (Nos 36 114 116) and specifically decreed: Nevertheless care must be taken to ensure that the faithful may also be able to say or sing together in Latin those parts of the Ordinary of the Mass which pertain to them (54).
203 - Jul 2003 - The concentration camp prisoner who became a Queensland priest, Warren Losberg
It is said people without a musical formation are not fully educated adding that his appreciation of good music was calming and uplifting to him in his darkest days.
204 - Jul 2003 - Events: Seeking the face of Christ through the arts: Carnivale Christi goes national, Nicholas Rynne
The ancient music soared amidst the picturesque icons of the church delighting music lovers and the simply curious alike.
205 - Jul 2003 - Books: AD2000 to distribute Ignatius Press titles in Australia from July, Peter Westmore
Since its establishment Ignatius has published more than 800 books - quite apart from videos magazines audio tapes and music CDs.
206 - Jun 2003 - Letters: Brisbane Synod (letter), Alistair Barros
It was evident after the Synods opening Mass where the celebration and music drew praise of ethereal heights.
207 - Jun 2003 - Interview: Vatican II and the liturgy, 40 years later, Zenit News Service
There has been some stabilisation and the revised Roman Missal and General Instruction should help but there are still widespread problems - sloppy ceremonial verbosity vulgar music disobedience and sheer ignorance.
208 - Jun 2003 - Liturgy: John Paul's new encyclical on the Eucharist targets liturgical abuses, Michael Gilchrist
g Sunday Mass obligation confession Eucharistic adoration the real presence the Mass as a sacrifice the priesthood intercommunion Church music and architecture and liturgical abuses.
209 - May 2003 - Review: Spending The Day With Mary: The Rosary on CD and Tape, Joe Padero
This new CD titled Spending the Day with Mary has a short introduction explaining the new Mysteries of Light and a bonus of three original songs Marys Song which is the Magnificat At the Foot of the Cross about Mary witnessing the crucifixion and the Our Father set to original music.
210 - May 2003 - Review: The Mysteries of Light: Rosary for Children and Youth on cassette, Colleen McGuinness-Howard
Through the narrator we are now present at the Wedding Feast of Cana enjoying the music of the guests.
211 - May 2003 - Events: Carnivale Christi 2003 - A tale of four cities, Anthony McCarthy
These twenty events with performances from hundreds of artists will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the pontificate of Pope John Paul II and will include: the Australian premiere of Witness to Hope - a full-length feature film on the Pope; sacred music concerts including chant from nine different Christian traditions; exhibitions of new art works; professional amateur and school drama productions; and the premiere of a short film on missionary volunteers with the Mother Teresa nuns - Sisters in Kolkata.
212 - Apr 2003 - Letters: Vatican II (letter), Denis O'Leary
Over the years we have experienced the various changes in liturgy language music and sanctuary layout imposed by priests religious and activist members of the laity.
213 - Apr 2003 - Education: Chavagnes International Catholic college update, Br John Moylan
There are also highly qualified visiting teachers for art piano organ and other musical instruments.
214 - Apr 2003 - Film Review: Why 'Gangs of New York' misses the boat as history, William J. Stern
He never tired of telling Protestants that it was the Catholic Church that had given the world the modern university organised philanthropy the hospital and the Wests greatest music and art.
215 - Apr 2003 - News: The Church Around the World
It is necessary to purify worship of deformations of careless forms of expression of ill-prepared music and texts which are not very suited to the grandeur of the act being celebrated.
216 - Apr 2003 - Editorial: Good news on the liturgy, Peter Westmore
Later in a weekly audience he said It is necessary to purify worship of deformations of careless forms of expression of ill-prepared music and texts which are not very suited to the grandeur of the act being celebrated.
217 - Mar 2003 - The media and evangelisation, Moira Kirkwood
Music drama and art are also featured.
218 - Mar 2003 - Ten years on former Anglicans enrich Church, Fr Peter Geldard
In many parishes some are involved in catechetical work or administration; in others enriching the liturgy with their skills in music.
219 - Feb 2003 - Perth Rosary Tape authors' successful US visit, Colleen McGuiness-Howard
They had been invited to attend the United Catholic Music and Video Associations annual Unity Awards on 26 October 2002 because their production The Rosary for Youth was a finalist in one of the categories and they themselves were presenters of an Award.
220 - Nov 2002 - Letters: EWTN (letter), Jacqueline Donohue
EWTN transmits high quality programs both content-wise and technically 24 hours a day with regular features covering evangelisation Scripture theology apologetics marriage and family Catholic writers sacred music and lives of the saints.
