As dioceses across the United States continue to consolidate parishes, the changing landscape will prompt questions of worship. There are people who struggle with the current liturgy as practiced in their parishes.
Is the church accompanying people amid liturgical change?
Pope clarifies rules limiting celebration of pre-Vatican II Mass
Diocesan bishops must have Vatican authorization to allow the celebration of the pre-Vatican II Mass in a parish church, to establish a new “personal parish” for devotees of the old Mass or to allow its celebration by a priest ordained after July 2021 when Pope Francis issued rules restricting the celebration, he said.
Greg Erlandson: Appreciating the gift of the Mass
“Before every Mass or after, parish leaders should be enriching their people’s understanding of what it is they celebrate. If we want to teach about the Real Presence, we need also teach about the Mass.”
Young choristers sing age-old chant at Masses around Atlanta Archdiocese
The Concordi Laetitia chorale is comprised of 20-somethings have traveled to churches in the Archdiocese of Atlanta to sing in Latin at Masses, a practice that largely disappeared from parishes two generations ago.