221 - Oct 2002 - Books: New Titles from AD Books
95 Abba Pater Pope John Paul II The first music recording to embody the voice of Pope John Paul II.
222 - Oct 2002 - Catholic liturgy in the 21st century: major challenges facing the Church, Fr Peter Williams
Three areas will impact upon us as we continue to proclaim the mystery of Christ through the Mass in the 21st century - three areas that are currently contentious in the Churchs life: texts music and liturgical architecture.
223 - Oct 2002 - Editorial: Positive developments in liturgy, Michael Gilchrist
His views on these and on the need for reforms in Church music and architecture were set out in a recent address given to the Australian Confraternity of Catholic Clergy and also to the National Council of Priests.
224 - Sep 2002 - Music: CD specials from AD Books
Lifted: Live Worship Emmanuel Worship Music recorded in September 2001 by Brisbane Community Emmanual.
225 - Sep 2002 - Marilen Studios: a Christian approach to business, Joe Padero
Zak is certainly a talented musician singer and songwriter with many awards in the country and folk music arenas.
226 - Sep 2002 - Australian Rosary CD wins international recognition, Colleen McGuiness-Howard
A Rosary tape/CD (The Rosary for Children) produced by two Perth mothers Brenda Croft and Jenny Knight with no expertise and on borrowed money has achieved international recognition via the United Catholic Music and Video Association (UCMVA) based in Iowa USA.
227 - Sep 2002 - News: The Church Around the World, AD2000
Beauty is an essential element says the festivals director music teacher Francine Houlihan.
228 - Aug 2002 - Music: 'Live Worship: Lifted', by Emmanuel Worship, Anthony Cappello
LIVE WORSHIP: LIFTED Emmanuel Worship (Music produced and arranged by Patrick Keady and James Garrahy.
229 - Aug 2002 - Helping Catholic school students to love the Church, Br John Moylan CFC
However even during adolescence parents and teachers have a more long-range importance (education religious beliefs basic approach to life career) while the others have a more immediate and peripheral influence (hair styles dress music language entertainment).
230 - Jul 2002 - Chavagnes International College for boys, Paul Russell
This new venture has been established by an impressive group of leading Catholics in the disciplines of art music literature and theology.
231 - Jun 2002 - Sydney initiative to strengthen Catholic influence at university, Robert Haddad
A truly impressive event Carnivale Christi was supported and participated in by almost 50 students from Sydney University and amounts to a profoundly serious effort to show forth the splendour of Catholic culture through art music and performance.
232 - May 2002 - Letters: Hymns (letter), David Schutz
For the last 12 months I have been employed as Music Coordinator in my parish.
233 - May 2002 - Gregorian Chant's new lease of life in Brisbane, AD2000 Report
The continued use of the Chant was clearly requested by the Second Vatican Council which declared: The musical tradition of the universal Church is a treasure of inestimable value greater even than that of any other art.
234 - Apr 2002 - Events: Carnivale Christi 2002 - Young Catholics restoring Sydney's Christian culture, Helen Ransom
Young Catholics will again combine their artistic talents to celebrate the richness of Christian culture through drama music poetry and art when Carnivale Christi 2002 opens in Sydney this month.
235 - Mar 2002 - Books: Freedom and Virtue: The Conservative-Libertarian Debate, George W. Carey (ed), Alex Sidhu
So dominant has this understanding of freedom become that both popular music and commercial advertisements tell us that individuals should be free to do whatever they want whenever they want.
236 - Feb 2002 - Letters: Liturgical abuses, Michael Baker
After communion he activated a tape recording of music.
237 - Feb 2002 - Archbishop Philip Wilson sets out his agenda for Adelaide, Michael Gilchrist
Im not just talking about horribly designed suburban brick Mass-barns - Pizza Hut churches - but botched liturgical compromises and the neglect of 2000 years worth of lovely music.
238 - Dec 2001 - News: The Church Around the World
The college will be offering a number of generous bursaries and scholarships particularly for boys with a gift for music.
239 - Nov 2001 - A young Catholic's views on the state of the Church in Australia, James Connolly
Often I am at Mass and I think - as I listen to terrible music and a celebration which seems more concerned about making us feel good - that I am Catholic despite the liturgy.
240 - Oct 2001 - News: The Church Around the World
A radio ad has piano music playing in the background with a woman saying: In America you can choose to have an abortion at any time for any reason.
241 - Sep 2001 - Kenneth Bruce Dowding, Australian Catholic hero: his brother's tribute, Rev Keith Dowding
He combined a love of poetry and music and classical ballet with above average skill in sports especially in athletics football and gymnastics.
242 - Sep 2001 - Editorial: A letter from the Publisher, Peter Westmore
Modern Western culture - as expressed in the press on film and TV in popular music and through the Internet - usually reflects these values and to that extent undermines traditional values and beliefs.
243 - Aug 2001 - Books: The Christian Travellers' Guides: France, Britain, Italy, Germany, F.T. Long
His approach is straightforward and consistent throughout: a concise informative history lesson followed by an examination of the countrys music art and architecture then an alphabetical listing of the countrys important religious sites and finally a glossary of religious terms.
244 - Aug 2001 - Appreciating the Mass: a successful new publication, Fr Robert Egar PP
There is anecdotal evidence that some young Catholics are attracted to worship in other Christian traditions because their services appear to be more attractive in terms of music and activity.
245 - Jul 2001 - Music: From the Great South Land of the Holy Spirit:, John Miles
Available from The Cantabile Singers Inc PO Box 3162 Loganholme Qld 4129 tel (07) 3807 1310 or (07) 3287 5320) In todays music stores now selling CDs and a few audio tapes searching out recordings of hymns and other music of the Catholic Church is harder than finding the proverbial needle in a haystack.
246 - Jul 2001 - Carnivale Christi: an inspiring display of Christian culture, Angela Smith
Under the patronage of Australias most highly regarded poet Les Murray Carnivale Christi converged poetry music and drama on the Sydney University Seymour Centre in an inspiring display of one of the Churchs greatest assets: its culture.
247 - Jun 2001 - Archbishop Pell installed in Sydney, Michael Gilchrist
As was the case five years earlier at the Melbourne Exhibition Building (St Patricks Cathedral then being renovated) the best examples of the Churchs beautiful sacred music were presented (all personally selected or approved by the Archbishop) throughout the two-and-a-half hour ceremony and Mass.
248 - May 2001 - Books: Stations Of The Cross (CD), Perth Catholic Productions, Colleen McGuiness-Howard
The priest reflects on the meditations associated with each of the 15 stations in a framework of original upmarket music with thought-provoking lyrics.
249 - May 2001 - News: The Church Around the World
Carnivale Christi at Sydney University Festival of spiritual arts The Society of St Peter and Life Theatre are presenting a 3-week festival of spiritual drama music poetry and art at Sydney Universitys Seymour Centre.
250 - Apr 2001 - How to avoid banal, superficial liturgies, Bishop Kevin Manning
An area which exemplifies fairly well what I am saying is that of some of our present-day Church music and hymns.
251 - Mar 2001 - Reflection: Liturgy in the true spirit of Vatican II, Ralph McInerny
It is at worship in the prayers and music readings and homilies above all in the Eucharist that the people of God come most intimately together and take on the faith by osmosis as it were.
252 - Mar 2001 - Books: The Pange Lingua Hymnal, compiled by Paul Newton, Fr Gregory Pritchard PP
The Pange Lingua Hymnal is a very welcome addition to the many musical resources currently available for parish and devotional use.
253 - Mar 2001 - News: The Church Around the World
Criteria for sacred music Pope addresses members of Pontifical Institute What criteria should be used in choosing and rendering liturgical music?
254 - Sep 2000 - The 'Statement of Conclusions' and liturgy: what needs to be done, Msgr Peter J. Elliott
Church music: is there a three hymn rut?
255 - Sep 2000 - Rome's International Eucharistic Congress: 'an unforgettable week', Christine McCarthy
The solemn liturgical celebrations with their beautiful Gregorian chant and contemporary classical church music the edifying catecheses the opportunities to pause for nocturnal adoration in parish churches around Rome the camaraderie with fellow Christians and lovers of our Eucharistic Lord from all nations - all this contributed to an unforgettable week.
256 - Aug 2000 - Rockhampton: shuffling deck chairs on the 'Titanic', AD2000 Report
And aside from lively liturgies music BBQs mini- Olympics street theatre concerts and eucharistic celebrations there was a veritable cornucopia of 56 workshops with women religious prominent among the presenters.
257 - Jul 2000 - US bishops' new art and architecture document, Charles M. Wilson
Similarly references to other statements issued by the Bishops Committee on the Liturgy such as Music in Catholic Worship and Liturgical Music Today are equally inappropriate due to the defects in the original statements.
258 - Jul 2000 - News: The Church Around the World
Zenit News Agency Italian bishops decision on Church music Rock music to be excluded from Masses The Italian bishops conference in May issued a new list of music approved for use at Mass dropping all music influenced by contemporary styles often referred to as rock music.
259 - May 2000 - Books: 'The Wisdom of Adrian Fortescue' ed. Michael Davies, Michael Daniel
He designed the sanctuary furnishings and vestments while the music and conduct of the liturgy were of an extremely high standard.
260 - Mar 2000 - Biography: Fulton J. Sheen: prophetic inspiration for today's new evangelisation, Archbishop Barry J. Hickey
I will give you two suggestions he said always keep current: know what the modern world is thinking about read its poetry its history its literature observe its architecture and its art hear its music and its theatre and then plunge deeply into St Thomas and the wisdom of the ancients and you will be able to refute its errors.
261 - Sep 1999 - News: The Church Around the World
While other liturgical ministries such as lectoring serving at Mass providing music or being an usher belonged properly to the laity Eucharistic ministry properly belongs to the sacrament of holy orders.
262 - Aug 1999 - The pipe organ and Catholic liturgy: an expression of Church teaching, Jeremy Fletcher
The historic Nicholson pipe organ which has been recently installed in St Patricks Church Mentone (in the Melbourne Archdiocese) will be the core of a whole range of musical activities centred around the liturgy: the training of childrens voices for the future of our Church music heritage; the training of young organists; and the performance of works for solo organ choir and organ - part of our treasury of Sacred Music as defined by Church documents.
263 - Aug 1999 - News: The Church Around the World
Church in New Zealands great loss The passing of a remarkable musician 22 May 1999 marked the end of an era in Catholic and New Zealand musical life with the death of Maxwell Fernie in his home-town of Wellington where he had served as Choir Director and Organist for 41 years at St Mary of the Angels Church.
264 - Aug 1999 - 'Morning after' pill: the London 'Tablet' debate, AD2000 Report
Dr Fords comments will be music to the ears of medical researchers and pharmaceutical companies that wish to have such drugs approved for use in Australia and will cause dismay among those who know that the morning after pill is potentially abortifacient and produces other major physiological effects in the heavy harmful doses required by the intervention.
265 - Jun 1999 - The Rosary for Youth
The Rosary for Youth is led by a young priest together with a number of young people and features original music and lyrics.
266 - Jun 1999 - The challenge for religious educators in a secular culture, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput
In that book noise is the music of hell; it is what hell is filled with and it is what the devil Screwtape wants to fill all creation with.
267 - Jun 1999 - Archbishop Weakland finds defects in the post-Vatican II liturgy, Michael Daniel
Finally in this section Weakland points to the poor quality of much contemporary Church music: Unfortunately most of the new music created for the liturgy has been and continues to be trite in both musical form and text more fit for the theatre and the pub than for church .
268 - Mar 1999 - News: The Church Around the World
The conference included two concerts of spiritual music and a unique icon exhibition at St Lawrence Arts Centre Pitt Street Sydney which will remain open to the public until 15 December 1999.
269 - Feb 1999 - Brompton Oratory: London's liturgical oasis, Joanna Bogle
The Tridentine set - articulate regular attenders at the Little Oratory who are also members of the Latin Mass Society etc - often drop in to the main church for the music but are for the most part uninterested in the Novus Ordo or in an Adoremus-style discussion of the reform of the reform.
270 - Feb 1999 - 'Absolute Truth': another media 'job' on the Catholic Church, Michael Gilchrist
Next Stoughton tells us to the accompaniment of sombre music that the full weight of Roman power was brought to bear.
271 - Aug 1998 - Australian Rosary tape's success story, Colleen McGuiness-Howard
The story began with the concern of a young Catholic mother - Brenda Croft of Perth - that her children were being given reflective music incorporating meditation and activities with New Age overtones at their Catholic school.
272 - Jun 1998 - New Texts the key to reshaping religious education, Msgr Peter J. Elliott
It should help children claim their heritage of ethics and justice but also transmit love and appreciation for Christian art music architecture our literature poetry and humour respect for our various ethnic traditions and for the diversity of liturgical rites Eastern and Western.
273 - Mar 1998 - Reflection: Young Catholics: why 'updating' the Church will not bring them back, Rocco Loiacono
Because it is inspiring music offering them - even if they may not realise it - a sense of something other-worldly.
274 - Aug 1997 - Reflection: A young Catholic comments on the meaning of church 'participation', Lucy O'Connell
Dogma classical forms of music and liturgy disciplinary and devotional practices all strengthen my relationship with the Church making me more aware of the vast spiritual network of which I am a part.
275 - May 1997 - Brisbane pastoral ministers guidelines: 'Zooming along' to priestless parishes?, Michael Gilchrist
Pecking order As far as pecking order goes on the bottom rung of the pastoral ministry ladder comes the pastoral ministry co-ordinator defined as: a person employed by a parish or pastoral area under the direction of a pastor or pastoral director to co-ordinate one or more particular pastoral activities such as liturgy youth ministry catechetics sacramental programs liturgical music etc.
276 - Sep 1996 - Fr Joseph Fessio in Australia: Principles of genuine liturgical reform, Michael Gilchrist
And such participation necessitated use of the Churchs musical heritage particularly Gregorian chant.
277 - Aug 1996 - Oxford Declaration on Liturgy: intentions of Vatican II 'frustrated', Christopher Quinn
Her lecture topic was The Role of Sacred Music: An Introduction to the Gregorian Mass.
278 - Nov 1995 - Lord Ripon (1828-1909) - II - How to base political life on Christian principles, Fr John Parsons
He always attended High Mass at the London Oratory or at St Wilfreds in Ripon and would return for Benediction and in London Vespers in the afternoon; although owing to his increasing deafness he could hear little of music and sermons.
279 - Jul 1995 - Edel Quinn (1907-1944): Ireland's 20th century apostle to Africa, Michael Gilchrist
Turning point By 1927 Edel was active in a Loreto Convent Sodality social club for poor children where her skills in music and acting were put to good use.
280 - Apr 1995 - New Melbourne R.E. Guidelines: an improvement on the old, Michael Gilchrist
It is good to find ample scope offered at different levels for a study of such topics as the Churchs rich legacy of religious art architecture and music Eastern Catholicism and the Churchs different Rites the impact of Vatican II the role and significance of Mary Church history (both general and Australian) lives of the saints and the history and work of religious orders.
281 - Mar 1995 - A young Catholic's view of Youth Liturgies, Bernard Finnigan
The drummer with his impressive kit and reversed baseball cap was to live it up throughout the Mass with a musical program consisting of those forgettable religious-rock tunes aimed at convincing us that an undemanding Christianity equals self-fulfilment and feeling OK about oneself.
282 - Nov 1994 - Vatican moves to save high altars: a bit late in the day, Simon Matthews
Zuhlsdorf and published in Sacred Music (Church of Saint Agnes Saint Paul Minnesota 55103 U.
283 - Mar 1994 - The new Catechism and Cardinal Newman, Archbishop Eric D'Arcy
Appreciation of the Churchs patrimony in architecture in the visual arts and in music waxes strong thank God; that of her doctrinal patrimony has waned.
284 - Nov 1993 - Brompton Oratory, London: Keeping Catholic tradition alive, Simon Matthews
Its choir is renowned for preserving the Churchs treasury of sacred music of Gregorian Chant and polyphony.
285 - Nov 1992 - Where 'normal' religious life flourishes, Fr John Parsons
They too gathered for a conventual Mass after Terce even if for some like the Capuchins and Camaldolese this was a Low Mass without music or much ceremony.
286 - Oct 1992 - Why is Archbishop Weakland invited to Australia?, AD2000 Report
of Milwaukee to address a National Liturgical Music Convention - New Song in an Ancient Land - in Melbourne from 18-23 April 1993 has excited considerable comment among those familiar with his record and activities.
287 - Sep 1992 - Crises in the Church: Fr Hubert Jedin's warning to Rome
I fear that in the not too distant future in some places it will be impossible even to find a Latin missal and that our children will no longer know what a Gloria or a Credo is and that we will have to go to a concert hall to hear the immortal creations of our sacred music.
288 - Feb 1992 - Authority - Yes, Authoritarianism - No, David Quinn
Even the rebel yell of pop music looks distinctly jaded.
289 - Jun 1991 - Richard John Neuhaus interviewed, Mary Arnold
I find the liturgy and music of contemporary Catholicism depressing.
290 - Oct 1990 - Newman belongs to us all, Fr Peter J. Elliott
There we sat on the afternoon of April 26th in the Sala Borromini of the Rome Oratory while Austrians played chamber music according to the taste of the man we were honouring.
291 - May 1988 - Cardinal Ratzinger: defender of the Faith, Andrew Greenwich
Then there is another group of Catholics for whom Ratzinger is music to the ears.